GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1002 MHz on this specific model. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 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 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 70656 (123%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a lot (about 153%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31808 (153%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (about 153%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.