GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1020 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1350 MHz on this particular card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti will be much (more or less 96%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20000 (96%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 750 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5920 (57%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.