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GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 550 MHz. The DDR2 memory runs at a frequency of 500 MHz on this model. It features 32 SPUs along with 16 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260, which has clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 192 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 50 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 182 Watts
Difference: 132 Watts (264%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 260 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 111888 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 16000 MB/sec
Difference: 95888 (599%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 should be a lot (approximately 319%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 36864 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 8800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 28064 (319%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 is much (about 267%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 16128 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 11728 (267%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2008 June 16, 2008
Code Name G96a G200
Memory 256 MB 896 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 576 MHz
Memory Speed 1000 MHz 1998 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 50 watts 182 watts
Bandwidth 16000 MB/sec 111888 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8800 Mtexels/sec 36864 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 16128 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 192
Texture Mapping Units 16 64
Render Output Units 8 28
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 448-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 65 nm
Transistors 314 million 1400 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0, PCI PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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