GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which has a GPU core clock speed of 700 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 96 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be quite a bit (more or less 179%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20000 (179%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be much (more or less 271%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7600 (271%)

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 moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.