GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce 9600 GT 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, which has a clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It features 64 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB is 800% faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 51200 (800%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB is quite a bit (about 1056%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19000 (1056%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB will be much (approximately 1056%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM), and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9500 (1056%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.