GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 465, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 607 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 802 MHz on this card. It features 352 SPUs as well as 44 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 116 Watts (138%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 465 will be 167% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 64192 (167%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 is just a bit (more or less 1%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 308 (1%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 is much (more or less 194%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12824 (194%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.