GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which has GPU core speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (102%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 is 401% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 153856 (401%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be much (more or less 256%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 67680 (256%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24760 (375%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are 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 higher the texel rate, the better the 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.