GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 594 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 144 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
	Difference: 28 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 27200 (170%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 is a lot (approximately 85%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12144 (85%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should be a lot (approximately 116%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7656 (116%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.