NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

GeForce 9600 GSO 512 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 October 2008. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G94.

Core clock speed - 1625 MHz. Texture fill rate - 15.6 billion / sec. Pipelines - 48. Floating-point performance - 156 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 505 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 90 Watt.

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

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
330
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
79
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2239 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2239.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 330
PassMark - G2D Mark 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2239 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2239.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G94
Launch date 23 October 2008
Place in performance rating 1435
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1625 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 15.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt
Transistor count 505 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA