GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 822 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 86 Watts (102%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 89856 (234%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be quite a bit (about 99%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26208 (99%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.