NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

940
Place in performance rating
729
Tesla
Architecture
Tesla
G94
Code name
G92
Desktop
Type
Desktop
23 October 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
28 March 2008 (13 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$99
Price now
$91 (0.3x MSRP)
0.09
Value for money
0.55
G94
GPU code name
G92
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

48
Pipelines
128
650 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
754 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
90 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
15.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
43.2 billion/sec
156 gflops
Floating-point performance
432.1 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
48
CUDA cores
128
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
505 million
Number of transistors
754 million
90 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
140 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9" (22.9 cm)
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
2-way
SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
57.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
+
Multi monitor support
+
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
+
HDMI
Via Adapter

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
+
CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
2.1
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Less power consumption (90 Watt vs 140 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

1.31% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($91 (0.3x MSRP) vs $99)

More pipelines (128 vs 48)

More memory bandwidth (70.4 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX .

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 versus NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX performance benchmarks comparison

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