GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which has a core clock frequency of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 70656 (123%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be much (approximately 153%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31808 (153%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15904 (153%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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