NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

GeForce 9600 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 21 February 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $179. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G94.

Core clock speed - 1625 MHz. Texture fill rate - 20.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 64. Floating-point performance - 208 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 505 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 96 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
38588
488
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
0.465 mPixels/s
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3161 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3161.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
127 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
127.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 488
PassMark - G2D Mark 46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 0.465 mPixels/s
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3161 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3161.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 127 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 127.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G94
Launch date 21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Place in performance rating 1591
Price now $39.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 23.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 1625 MHz
CUDA cores 64
Floating-point performance 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 64
Texture fill rate 20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 96 Watt
Transistor count 505 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x 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 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI