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GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB has a GPU clock speed of 550 MHz, and the 768 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 800 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 12 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, which comes with GPU core speed of 594 MHz, and 1536 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 144 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

(No game benchmarks for this combination yet.)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 56 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 84 Watts
Difference: 28 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should be a small bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 43200 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 38400 MB/sec
Difference: 4800 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB will be much (approximately 85%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 26400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 12144 (85%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB 14256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 6600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 7656 (116%)

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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GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB

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GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

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Specifications

Model GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB GeForce GT 440 1.5GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2008 October 2010
Code Name G92 GF106
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
Memory 768 MB 1536 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 594 MHz
Shader Speed 1375 MHz 1189 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz (1600 MHz effective) 900 MHz (1800 MHz effective)
Unified Shaders 96 144
Texture Mapping Units 48 24
Render Output Units 12 24
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 192-bit 192-bit
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1
Power (Max TDP) 84 watts 56 watts
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
Bandwidth 38400 MB/sec 43200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 14256 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6600 Mpixels/sec 14256 Mpixels/sec

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel 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 reach the maximum fill rate.

Comments

One Response to “GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB”
sagor says:

which one is best for my msi g31 mainnoard? pls reply

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