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GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce 9600 GT 1GB

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) has a clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 970 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, which has GPU core speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 64 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB 95 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 135 Watts
Difference: 40 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should perform a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 62080 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 4480 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) will be a lot (more or less 100%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 41600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB 20800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 20800 (100%)

Pixel Rate

Both cards have exactly the same pixel rate, so in theory they should be equally good at at anti-aliasing, and be capable of handling the same screen resolutions. (explain)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) GeForce 9600 GT 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Dec 2007 Feb 2008
Code Name G92 G94a/b
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1940 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 135 watts 95 watts
Bandwidth 62080 MB/sec 57600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41600 Mtexels/sec 20800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10400 Mpixels/sec 10400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 64
Texture Mapping Units 64 32
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 65/55 nm
Transistors 754 million 505 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's 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.

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GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)

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