August 31, 2011, 09:14:55 am
Your 9400 GT specs are :
CUDA Cores 16
Graphics Clock (MHz) 550 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) 1400 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 4.4
A 460 GTX of 160 dollar:
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-PCI-Express-Graphics-01G-P3-1370-TR/dp/B003ZMTPEWGPU Engine Specs:
336CUDA Cores
675 MHzGraphics Clock (MHz)
1350 MHzProcessor Clock (MHz)
37.8Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
So that is 16 vs 336 cores for a 160 dollar 3d card. If you have a computer that can use a 460 gtx you will see a dramatic improvement using such a 3d card. Let alone a 580 gtx:
GPU Engine Specs:
512CUDA Cores
772 MHzGraphics Clock (MHz)
1544 MHzProcessor Clock (MHz)
49.4Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)