NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

GeForce 9600 GSO videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 28 April 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $49.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G92.

Core clock speed - 1375 MHz. Texture fill rate - 26.4 billion / sec. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 264 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 105 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 384 MB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 38.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
328
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
97
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2160 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2160.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 328
PassMark - G2D Mark 97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2160 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2160.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G92
Launch date 28 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $49.99
Place in performance rating 1410
Price now $49.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 1375 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt
Transistor count 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 384 MB
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA