GeForce 9 series
The GeForce 9 series is the ninth generation of NVIDIA's GeForce series of graphics processing units, the first of which was released on February 21, 2008. Products are based on a slightly repolished Tesla microarchitecture, adding PCIe 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 9300 Series
Geforce 9100 G
- 65 nm G98 GPU
- PCI-E x16
- 64-bit bus
- 4 raster operations pipelines, 8 unified shaders
- 540 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 GS
- 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
- 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, 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.
- 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
- 4 multi processors
- 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 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 9500 GS
- 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 stream processors
- 16 raster operation units, 32 texture address / texture filter units
- 20.8 Gtexels/s fill rate
- 650 MHz core clock, with a 1625 MHz unified shader clock
- 1008 MHz memory, 256-bit interface for 64.5GB/s of bandwidth.
- 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
- 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
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.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. 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.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.GeForce 9800 Series
The GeForce 9800 series contains the GX2, GTX, GTX+ and GT variants.GeForce 9800 GX2
On March 18, 2008, the GeForce 9800 GX2 was officially launched.The GeForce 9800 GX2 has the following specifications:
- Dual PCBs, dual GPU design
- 197 W power consumption.
- Two 65nm process GPUs, with 256 total stream processors.
- Supports Quad SLI
- Power of Two underclocked GeForce 8800 GTS 512 video cards in SLI Mode
- 1 GiB 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
- An 8-pin and a 6-pin power connector
- Clocks : 600 MHz/1500 MHz/2000 MHz
- 256-bit memory interface
- 128 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Release date: March 18, 2008
- Launch price of $666.99
GeForce 9800 GTX
Taken from an eVGA specification sheet:
- 128 CUDA cores
- Clocks : 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
- 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, and S/PDIF in connector on board for routing audio through the HDMI cable
- Release date: 2008-04-01
- Launch Price of $349
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 debuted on the 8800GT. The newer version supports HybridPower while the 65 nm version does not.ASUSTeK have released a 9800GT with Tri-SLI support.
Taken from the Nvidia product detail page.
- 112 CUDA 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
Features
- Compute Capability: 1.1 has support for Atomic functions, which are used to write thread-safe programs.
GeForce 9M Series
- 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 Ghttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9100m_g_mgpu.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G", "NVIDIA". (Accessed July 23, 2008.)
- 1 TMU per pipeline
- 4 ROPs
- 8 stream processors
- 16 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 / 128 bit memory interface
- Memory bandwidth depend on System Memory
- 1.8 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
9200M GShttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9200m_gs.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS", "NVIDIA". (Accessed July 23, 2008.)
- 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
9300M Ghttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9300M.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9300M" , "NVIDIA". (Accessed February 15, 2008.)
- 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 GShttp://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/geforce_9300m_gs_uk.html NVIDIA. (Accessed December 23, 2009.)
- 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 Ghttp://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_9400m_g_us.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G", "NVIDIA". (Accessed June 13, 2009.)
- 16 stream processors
- Memory clock depends on system memory
- 64 bit memory interface / 128 bit memory interface
- Memory bandwidth depends on System Memory
- 3.6 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
9500M Ghttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9500m_g.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G", "NVIDIA". (Accessed July 23, 2008.)
- 16 Processors
- 500
- ? Gtexels/s texture fill rate
9500M GShttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9500M.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9500M" , "NVIDIA". (Accessed February 15, 2008.)
- 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 GShttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9600m_gs.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS", "NVIDIA". (Accessed July 23, 2008.)
- 064A/8 core
- 32 stream processors
- 430 MHz core clock
- 1075 MHz shader clock
- 800/1600 MHz memory clock
- Up to 1024 MB memory
- 128-bit memory interface
- 12.8 GB/s or 25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth
- 6.8 Gtexels/s texture fill rate
- 103 GigaFLOPS
9600M GThttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9600m_gt.html "NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT", "NVIDIA". (Accessed July 23, 2008.)
- 32 stream processors
- 500 MHz core clock
- 1250 MHz shader clock
- 1000 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 GThttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9650M_gt.html " [NVIDIA GeForce 9650M"], "NVIDIA". (Accessed March 16, 2008.)
- G96 core
- 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 https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotebookitalia.it%2Fnvidia-geforce-9800m-gtx-e-le-altre-schede-video-per-enthusiast-gamers.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
- 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 https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotebookitalia.it%2Fnvidia-geforce-9800m-gtx-e-le-altre-schede-video-per-enthusiast-gamers.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
- 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 https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotebookitalia.it%2Fnvidia-geforce-9800m-gtx-e-le-altre-schede-video-per-enthusiast-gamers.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
- 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 https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotebookitalia.it%2Fnvidia-geforce-9800m-gtx-e-le-altre-schede-video-per-enthusiast-gamers.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
- 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 https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotebookitalia.it%2Fnvidia-geforce-9800m-gtx-e-le-altre-schede-video-per-enthusiast-gamers.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
- 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 https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotebookitalia.it%2Fnvidia-geforce-9800m-gtx-e-le-altre-schede-video-per-enthusiast-gamers.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
- 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
Discontinued support
NVIDIA has ceased driver support for GeForce 9 series on April 1, 2016.- Windows XP 32-bit & Media Center Edition: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014;
- Windows XP 64-bit: version 340.52 released on July 29, 2014;
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 32-bit: version 342.01 released on December 14, 2016;
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 64-bit: version 342.01 released on December 14, 2016;
- Windows 10, 32-bit: version 342.01 released on December 14, 2016;
- Windows 10, 64-bit: version 342.01 released on December 14, 2016;