GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features core speeds of 822 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 384 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (89%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 70656 (123%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be much (about 69%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21408 (69%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15904 (153%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.