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GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce 9800 GT 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB comes with a clock speed of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It is made up of 64 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.Compare those specs to the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB, which has a core clock speed of 600 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It is made up of 112 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9600 GT 512MB |
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95 Watts |
| GeForce 9800 GT 1GB |
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105 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Both cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)
Texel Rate
The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB should be quite a bit (approximately 62%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)| GeForce 9800 GT 1GB |
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33600 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 512MB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GT 512MB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9800 GT 1GB |
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9600 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 GT 512MB | GeForce 9800 GT 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | Feb 2008 | July 2008 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | G92a/b |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 105 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 57600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 33600 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 9600 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 112 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 56 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 16 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 65/55 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 754 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 2.0 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high 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 texture units of the card by the core clock 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 applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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