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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 6770 1GB

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The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB features core clock speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 96 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6770 1GB, which has a GPU core clock speed of 900 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1050 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 800 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 90 Watts
Radeon HD 6770 1GB 108 Watts
Difference: 18 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 6770 1GB should be just a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB 67200 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 9600 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 1GB will be a little bit (approximately 15%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB 36000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 4800 (15%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 1GB should be much (approximately 38%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB 14400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 10400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4000 (38%)

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 9600 GSO 512MB Radeon HD 6770 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year October 2008 January 2011
Code Name G94a/b Juniper XT
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 900 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 4200 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 90 watts 108 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 67200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 31200 Mtexels/sec 36000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10400 Mpixels/sec 14400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 800
Texture Mapping Units 48 40
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 505 million 1040 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

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Radeon HD 6770 1GB

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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