GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 465, which features GPU clock speed of 607 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 802 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 352 SPUs, 44 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (111%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 465 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 44992 (78%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 is a lot (more or less 28%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5908 (28%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 465 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9024 (87%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can 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 colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.