GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 570, which comes with a clock frequency of 732 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 950 MHz. It also uses a 320-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 480 SPUs, 60 Texture Address Units, and 40 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 124 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 94400 (164%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 should be much (more or less 111%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23120 (111%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be a lot (about 182%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18880 (182%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.