NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm

Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual

Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 2x 8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 20.8 billion / sec
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 20.8 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual
PassMark - G3D Mark	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G94	G70
Launch date	21 February 2008	11 August 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1587	not rated
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec	2x 8 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	2x 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI