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.

New codename scheme

It had previously been thought that NVIDIA had decided to drop the G and NV nomenclature for a D (for Desktop) nomenclature on their processors. Following the D is the generation number and the target market indicator. NVIDIA's official designations for target markets include Mainstream, Performance, and Enthusiast. For example, the D9E indicates a 9th generation Desktop GeForce video card for the Enthusiast market . However, NVIDIA has actually forked their codenames into those of graphics processors, and those of graphics cards. The GPU cores have kept the prefix "G" and future versions will include the prefix "GT"; whereas the actual cards are now codenamed as D, generation number and target market. For example, the GeForce 8800 GT is designated D8P but contains a processor codenamed G92; the GeForce 9600 GT will most likely be designated D9M but it will contain the G94 core, whereas the 9800 will likely contain the G92 core. The next-generation core after the GeForce 9 Series is designated GT200, it had previously been published as G100. It is worth noting that all of the GeForce 9 series is technically similar to the G92 GeForce 8 series (8800GT/GTS 512), except for the use of slightly higher rated and clocked video memory. Also in the 9800GTX+ and some 9800GT, a manufacturing processing shrink to 55nm was added. However the architecture of the G92 is identical, meaning clock for clock identical performance.

GeForce 9200/9400 Series

On August 27, 2008 the Geforce 9200GS/9400GT was officially launched.

GeForce 9200GS/9400GT

• 55nm G96/D9M GPU
• 16 Stream Processors.
• 550 MHz core, with a 1350 MHz unified shader clock.
• 4.4 billion texels/s fillrate.
• 256 MB/512 MB/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.
• Support DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0.
• Supports 2nd generation PureVideo technology and Hybrid Power technology.

GeForce 9500 Series

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

GeForce 9500 GT

• 55nm G96/D9M GPU
• 32 Stream Processors.
• 550 MHz core, with a 1400 MHz unified shader clock.
• 8.8 billion texels/s fillrate.
• 256 MB/512MB 1600 MHz GDDR3 memory or 256 MB 1000 MHz GDDR2 memory, both with a 128-bit memory bus.
• 25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth for boards configured with GDDR3 800 MHz memory.
• Support DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0.
• Supports 3rd generation PureVideo 3 technology with VC1 decoding.

GeForce 9500 GS

• 65nm G96/D9M GPU.
• 32 Stream Processors.
• 8 Raster Operations (ROP) units
• 550 Mhz Core, with a 1375 MHz unified shader clock.
• 8.8 billion texels/s Fillrate.
• 256 MB/512MB 500/1000MHz? DDR2 memory with a 128-bit memory bus.
• 16.0 GB/s memory bandwidth.
• Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0
• Possibly 3rd-generation PureVideo 3 technology, due to the G96 core.

GeForce 9600 Series

On February 21, 2008 the Geforce 9600 GT was officially launched.

Geforce 9600 GT

• 65nm G94/D9M GPU.
• 64 Stream Processors.
• 16 Raster Operation(ROP) units, 32 Texture Address(TA)/Texture Filter(TF) units.
• 20.8 billion texels/s fillrate.
• 650 MHz core clock, with a 1625 MHz unified shader clock.
• 1800 MHz memory, with a 256-bit memory interface.
• 256 MB, 512 MB, or 1 GB of GDDR3 memory.
• 57.6 GB/s memory bandwidth for boards configured with GDDR3 900 MHz memory.
• 505M transistor count
• DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0.
• Is compatible with HDCP, but the implementation will depend 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.
• Estimated by NVIDIA to cost between $169-$189 MSRP.

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Geforce 9600 GSO

The Geforce 9600 GSO is 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 384MB memory clocked at 1,600 MHz on a 192-bit memory bus.

GeForce 9800 Series

The GeForce 9800 series contains the GX2 (dual GPU), 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 (128 per PCB).
• Supports Quad SLI.
• Power of Two underclocked Geforce 8800 GTS 512(G92) video cards in SLI Mode
• 1 GiB (512 MB per PCB) memory framebuffer.
• Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0.
• 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 (Core/Shader/Memory): 600 MHz/1500 MHz/2000 MHz
• 256-bit memory interface
• 128 GB/s memory bandwidth
• Release date: March 18, 2008
• Launch price of $599 .

GeForce 9800 GTX

On April 1, 2008 the GeForce 9800 GTX was officially launched. It was basically an 8800 GTS 512mb with two SLI connectors, higher clock speeds, and support for Nvidia Hybrid Power, a technology that allows the discrete GPU to shut off during non resource intensive applications, and instead use the integrated GPU. With these extra features though, a high price came too.

Taken from an eVGA specification sheet.

• 128 Stream Processors.
• Clocks (Core/Shader/Memory): 675 MHz/1688 MHz/2200 MHz
• 256-bit memory interface.
• 512 MB of GDDR3 memory.
• 70.4 GB/s memory bandwidth
• Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 43.2
• DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0.
• Release date was 2008-04-01. .
• Launch Price of $349. .

In July 2008 nVidia released the 55nm refresh of the 9800 GTX: the 9800 GTX+. It has faster core (738 MHz) and shader (1836 MHz) clocks.

GeForce 9800 GT

The 9800GT is effectively a rebranded 8800GT, although some are being manufactured using a newer 55nm technology instead of the older 65nm first debuted on the 8800gt

ASUSTeK have released a 9800GT with Tri-SLI support

Taken from the nVidia product detail page.

• 112 Processor Cores
• 512MB Standard Memory
• 256-bit Memory Interface Width
• 600 MHz Graphics Clock (MHz)
• 1500 MHz Processor Clock (MHz)
• 900 MHz Memory Clock
• Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 33.6
• Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 57.6
• DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0.

Technical Specifications

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)
						Billion pixel/s	Billion bilinear texel/s	Billion bilinear FP16 texel/s	Billion FP32 pixel/s	Stream Processors	Clock (MHz)	Bandwidth max (GB/s)	DRAM type	Bus width (bit)	Megabytes	Effective (Real) Memory Clock (MHz)
GeForce 9400 GT	August 27, 2008	G96	PCI Express 2.0 x16	65, 55	550	?	4.4	?	?	16	1350	12.8	DDR2	128	256, 512, 1024	800 (400)	8	?	50	?	67
													GDDR3			1000 (800)
GeForce 9500 GT	July 29, 2008	G96	PCI Express 2.0 x16	65, 55	550	?	8.8	?	?	32	1400	25.6	GDDR3	128	256, 512, 1024	1600 (800)	16	8	50	314	134
													DDR2			1000 (500)
GeForce 9600 GSO	January 15, 2008	G92-150	PCI Express 2.0 x16	65	550	6.6	26.4	13.2	3.3	96	1375	38.4	GDDR3	192	384, 512, 768	1600 (800)	48	12	105	754	396
GeForce 9600 GT	February 21, 2008	G94	PCI Express 2.0 x16	65, 55	650	10.4	20.8	10.4	?	64	1625	57.6	GDDR3	256	256, 512, 1024	1800 (900)	32	16	98	505	312
GeForce 9800 GT	July 29, 2008	G92a, b	PCI Express 2.0 x16	65, 55	600	9.6	33.6 38.4	16.8 19.2	4.8	112 128	1500	57.6	GDDR3	256	512, 1024	1800 (900)	56 64	16	~105 ~125	754	504 576
GeForce 9800 GTX	April 1, 2008	G92	PCI Express 2.0 x16	65	675	10.8	43.2	21.6	?	128	1688	70.4	GDDR3	256	512	2200 (1100)	64	16	140	754	648
GeForce 9800 GTX+	July 29, 2008	G92b	PCI Express 2.0 x16	55	738	11.8	47.4	23.7	?	128	1836	70.4	GDDR3	256	512	2200 (1100)	64	16	145	754	705
GeForce 9800 GX2	March 18, 2008	G92	PCI Express 2.0 x16	65	600	2x 9.6	2x 38.4	2x 19.2	2x 4.8	2x 128	1500	2x 64	GDDR3	2x 256	2x 512	2000 (1000)	2x 64	2x 16	197	2x 754	2x 576

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 low-end and midrange notebooks,
• DirectX 10.0 and OpenGL 2 compatibility,
• 16X antialiasing, and
• Full HD DVD / Blu-ray hardware decoding.

9100M G

• 16 Stream Processors.
• 450 MHz core clock.
• 1100 MHz shader clock.
• Memory Clock depend on System Memory.
• Up to 256 MB shared memory, with Turbo Cache.
• 64 bit memory interface (single-channel mode) / 128 bit memory interface (dual-channel mode).
• Memory Bandwidth depend on System Memory.
• 1.8 billion texels/s texture fill rate.
• (specification based on Acer Aspire 4530 using GPU-Z v0.2.8 utility)

9200M GS

• 8 Stream Processors.
• 529 MHz core clock.
• ? MHz shader clock.
• ? MHz memory clock.
• Up to 256 MB memory.
• 64-bit memory interface.
• ? GB/s memory bandwidth.
• ? billion texels/s texture fill rate.

9300M G

• 16 Stream Processors.
• 400 MHz core clock.
• 800 MHz shader clock.
• 600 MHz memory clock.
• Up to 256 MB memory.
• 64-bit memory interface.
• 9.6 GB/s memory bandwidth.
• 3.2 billion texels/s texture fill rate.

9300M GS

• 16 Stream Processors.
• 580 MHz core clock.
• 1450 MHz shader clock.
• 800 MHz memory clock.
• Up to 512 MB memory.
• 64-bit memory interface.
• 6.4 GB/s memory bandwidth.
• 4.6 billion texels/s texture fill rate.

9500M G

• 16 Stream Processors.
• 500 MHz core clock.
• 1200 MHz shader clock.
• 800 MHz memory clock.
• Up to 1024 MB memory.
• 128-bit memory interface.
• ? GB/s memory bandwidth.
• ? billion texels/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 billion texels/s texture fill rate.

9600M GS

• 064A/8 core
• 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 GDDR2 type)or 25.6 GB/s (with GDDR3 type) memory bandwidth.
• 6.8 billion texels/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.
• ? billion texels/s texture fill rate.

9650M GS

• 32 Stream Processors.
• 625 MHz core clock.
• 1250 MHz shader clock.
• 800 MHz memory clock.
• Up to 512 MB memory.
• 128 bit memory interface.
• 25.6 GB/s memory bandwidth.
• 10 billion texels/s texture fill rate.

9700M GT [4]

• 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 billion texels/s texture fill rate.
• 148.8 GigaFLOPS.

9700M GTS [5]

• 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 billion texels/s texture fill rate.
• 190.8 GigaFLOPS.

9800M GS [6]

• G94 core.
• 64 Stream Processors.
• 500 MHz core clock.
• ???? MHz shader clock.
• 800 MHz memory clock.
• 256 bit memory interface.
• 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth.
• 16.0 billion texels/s texture fill rate.
• 254 GigaFLOPS.

9800M GTS [7]

• 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 billion texels/s texture fill rate.
• 288 GigaFLOPS.

9800M GT [8]

• G92 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 billion texels/s texture fill rate.
• 360 GigaFLOPS.

9800M GTX [9]

• G92 core.
• 112 Stream Processors.
• 500 MHz core clock.
• 1375 MHz shader clock.
• 799 MHz memory clock.
• 256 bit memory interface.
• 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth.
• 28.0 billion texels/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)
						Billion pixel/s	Billion bilinear texel/s	Billion bilinear FP16 texel/s	Billion FP32 pixel/s	Stream Processors	Clock (MHz)	Bandwidth max (GB/s)	DRAM type	Bus width (bit)	Megabytes	Effective DDR Clock (MHz)
GeForce 9100M G		G98		65			?	?	?	8	1080						?	?	?	?	26
GeForce 9200 GS		G98		65	530		?	?	?	8	1290					1400 (700)	?	?	?	?	31
GeForce 9300M G		G98		65	400	?	3.2	?	?	16	800	9.6		64	256	1200 (600)	?	?	?	?	38
GeForce 9300M GS		G98		65	?	?	?	?	?	8	1400	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	34
GeForce 9500M G				65	?	?	?	?	?	16	1250	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	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	?		128	?	1600 (800)	?	?	?	314	103
GeForce 9600M GT		G96		65	500	?	?	?	?	32	1250	?		128	256	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		128	?	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		G92			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)	?	?	?	?	420

Future developments

• The series is being succeeded by GeForce 200 Series.

See also

• Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units
• DirectX 10
• GeForce 8 Series

References

http://www.hardware.info/productdb/bGNkbJiUmJTKZcg/viewproduct/nVidia_GeForce_9800_GX2/ Tested by Joseph MacIntre

External links

• NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series - NVIDIA.com