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GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB comes with a core clock speed of 550 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 12 Raster Operation Units.

Compare that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which comes with clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 84 Watts
Difference: 24 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 38400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 28800 MB/sec
Difference: 9600 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB is a lot (about 136%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 26400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 11200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 15200 (136%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 6600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 2800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 3800 (136%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB GeForce GT 430 (OEM)
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2008 October 2010
Code Name G92 GF108
Memory 384 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 700 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 84 watts 60 watts
Bandwidth 38400 MB/sec 28800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 11200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6600 Mpixels/sec 2800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 96
Texture Mapping Units 48 16
Render Output Units 12 4
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 192-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 585 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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB

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