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GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce 9800 GT 1GB

Intro

The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 comes with a clock frequency of 550 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB, which comes with clock speeds of 600 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 50 Watts
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 105 Watts
Difference: 55 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 16000 MB/sec
Difference: 41600 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB should be a lot (more or less 282%) better at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 33600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 8800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 24800 (282%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5200 (118%)

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 9800 GT 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2008 July 2008
Code Name G96a G92a/b
Memory 256 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 600 MHz
Memory Speed 1000 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 50 watts 105 watts
Bandwidth 16000 MB/sec 57600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 8800 Mtexels/sec 33600 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 9600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 32 112
Texture Mapping Units 16 56
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 65/55 nm
Transistors 314 million 754 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0, PCI PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 9500 GT DDR2

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GeForce 9800 GT 1GB

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