GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which features a clock frequency of 1020 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1350 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti is 125% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a lot (more or less 55%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14400 (55%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a lot (more or less 147%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.