GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which comes with GPU core speed of 822 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1002 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory be much faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 70656 (123%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be much (about 153%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31808 (153%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be much (approximately 153%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.