GeForce 9 series

GeForce 9 series
Release date	February 21, 2008;16 years ago
Codename	G9x
Architecture	Tesla
Models	GeForce series GeForce GE series; GeForce GS series; GeForce GSO series; GeForce GT series; GeForce GTX series; GeForce GTX+ series; GeForce GX2 series;
Transistors	210M 65 nm (G98) 314M 65 nm (G96); 505M 65 nm (G94); 754M 65 nm (G92); 754M 55 nm (G92B);
Cards
Entry-level	9100; 9200; 9300 GS/GT; 9300 GE; 9400 GS/GT;
Mid-range	9500 GS/GT; 9600;
High-end	9800 GT/GTX/GTX+
Enthusiast	9800 GX2
API support
DirectX	Direct3D 10.0 ; Shader Model 4.0
OpenCL	OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL	OpenGL 3.3
History
Predecessor	GeForce 8 series
Variant	GeForce 100 series
Successor	GeForce 200 series
Support status
	Unsupported

Last updated October 17, 2024

The GeForce 9 series (also known as the GeForce 9000 series) is the ninth generation of Nvidia's GeForce line of graphics processing units, the first of which was released on February 21, 2008. The products are based on an updated Tesla microarchitecture, adding PCI Express 2.0 support, improved color and z-compression, and built on a 65 nm process, later using 55 nm process to reduce power consumption and die size (GeForce 8 G8x GPUs only supported PCIe 1.1 and were built on 90 nm process or 80 nm process).

GeForce 9100 series

Geforce 9100 G

65 nm G98 GPU
PCI-E x16
64-bit bus
4 raster operations pipelines (ROP), 8 unified shaders
540 megahertz (MHz) core clock
256 MB DDR2, 400 MHz memory clock
1300 MHz shader clock
5.1 G texels/s fill rate
7.6 GB/s memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX 10, SM 4.0
OpenGL 2.1 compliance
Supports 1st generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding

GeForce 9300 series

Geforce 9300 GS

On May 1, 2008, the GeForce 9300 GS was officially launched.^[1]

80 nm G86 GPU
PCI-E x16
64-bit bus
8 ROP, 16 unified shaders
450 MHz core clock
512 MB DDR2, 400 MHz memory clock
900 MHz shader clock
3.6 Gtexels/s fill rate
6.4 GB/s memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX 10, SM 4.0
OpenGL 2.1 compliance

GeForce 9400 series

GeForce 9400 GT

On August 27, 2008, the GeForce 9400 GT was officially launched.

65 nm G96 GPU
16 stream processors^[2]^[3]
550 MHz core, with a 1350 MHz unified shader clock
4.4 Gtexels/s fillrate
256/512/1024 MB 800 MHz DDR2 or 256 MB 1600 MHz GDDR3,^[4] both with a 128-bit memory bus
12.8 GB/s memory bandwidth for boards configured with DDR2 800 MHz memory
Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 3.3, and PCI-Express 2.0
Supports 2nd generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding and HybridPower technology.^[5]
Minimum of 300 watt power supply

GeForce 9500 series

GeForce 9500 GT

On July 29, 2008, the GeForce 9500 GT was officially launched.

65 nm G96 GPU
32 stream processors (32 CUDA cores)
4 multi processors (each multi processor has 8 cores)
550 MHz core, with a 1400 MHz unified shader clock
8.8 Gtexels/s fillrate
256/512/1024 MB 1,600 MHz GDDR3 memory or 256 MB/512 MB 1,000 MHz GDDR2 memory, both with a 128-bit memory bus
25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth for boards configured with GDDR3 800 MHz memory
Supports DirectX 11, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 3.3, and PCI-Express 2.0
Supports 2nd generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding^[6]^{[ unreliable source? ]}^[7]
Nvidia SLI-ready technology
DVI support

GeForce 9500 GS

The 9500 GS is an OEM card that is based on the 9500 GT but geared towards the mainstream audience.

65 nm G96 GPU
32 stream processors
8 ROP units
550 MHz core, with a 1375 MHz defined unified shader clock
8.8 Gtexels/s fillrate
128/512 MB 1000 MHz DDR2 memory with a 128-bit memory bus
16.0 GB/s memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 3.3, and PCI-Express 2.0
Supports 2nd generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding
Nvidia SLI-ready technology
DVI support

GeForce 9600 series

GeForce 9600 GT

On February 21, 2008, the GeForce 9600 GT was officially launched. It was an upgrade of 8600 GTS.

65 nm G94 GPU
64 CUDA cores^[8]
16 raster operation (ROP) units, 32 texture address (TA) / texture filter (TF) units
20.8 Gtexels/s fill rate
650 MHz core clock, with a 1625 MHz unified shader clock
1008 MHz memory (2016 MHz datarate), 256-bit interface for 64.5 GB/s of bandwidth. (57.6 GB/s for 1800 MHz configuration)
512–2048 MB of GDDR3 or DDR2 memory
505M transistor count
DirectX 10.0, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0^[9]
Supports second-generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding
Is HDCP compatible, but its implementation depends on the manufacturer
Supports CUDA and the Quantum Effects physics processing engine
Almost double the performance of the previous Nvidia mid-range card, the GeForce 8600GTS

GeForce 9600 GS

The GeForce 9600GS is a Hewlett Packard OEM card. It is based on a G94a core clocked at 500 MHz. It features 768 MB of DDR2 memory on a 192-bit bus.

GeForce 9600 GSO

The GeForce 9600 GSO was essentially a renamed 8800 GS. This tactic has been seen before in products such as the GeForce 7900 GTO to clear unsold stock when it is made obsolete by the next generation. Just like the 8800 GS, the 9600 GSO features 96 stream processors, a 550 MHz core clock with shaders clocked at 1,375 MHz, and either 384 or 768 MB of memory clocked at 800 MHz on a 192-bit memory bus. Some manufacturers have mistakenly listed some of their 768 MB models that have 96 stream processors as being based on the G94 chip, rather than the G92.^[10]

GeForce 9600 GSO 512

After clearing the old 8800 GS stock, Nvidia revised the specification with a new core, and 512 MB of memory clocked at 900 MHz on a 256-bit bus.^[11] For these cards, the number of stream processors is halved to 48, with the core frequency increased to 650 MHz and the shader frequency increased to 1625 MHz. Some of these cards have 1024 megabytes of memory while still being a 512 model. The revised version is considered inferior in performance to the old version.^{[ according to whom? ]}

GeForce 9600 GTX

XFX released a 9600 GTX based on the G92 chip featuring 96 stream processors, a 580 MHz core clock, 1450 MHz shaders and 512 MB of GDDR3 running at 1400 MHz on a 256-bit bus. Other than clock speeds, it is functionally the desktop equivalent version of the 9800M GT.^[12]

GeForce 9800 series

The GeForce 9800 series contains the GX2 (dual GPU), GTX, GTX+ and GT variants.^[13]

GeForce 9800 GX2

On March 18, 2008, the GeForce 9800 GX2 was officially launched.

The GeForce 9800 GX2 has the following specifications:^[14]^[15]

Dual PCBs, dual GPU design
about 197 W power consumption.^[16]
Two 65nm process GPUs, with 256 total stream processors (128 per PCB).^[17]^{[ unreliable source? ]}
Supports Quad SLI
Power of Two underclocked GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (G92) video cards in SLI Mode
1 GiB (512 MiB per PCB) GDDR3 memory
Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4, OpenGL 3.3, and PCI-Express 2.0
Supports 2nd generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding
Outputs include two DVI ports, an HDMI output, and S/PDIF in connector on board for routing audio through the HDMI cable.^[18]^{[ unreliable source? ]}
An 8-pin and a 6-pin power connector
Clocks (Core/Shader/Memory): 600 MHz/1500 MHz/2000 MHz^[19]
256-bit memory interface^[19]
128 GB/s memory bandwidth^[19]
Release date: March 18, 2008
Launch price of $666.99^[20]^{[ failed verification ]}

GeForce 9800 GTX

On April 1, 2008, the GeForce 9800 GTX was officially launched.

Taken from an eVGA specification sheet:^[21]

128 CUDA cores
Clocks (Core/Shader/Memory): 675 MHz/1688 MHz/1100 MHz
256-bit memory interface
512 MB of GDDR3 memory
70.4 GB/s memory bandwidth
Texture Fill Rate of 43.2 (billion/s)
DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 3.3, and PCI-Express 2.0
Supports 2nd generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding
Outputs include two DVI ports, an HDMI output (using Nvidia DVI to HDMI adapter (included)), and S/PDIF in connector on board for routing audio through the HDMI cable
Release date: 2008-04-01^[22]^{[ unreliable source? ]}
Launch Price of $349^[23]^{[ unreliable source? ]}

In July 2008 Nvidia released a refresh of the 9800 GTX: the 9800 GTX+ (55 nm manufacturing process). It has faster core (738 MHz) and shader (1836 MHz) clocks. Since March 2009 this design is manufactured as GeForce GTS 250.

GeForce 9800 GT

The 9800GT is identical to an 8800GT, although some were manufactured using a 55 nm technology instead of the 65 nm technology that debuted on the 8800GT.^[24] The newer (55 nm) version supports HybridPower while the 65 nm version does not.

ASUSTeK have released a 9800GT with Tri-SLI support.^[25]

Taken from the Nvidia product detail page.^[26]

112 processor cores
512–1024 MB of GDDR3 memory
256-bit memory interface width
600 MHz graphics clock
1500 MHz processor clock
900 MHz memory clock
33.6 Gtexel/s texture fill rate
57.6 GB/s memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 3.3, and PCI-Express 2.0
Supports 2nd generation PureVideo HD technology with partial VC1 decoding

Technical Summary of Desktop G9x GPUs

¹ Unified shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units

Model	Year	Code name	Fab (nm)	Transistors (Million)	Die size (mm²)	Bus interface	Config core¹	Clock rate			Fillrate		Memory				API support (version)			Processing Power G FLOPs	TDP (watts)	Comments
Model	Year	Code name	Fab (nm)	Transistors (Million)	Die size (mm²)	Bus interface	Config core¹	Core (MHz)	Shader (MHz)	Memory (MHz)	Pixel (GP/s)	Texture (GT/s)	Size (MB)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Bus type	Bus width (bit)	DirectX	OpenGL	Vulkan	Processing Power G FLOPs	TDP (watts)	Comments
GeForce 9300 mGPU	October 2008	MCP7A-S	65	282	162	PCIe 2.0 x16	16:8:4	450	1200	800 1333	1.8	3.6	Up to 512 from system memory	6.4/12.8 10.664/21.328	DDR2 DDR3	64/128	10.0	3.3	—	57.6		based on 8400 GS
GeForce 9400 mGPU	October 2008	MCP7A-U	65	282	162	PCIe 2.0 x16	16:8:4	580	1400	800 1333	2.32	4.64	Up to 512 from system memory	6.4/12.8 10.664/21.328	DDR2 DDR3	64/128				67.2	12	based on 8400 GS
GeForce 9300 GE^[27]	June 2008	G98	65	?	86	PCIe 2.0 x16	8:8:4	540	1300	500	2.16	4.3	256	8	DDR2	64				31.2	25
GeForce 9300 GS^[27]	June 2008	G98	65	?	86	PCIe 2.0 x16	8:8:4	567	1400	500	2.268	4.5	512	8	DDR2	64				33.6	??
GeForce 9400 GT	August 27, 2008	G96a/b	65/55	314	144	PCIe 2.0 x16, PCI	16:8:4	550	1400	800 1600	2.2	4.4	256, 512, 1024	12.8 25.6	GDDR2 GDDR3	128				67.2	50
GeForce 9500 GT	July 29, 2008	G96a/b	65/55	314	144	PCIe 2.0 x16, PCI	32:16:8	550	1400	1000 1600	4.4	8.8	256, 512, 1024	16.0 25.6	DDR2 GDDR3	128				134.4	50
GeForce 9600 GSO	May 2008	G92	65	754	324	PCIe 2.0 x16	96:48:12	550	1375	1600	6.6	26.4	384, 768, 1536	38.4	GDDR3	192				396	84
GeForce 9600 GSO 512	October 2008	G94a/b	65/55	505	240/196?	PCIe 2.0 x16	48:24:16	650	1625	1800	10.4	15.6	512	57.6	GDDR3	256				234	90
GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition	2009	G94b	55	505	196?	PCIe 2.0 x16	64:32:16	600 625	1500 1625	1400/1800 1800	9.6 10	19.2 20	512, 1024	44.8/57.6 57.6	GDDR3	256				288 312	59	Core Voltage 1.0V
GeForce 9600 GT	February 21, 2008	G94a/b	65/55	505	240/196?	PCIe 2.0 x16	64:32:16	650	1625	1800	10.4	20.8	512, 1024, 2048	57.6	GDDR3	256				312	95
GeForce 9800 GT Green Edition	2009	G92b	55	754	260	PCIe 2.0 x16	112:56:16	550	1375	1400 1600 1800	8.8	30.8	512, 1024	44.8 51.2 57.6	GDDR3	256				462	75	Core Voltage 1.0V
GeForce 9800 GT	July 2008	G92a/b/a2	65/55/65	754	324/260/324	PCIe 2.0 x16	112:56:16	600/600/550	1500/1500/1375	1800	9.6	33.6	512, 1024	57.6	GDDR3	256				504/504/465	125/105/75	Some 65 nm cards are rebranded 8800 GT cards. G92a2 Core Voltage 1.0V
GeForce 9800 GTX	April 1, 2008	G92	65	754	324	PCIe 2.0 x16	128:64:16	675	1688	2200	10.8	43.2	512	70.4	GDDR3	256				648.192	140
GeForce 9800 GTX+	July 16, 2008	G92b	55	754	260	PCIe 2.0 x16	128:64:16	738	1836	2200	11.808	47.232	512, 1024	70.4	GDDR3	256				705.024	141
GeForce 9800 GX2	March 18, 2008	2× G92	65	2× 754	2× 324	PCIe 2.0 x16	2× 128:64:16	600	1500	2000	2× 9.6	2× 38.4	2× 512	2× 64.0	GDDR3	2× 256				2× 576	197
Model	Year	Codename	Fab (nm)	Transistors (Million)	Die size (mm²)	Bus interface	Config core¹	Core (MHz)	Shader (MHz)	Memory (MHz)	Pixel (GP/s)	Texture (GT/s)	Size (MiB)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Bus type	Bus width (bit)	DirectX	OpenGL	Vulkan	Processing Power G FLOPs	TDP (watts)	Comments

Features

Compute Capability: 1.1 has support for Atomic functions, which are used to write thread-safe programs.

Model	Features
Model	Scalable Link Interface (SLI)	PureVideo 2 with VP2, BSP Engine, and AES128 Engine	PureVideo 3 with VP3, BSP Engine, and AES128 Engine
GeForce 9300 GE (G98)	Yes	No	Yes
GeForce 9300 GS (G98)		No	Yes
GeForce 9400 GT		Yes	No
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9800 GTX	Yes 3-way
GeForce 9800 GTX+	Yes 3-way
GeForce 9800 GX2	Yes

GeForce 9M Series

All graphical processing units in the GeForce 9M series feature:

Increased performance for similar power draw compared to GeForce 8M series for midrange and mid-high range notebooks
DirectX 10.0 and OpenGL 3.3 compatibility
16X antialiasing and PCI-Express 2.0 connectivity
Full HD DVD / Blu-ray hardware decoding

9100M G

1 TMU per pipeline
4 ROPs
8 stream processors
16 (v4.0) shader unified
26 GigaFLOPS
450 MHz core clock
1100 MHz shader clock
Integrated RAMDAC clock at 400 MHz
Memory clock depends on system memory
Up to 256 MB shared memory, 512 MB with Turbo Cache in Windows XP
64 bit memory interface (single-channel mode) / 128 bit memory interface (dual-channel mode)
Memory bandwidth depend on System Memory
1.8 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
(Specification based on Acer Aspire 4530 using EVEREST Ultimate Edition Version 4.60.1500PX and TechPowerUp GPU-Z v0.4.6)^[28]^{[ unreliable source? ]}

9200M GS

8 stream processors
529 MHz core clock
1300 MHz shader clock
400 MHz memory clock
Up to 256 MB memory
64-bit memory interface
6.4 GB/s memory bandwidth
27.1 Gpixel/s pixel fill rate
4.2 Gtexel/s texture fill rate^[29]^{[ unreliable source? ]}

9300M G

16 stream processors
400 MHz core clock
800 MHz shader clock
600 MHz memory clock
Up to 512 MB memory
64-bit memory interface
1.8 GB/s memory bandwidth
3.2 Gtexels/s texture fill rate

9300M GS

8 stream processors
580 MHz core clock
1450 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
Up to 512 MB memory
64-bit memory interface
6.9 GB/s memory bandwidth
4.6 Gtexels/s texture fill rate

9400M G

16 stream processors
Memory clock depends on system memory
64 bit memory interface (single-channel mode) / 128 bit memory interface (dual-channel mode)
Memory bandwidth depends on System Memory
3.6 Gtexels/s texture fill rate

9500M G

16 stream processors
500 MHz core clock
1250 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
Up to 1024 MB memory
128-bit memory interface
25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth
4.0 Gtexels/s texture fill rate

9500M GS

32 stream processors
475 MHz core clock
950 MHz shader clock
700 MHz memory clock
Up to 512 MB memory
128-bit memory interface
22.4 GB/s memory bandwidth
7.6 Gtexels/s texture fill rate

9600M GS

064A/8 core (G96)
32 stream processors
430 MHz core clock
1075 MHz shader clock
800/1600 MHz memory clock (effective)
Up to 1024 MB memory
128-bit memory interface
12.8 GB/s (with DDR2 type) or 25.6 GB/s (with GDDR3 type) memory bandwidth
6.8 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
103 GigaFLOPS

9600M GT

32 stream processors
500 MHz core clock
1250 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
Up to 1024 MB memory
128-bit memory interface
25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth
8.0 Gtexels/s texture fill rate

9650M GT

G96 core (65/55 nm)
32 stream processors
550 MHz core clock
1325 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
Up to 1024 MB memory
128 bit memory interface
25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth
8.8 Gtexels/s texture fill rate

9700M GT

G96 core
32 stream processors
625 MHz core clock
1550 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
128 bit memory interface
25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth
10.0 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
148.8 GigaFLOPS

9700M GTS

G94 core
48 stream processors
530 MHz core clock
1325 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
256 bit memory interface
51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth
12.7 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
190.8 GigaFLOPS

9800M GS

G94 core
64 stream processors
530 MHz core clock
1325 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
256 bit memory interface
51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth
17.0 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
254 GigaFLOPS

9800M GTS

G94 core
64 stream processors
600 MHz core clock
1500 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
256 bit memory interface
51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth
19.2 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
288 GigaFLOPS

9800M GT

G94 core
96 stream processors
500 MHz core clock
1250 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
256 bit memory interface
51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth
24.0 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
360 GigaFLOPS

9800M GTX

G92 core
112 stream processors
500 MHz core clock
1250 MHz shader clock
800 MHz memory clock
256 bit memory interface
51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth
28.0 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
420 GigaFLOPS

Technical summary

Model	Release Date	Codename	Interface	Fabrication process (nm)	Core clock max (MHz)	Peak fillrate				Shaders		Memory					Texture Units	Raster Operators	Power Consumption (Watts)	Transistor Count (Millions)	Theoretical Shader Processing Rate (GigaFLOPS)
Model	Release Date	Codename	Interface	Fabrication process (nm)	Core clock max (MHz)	Billion pixel/s	Billion bilinear texel/s	Billion bilinear FP16 texel/s	Billion FP32 pixel/s	CUDA cores	Clock (MHz)	Bandwidth max (GB/s)	DRAM type	Bus width (bit)	Size (MB)	Effective DDR Clock (MHz)	Texture Units	Raster Operators	Power Consumption (Watts)	Transistor Count (Millions)	Theoretical Shader Processing Rate (GigaFLOPS)
GeForce 9100M G	?	MCP77MH MCP79MH	PCI	65	450	?	?	?	?	8	1080	21GB/s	DDR2 from RAM	depend RAM configuration	depend RAM configuration	depend RAM configuration	?	4	?	?	26
GeForce 9200M GS		G98		65	530		?	?	?	8	1300		GDDR2 GDDR3		256		?	?	?	?	31
GeForce 9300M G		G98		65	400	?	3.2	?	?	16	800	9.6		64	256	1200 (600)	?	?	?	?	38
GeForce 9300M GS		G98		65	?	?	?	?	?	16	1400	?	GDDR2 GDDR3	64	256	1400 (700)	?	?	?	?	34
GeForce 9400M G		MCP79MX		65	450	?	?	?	?	16	1100	?		128			?	?	12	282	54
GeForce 9500M G				65	?	?	?	?	?	16	1250	?	GDDR2 GDDR3	128	256, 512, 1024	1600 (800)	?	?	?	?	60
GeForce 9500M GS		G84		65	479	?	7.6	?	?	32	950	22.4		128	512	1400 (700)	?	8	?	289	?
GeForce 9600M GS		G96		65	430	?	?	?	?	32	1075	25.3	GDDR2 GDDR3	128	1024	1600 (800)	?	?	?	314	103
GeForce 9600M GT		G96		65	500	?	?	?	?	32	1250	?	GDDR2 GDDR3	128	256, 512, 1024	1600 (800)	?	?	23	314	120
GeForce 9650M GS				65	625	?	10	?	?	32	1250	25.6		128	512	1600 (800)	?	?	29	289	120
GeForce 9700M GT		G96			625	?	10	?	?	32	1550	25.6	GDDR3	128	512	1600 (800)	?	?	?	?	148.8
GeForce 9700M GTS		G94			530	?	12.7	?	?	48	1325	51.2		256	?	1600 (800)	?	?	?	?	190.8
GeForce 9800M GTS		G94			600	?	19.2	?	?	64	1500	51.2		256	512	1600 (800)	?	?	?	?	288
GeForce 9800M GT		G94			500	?	24	?	?	96	1250	51.2		256	512	1600 (800)	?	?	?	?	360
GeForce 9800M GTX		G92			500	?	28.0	?	?	112	1375	51.2		256	512	1600 (800)	?	75	?	?	420

Discontinued support

Nvidia announced that as of April 1, 2016, they would cease driver support for the GeForce 9 series.^[30]^[31]

Windows XP 32-bit & Media Center Edition: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; Download
Windows XP 64-bit: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014; Download
Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
Windows 10, 32-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download
Windows 10, 64-bit: version 342.01 (WHQL) released on December 14, 2016; Download

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Cards
Release date	February 21, 2008;16 years ago (February 21, 2008)
Codename	G9x
Architecture	Tesla
Models	GeForce series GeForce GE series GeForce GS series GeForce GSO series GeForce GT series GeForce GTX series GeForce GTX+ series GeForce GX2 series
Transistors	210M 65 nm (G98) 314M 65 nm (G96) 505M 65 nm (G94) 754M 65 nm (G92) 754M 55 nm (G92B)
Entry-level	9100 9200 9300 GS/GT 9300 GE 9400 GS/GT
Mid-range	9500 GS/GT 9600
High-end	9800 GT/GTX/GTX+
Enthusiast	9800 GX2
API support
DirectX	Direct3D 10.0 Shader Model 4.0
OpenCL	OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL	OpenGL 3.3
History
Predecessor	GeForce 8 series
Variant	GeForce 100 series
Successor	GeForce 200 series
Support status
Unsupported

GeForce 9 series

Contents

GeForce 9100 series

Geforce 9100 G

GeForce 9300 series

Geforce 9300 GS

GeForce 9400 series

GeForce 9400 GT

GeForce 9500 series

GeForce 9500 GT

GeForce 9500 GS

GeForce 9600 series

GeForce 9600 GT

GeForce 9600 GS

GeForce 9600 GSO

GeForce 9600 GSO 512

GeForce 9600 GTX

GeForce 9800 series

GeForce 9800 GX2

GeForce 9800 GTX

GeForce 9800 GT

Technical Summary of Desktop G9x GPUs

Features

GeForce 9M Series

9100M G

9200M GS

9300M G

9300M GS

9400M G

9500M G

9500M GS

9600M GS

9600M GT

9650M GT

9700M GT

9700M GTS

9800M GS

9800M GTS

9800M GT

9800M GTX

Technical summary

Discontinued support

See also

Related Research Articles

References

External links