GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Geforce GTX 770

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 770, which has a core clock frequency of 1046 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1753 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1536 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
Geforce GTX 770		230 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 770 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		224384 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 166784 (290%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 770 will be a lot (more or less 544%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		133888 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 113088 (544%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 770 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		33472 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23072 (222%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.