GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 590, which features a clock speed of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 855 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 281 Watts (335%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 590 should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 289920 (755%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be quite a bit (approximately 194%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51296 (194%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 590 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 51672 (783%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.