GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which features core speeds of 928 MHz on the GPU, and 1350 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 768 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti is quite a bit (about 125%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32992 (125%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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