NVIDIA Geforce 9400 GT - New Entry Level 3D Card

jmke · 26th August 2008, 16:54

The theoretical performance reveals that the card won't be able to compete with the 9500 GT. The memory interface stays at 128 bit indeed, but in contrast to the more expensive model, only DDR2 memory with 400 MHz is used. Because of that the memory bandwidth is reduced from 25.6 to 12.8 GiByte per second. The numbers of Shader ALUs and texture units (TMUs) have been halved - their clock speed stays at 550 MHz. All this suggests that the Geforce 9500 GT will be twice as fast as the new Geforce 9400 GT.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,6...viewed/?page=1

jmke · 26th August 2008, 16:57

Why o why do they test an entry level card at 1680x1050 with 4xAA enabled, just to see it score 11-14fps in-game... What's the point? What good is this? Wouldn't it be more useful for the reader to know at what resolution/IQ settings this card can provide playable FPS? Like Geoffrey did ? http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...&articID= 621

26th August 2008, 16:54	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	NVIDIA Geforce 9400 GT - New Entry Level 3D Card The theoretical performance reveals that the card won't be able to compete with the 9500 GT. The memory interface stays at 128 bit indeed, but in contrast to the more expensive model, only DDR2 memory with 400 MHz is used. Because of that the memory bandwidth is reduced from 25.6 to 12.8 GiByte per second. The numbers of Shader ALUs and texture units (TMUs) have been halved - their clock speed stays at 550 MHz. All this suggests that the Geforce 9500 GT will be twice as fast as the new Geforce 9400 GT. http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,6...viewed/?page=1 __________________

26th August 2008, 16:57	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Why o why do they test an entry level card at 1680x1050 with 4xAA enabled, just to see it score 11-14fps in-game... What's the point? What good is this? Wouldn't it be more useful for the reader to know at what resolution/IQ settings this card can provide playable FPS? Like Geoffrey did ? http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...&articID= 621 __________________

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