GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 570, which has core speeds of 732 MHz on the GPU, and 950 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 480 SPUs along with 60 TAUs and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 124 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 94400 (164%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 should be much (more or less 111%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23120 (111%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 570 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18880 (182%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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