GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 700 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 96 SPUs along with 16 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should in theory be much better than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should be quite a bit (approximately 86%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9600 (86%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB will be a lot (approximately 271%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.