GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 928 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1350 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti will be much (approximately 125%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32992 (125%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8248 (125%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.