GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1020 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1350 MHz on this specific card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general. (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 is a lot (about 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

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a lot (more or less 147%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core 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 rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.