GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, which features GPU core speed of 550 MHz, and 1536 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 800 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 96 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 12 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 32000 (500%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB will be quite a bit (more or less 1367%) better at AF than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24600 (1367%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB is superior to the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM), by far. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5700 (633%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.