GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 928 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1350 MHz on this card. It features 768 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		110 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70400 (440%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be much (approximately 125%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32992 (125%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB should be quite a bit (about 125%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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 max fill rate.