GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce GT 450 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 450 (OEM), which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 790 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 144 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		106 Watts
	Difference: 22 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) should theoretically be much better than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		96000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 80000 (500%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 should be quite a bit (approximately 39%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 450 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7440 (39%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12360 (187%)

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

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.