10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

DirectX 10 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

How many years will the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB in your PC? This GeForce 9600 GT 512MB graphics card has reached the end of its ability to run games released today. If you have it in your gaming PC then it’s time to upgrade your graphics solution.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB? A suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, which is 730% more powerful and can run 716 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 8. This PC hardware upgrade performs 182% better and can run 0 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.

FPS System Benchmark

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB was released on 01 Feb 2008

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce 9600 GT 512MB

GPU

Architecture

Tesla G94-300-A1

Process

65nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

21 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

10 GPixel/s

Shader Processing Units
(CUDA Cores)

Ray Tracing

Tensor Cores

Release Price

$200

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10

Shader

4.0

Open GL

2.1

Resolution (WxH)

2560 x 1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

512MB

Memory Speed

900MHz

Memory Bus

256bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

57.6GB/sec

L2 Cache

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

650 MHz

Power

Max Power

95 Watts

PSU

400 Watt & 29 Amps

Power Connector

1x 6-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz

Best RAM Match

4 GB

Best Resolution

1366 x 768

GPU Upgrade

GD Official

GD RATING

Approved

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is a High-End Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Tesla Architecture.

Architecture
Tesla was NVIDIA's First Unified Shader Architecture.

GPU
It equips a GPU Codenamed G94-300-A1 which has 4 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 64 Shader Processing Units, 32 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 600MHz.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 512MB frame buffer of GDDR3, through a 256-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 900MHz.

Features
DirectX 10.0 Support (10.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology, Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration, PhysX, CUDA, HybridPower and other technologies.

Cooling Solution
The Cooling Solution consists of a Single-Fan.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 90W, it requires at least a 400W PSU and it requires at least one available 6-pin connector.

Performance
Gaming benchmarks put its performance on average with a more recent Radeon HD 5670.

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Variants

Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 512MB

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