GeForce 830M vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, which comes with core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 830M		25 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (260%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 830M overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce 830M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be much (about 90%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 830M. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 830M		16464 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14736 (90%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is superior to the GeForce 830M, by far. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 830M		8232 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2168 (26%)

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 within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

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