GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this particular card. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (102%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 112256 (702%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be quite a bit (about 99%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26208 (99%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 299%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19704 (299%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.