GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 570, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 732 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 950 MHz on this specific card. It features 480 SPUs along with 60 TAUs and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (161%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 113600 (296%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be quite a bit (about 66%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17520 (66%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 is much (more or less 344%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22680 (344%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 in a second.

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