GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which comes with GPU core speed of 889 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2880 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (178%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 278400 (483%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be much (about 584%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 182160 (584%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32272 (310%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.