GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which features GPU clock speed of 1020 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1350 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti should in theory be much better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti will be a lot (approximately 55%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14400 (55%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9720 (147%)

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 past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling 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 card can possibly record 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 card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.