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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GT 450 (OEM)
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB comes with a core clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It is made up of 64 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 450 (OEM), which has a clock speed of 790 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 144 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 24 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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95 Watts |
| GeForce GT 450 (OEM) |
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106 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically, the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)
| GeForce GT 450 (OEM) |
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96000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB is a bit (more or less 10%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 450 (OEM). (explain)| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GT 450 (OEM) |
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18960 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GT 450 (OEM) should be quite a bit (about 82%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)| GeForce GT 450 (OEM) |
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18960 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
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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
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT 1GB | GeForce GT 450 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | Feb 2008 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | GF106 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1536 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 790 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 106 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 96000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 18960 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 18960 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 144 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 24 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 24 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 1170 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.
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GeForce GT 450 (OEM)Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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