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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB features a clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, which comes with core clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 RAM. It features 320(64x5) SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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70 Watts |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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90 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should perform much faster than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB in general. (explain)
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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57600 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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35200 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be much (more or less 30%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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31200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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24000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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6000 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB | Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2008 | Sep 10, 2008 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | RV730 XT |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 90 watts | 70 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 35200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 31200 Mtexels/sec | 24000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 6000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 320(64x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | 32 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 514 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.0 x16, AGP 8x |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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Comments
2 Responses to “GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB”hello,
i am very confused on buying a graphic card i was wondering about radeon hd 4670 but after seeing this comparison it shows that geforce 9600 gso is better than radeon hd 4670.
but still please tell me which one is better for playing games like gta 4 and many more..
GTA4 is one of few games that would actually benefit from the extra video RAM that the 4670 has, but it's a lot slower overall though... the 9600GSO would still be faster.
Depends on your budget I guess... there are cards that are much better than both of these.
http://www.hwcompare.com/4031/geforce-9600-gso-512mb/
Handy list for a quick overview of how various cards compare to the 9600 GSO.
I have a 9800GT and GTA4 runs fine as long as I keep the settings around medium. Same with newer games, can't run most of them on max, but they do run fine.