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GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3
IntroThe GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 features a GPU clock speed of 540 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 700 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 32 Stream Processors, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, which has a clock frequency of 550 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 800 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It features 32 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 should in theory perform a bit faster than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 should be a bit (more or less 2%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 is superior to the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3, though not by far. (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. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 processed per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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