NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 videocard review

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

38714

330

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

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	1448
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