| Ideal User |
NVIDIA GeForce Model |
GPU Architecture |
Texture Fill Rate
(per second)* |
Maximum Memory Bandwidth* |
Memory Size* |
Microsoft DirectX |
HDR Lighting |
| Extreme Gamer, Power User, Multimedia Enthusiast |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS |
|
| 200 series |
| 9 series |
| 200 series |
|
48.2 billion |
141.7 GB/s |
1 GB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 76.8 billion |
128 GB/s |
1 GB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 36.9 billion |
111.9 GB/s |
896 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 8 series |
| 8 series |
| 8 series |
|
39.2 billion |
103.7 GB/s |
768 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 36.8 billion |
86.4 GB/s |
768 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 24.0 billion |
64.0 GB/s |
320/640 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6800 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE |
|
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
|
24.0 billion |
76.8 GB/s |
**512 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 13.2 billion |
44.8 GB/s |
512 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 15.6 billion |
51.2 GB/s |
512 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 10.8 billion |
42.2 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 9.0 billion |
42.2 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 13.2 billion |
54.4 GB/s |
512 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 10.3 billion |
38.4 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 9.6 billion |
32.0 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 6 series |
| 6 series |
| 6 series |
| 6 series |
| 6 series |
| 6 series |
|
6.4 billion |
35.2 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 5.6 billion |
32.0 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 5.1 billion |
32.0 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 3.9 billion |
19.2 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 2.4 billion |
19.2 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 2.4 billion |
19.2 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| Gamer, Multimedia User |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT |
|
| 9 series |
| 9 series |
| 9 series |
| 9 series |
| 9 series |
|
47.2 billion |
70.4 GB/s |
512 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 43.2 billion |
70.4 GB/s |
512 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 33.6 billion |
57.6 GB/s |
512 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 20.8 billion |
57.6 GB/s |
512 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 26.4 billion |
38.4 GB/s |
384 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 8 series |
| 8 series |
| 8 series |
|
10.8 billion |
32.0 GB/s |
256 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 8.6 billion |
22.4 GB/s |
256 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 3.6 billion |
12.8 GB/s |
256 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
|
6.7 billion |
22.4 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 3.2 billion |
12.8 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
|
4.0 billion |
16.0 GB/s |
128 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| Business User, Casual Gamer, Home PC User |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (GDDR3) |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (DDR2) |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE |
| NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6600 |
| NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE |
|
|
8.8 billion |
25.6 GB/s |
256/512 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 8.8 billion |
16 GB/s |
512 MB |
10 |
128 bit |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
| 7 series |
|
2.8 billion |
10.7 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 2.2 billion |
6.5 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 1.8 billion |
5.2 GB/s |
256 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 1.4 billion |
5.3 GB/s |
128 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
|
2.4 billion |
8.8 GB/s |
128 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
| 1.2 billion |
8.8 GB/s |
128 MB |
9.0c |
64 bit |
* Depending on the clock speeds and memory configuration shipped by the graphics card manufacturer, these specs can vary.
** This is dual processor card. Each processor has 512MB of dedicated graphics memory for a total of 1GB on the card.