GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 275

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 275, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 633 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a speed of 1134 MHz on this card. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 124 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 275 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 69408 (121%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 275 is much (about 143%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29840 (143%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 275 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7324 (70%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen 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 of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.