Product comparison · 2 gpus

MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3 vs MSI N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3

18specifications compared
7differ
11identical
5known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3 has 160 MHz more processor frequency than the MSI N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3 (760 MHz vs 600 MHz). The MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3 has 500 MHz more memory clock speed than the MSI N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3 (2300 MHz vs 1800 MHz). The MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3 has 12.8 GB/s more memory bandwidth (max) than the MSI N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3 (70.4 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s). Graphics processor: GeForce GTS 250 on the MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3, GeForce 9600 GT on the MSI N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3.

Graphics processor
- N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3:GeForce GTS 250
- N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3:GeForce 9600 GT
Processor frequency
- N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3:760 MHz
- N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3:600 MHz
Memory clock speed
- N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3:2300 MHz
- N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3:1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth (max)
- N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3:70.4 GB/s
- N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3:57.6 GB/s
DVI ports quantity
- N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3:2
- N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3:1
DirectX version
- N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3:10
- N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3:10.1
Texture Fill Rate (TFR)
- N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3:43.2 GTexel/s
- N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3:20.8 GTexel/s

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Comparison of N250GTS-2D512-OCV2, N9600GT-MD512
23 specifications	A MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 graphics card GeForce GTS 250 GDDR3 Model N250GTS-2D512-OCV2 View product	B MSI N9600GT-MD512 graphics card GeForce 9600 GT GDDR3 Model N9600GT-MD512 View product
Processor2 differ
Graphics processorDiffers	GeForce GTS 250	GeForce 9600 GT
Maximum resolution	2560 x 1600 pixels	2560 x 1600 pixels
CUDAKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyDiffers	760 MHz	600 MHz
Graphics card RAMDAC	400 MHz	400 MHz
Stream processorsKnown for one	128	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Graphics card memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Memory bus	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	2300 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth (max)Differs	70.4 GB/s	57.6 GB/s
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Interface type	PCI Express 2.0	PCI Express 2.0
DVI ports quantityDiffers	2	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Performance2 differ
PhysXKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
DirectX versionDiffers	10	10.1
Shader model versionKnown for one	4.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
OpenGL version	2.1	2.1
HDCP	Yes	Yes
Dual Link DVI	Yes	Yes
Texture Fill Rate (TFR)Differs	43.2 GTexel/s	20.8 GTexel/s
Designidentical
Cooling type	Active	Active
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibility	No	No
HDMI	Yes	Yes

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