NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX videocard review

GeForce 9600 GTX videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 27 May 2009. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G92.

Core clock speed - 580 MHz. Texture fill rate - 27.84 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 278.4 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 140 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1400 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 44.8 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G92
Launch date	27 May 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	278.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	27.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt
Transistor count	754 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3