GPU microarchitecture by Nvidia
Nvidia CurieRelease date | 2004 |
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Fabrication process | 130 nm, 110 nm, 90 nm, 80 nm |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
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OpenGL | 2.1 |
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Predecessor | Rankine |
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Successor | Tesla |
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Unsupported |
Photo of Marie Curie, eponym of architecture
Curie is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 2004, as the successor to the Rankine[1] microarchitecture. It was named with reference to the Polish physicist Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie and used with the GeForce 6 and 7 series. Curie was followed by Tesla.
Graphics features
The lack of unified shaders makes DirectX 9.0c the last supported version of DirectX for GPUs based on this microarchitecture.[6]
GPU list
GeForce 6 (6xxx) series
Model
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Launch
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Code name
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Fab (nm)
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Bus interface
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Core clock (MHz)
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Memory clock (MHz)
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Core config1
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Fillrate
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Memory
|
MOperations/s
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MPixels/s
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MTexels/s
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MVertices/s
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Size (MB)
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Bandwidth (GB/s)
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Bus type
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Bus width (bit)
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GeForce 6100 + nForce 410
|
20 October 2005
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MCP51
|
TSMC 90 nm
|
HyperTransport
|
425
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100–200 (DDR)
200–533 (DDR2)
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2:1:2:1
|
850
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425
|
850
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106.25
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Up to 256 system RAM
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1.6–6.4 (DDR)
3.2–17.056 (DDR2)
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DDR
DDR2
|
64
128
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GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
|
June 2006
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MCP61
|
200
400[citation needed]
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3.2
16.0[citation needed]
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DDR2
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GeForce 6150 LE + nForce 430
|
MCP61
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100–200 (DDR)
200–533 (DDR2)
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1.6–6.4 (DDR)
3.2–17.056 (DDR2)
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DDR
DDR2
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GeForce 6150 + nForce 430
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20 October 2005
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MCP51
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475
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950
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475
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950
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118.75
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1.6–6.4 (DDR)
3.2–17.056 (DDR2)
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GeForce 6200 LE
|
2005
|
NV44
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TSMC 110 nm
|
AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
350
|
266
|
700
|
700
|
700
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87.5
|
128
256
|
4.256
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DDR
|
64
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GeForce 6200A
|
4 April 2005
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NV44A
|
AGP 8×
|
350
|
250
533 (DDR2)
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4:3:4:2
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1400
|
700
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1400
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175
225 (DDR2)
|
128
256 (DDR2)
512 (DDR2)
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4
13.3 (DDR2)
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DDR
DDR2
|
64
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GeForce 6200
|
12 October 2004 (PCIe)
17 January 2005 (AGP)
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NV43
|
AGP 8×
PCI
PCIe ×16
|
300
|
275
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4:3:4:4
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1200
|
1200
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1200
|
225
|
128
256
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8.8
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DDR2
|
128
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GeForce 6200 TurboCache
|
15 December 2004
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NV44
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PCIe ×16
|
350
|
350
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4:3:4:2
|
1400
|
700
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1400
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262.5
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128–256 System RAM incl.16/32–64/128 onboard
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5.6
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DDR
|
64
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GeForce 6500
|
1 October 2005
|
400
|
333
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1600
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800
|
1600
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300
|
128
256
|
5.328
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GeForce 6600 LE
|
2005
|
NV43
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AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
300
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200
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4:3:4:4
|
1200
|
1200
|
1200
|
225
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6.4
|
128
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GeForce 6600
|
12 August 2004
|
275
400
|
8:3:8:4
|
2400
|
2400
|
8.8
12.8
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DDR
DDR2
|
GeForce 6600 GT
|
12 August 2004 (PCIe)
14 November 2004 (AGP)
|
500
|
475 (AGP)
500 (PCIe)
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4000
|
2000
|
4000
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375
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15.2 (AGP)
16 (PCIe)
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GDDR3
|
GeForce 6800 LE
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22 July 2004 (AGP)
16 January 2005 (PCIe)
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NV40 (AGP)
NV41, NV42 (PCIe)
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IBM 130 nm
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320 (AGP)
325 (PCIe)
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350
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8:4:8:8
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2560 (AGP)
2600 (PCIe)
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2560 (AGP)
2600 (PCIe)
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2560 (AGP)
2600 (PCIe)
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320 (AGP)
325 (PCIe)
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128
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22.4
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DDR
|
256
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GeForce 6800 XT
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30 September 2005
|
300 (64 Bit)
325
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266 (64 Bit)
350
500 (GDDR3)
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2400
2600
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2400
2600
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2400
2600
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300
325
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256
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4.256
11.2
22.4
32 (GDDR3)
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DDR
DDR2
GDDR3
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64
128
256
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GeForce 6800
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14 April 2004 (AGP)
8 November 2004 (PCIe)
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325
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350
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12:5:12:12
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3900
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3900
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3900
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406.25
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128
256
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22.4
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DDR
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256
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GeForce 6800 GTO
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14 April 2004
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NV45
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PCIe ×16
|
|
450
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4200
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4200
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4200
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437.5
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256
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28.8
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GDDR3
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GeForce 6800 GS
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7 November 2005 (PCIe)
8 December 2005 (AGP)
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NV42 (PCIe)
NV40 (AGP)
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TSMC 110 nm
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AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
425 (PCIe)
350 (AGP)
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500
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5100
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5100
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5100
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531.25
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128
256
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32
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GeForce 6800 GT
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4 May 2004 (AGP)
28 June 2004 (PCIe)
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NV40 (AGP)
NV45 (PCIe)
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IBM 130 nm
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AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
350
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16:6:16:16
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5600
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5600
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5600
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525
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GeForce 6800 Ultra
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4 May 2004 (AGP)
28 June 2004 (PCIe)
14 March 2005 (512 MB)
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400
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525 (512 MB)
550 (256 MB)
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6400
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6400
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6400
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600
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256
512
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33.6 (512 MB)
35.2 (256 MB)
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GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition
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4 May 2004
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NV40
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AGP 8×
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450
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600
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7200
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7200
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7200
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675
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256
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35.2
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Model
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Launch
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Code name
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Fab (nm)
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Bus interface
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Core clock (MHz)
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Memory clock (MHz)
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Core config1
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Fillrate
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Memory
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MOperations/s
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MPixels/s
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MTexels/s
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MVertices/s
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Size (MB)
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Bandwidth (GB/s)
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Bus type
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Bus width (bit)
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Features
Model
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Features
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OpenEXR HDR
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Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
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TurboCache
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PureVideo WMV9 Decoding
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GeForce 6100
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No
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No
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No
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Limited
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GeForce 6150 SE
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No
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No
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Driver-Side Only
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Limited
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GeForce 6150
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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GeForce 6150 LE
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No
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No
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Driver-Side Only
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Yes
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GeForce 6200
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No
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No
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Yes (PCIe only)
|
Yes
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GeForce 6500
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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GeForce 6600 LE
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Yes
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Yes (No SLI Connector)
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No
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Yes
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GeForce 6600
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Yes
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Yes (SLI Connector or PCIe Interface)
|
No
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Yes
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GeForce 6600 DDR2
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Yes
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Yes (SLI Connector or PCIe Interface)
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No
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Yes
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GeForce 6600 GT
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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GeForce 6800 LE
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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GeForce 6800 XT
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Yes
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Yes (PCIe only)
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No
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Yes (NV42 only)
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GeForce 6800
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Yes
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Yes (PCIe only)
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No
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Yes (NV41, NV42 only)
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GeForce 6800 GTO
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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GeForce 6800 GS
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Yes
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Yes (PCIe only)
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No
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Yes (NV42 only)
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GeForce 6800 GT
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Yes
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Yes (PCIe only)
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No
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No
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GeForce 6800 Ultra
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Yes
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Yes (PCIe only)
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No
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No
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GeForce 7 (7xxx) series
Model
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Launch
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Code name
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Fab (nm)
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Bus interface
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Core clock (MHz)
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Memory clock (MHz)
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Core config1
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Fillrate
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Memory
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MOperations/s
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MPixels/s
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MTexels/s
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MVertices/s
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Size (MB)
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Bandwidth (GB/s)
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Bus type
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Bus width (bit)
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GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a
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July 2007
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MCP68S
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TSMC 110 nm
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HyperTransport
|
425
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200 (DDR)
400 (DDR2)
933 (DDR3)
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2:1:2:2
|
850
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850
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850
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106.25
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Up to 256 system RAM
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6.4
12.8
34
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DDR
DDR2
DDR3
|
64
128
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GeForce 7050PV + nForce 630a
|
MCP67QV
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GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i/630i
|
MCP73
|
TSMC 90 nm
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HyperTransport/FSB
|
500
|
333
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1000
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1000
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1000
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125
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5.336
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DDR2
|
64
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GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
|
MCP76
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FSB
|
600
|
400
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1200
|
1200
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1200
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150
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6.4
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GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i
|
630
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1260
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1260
|
1260
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157.5
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GeForce 7100 GS
|
8 August 2006
|
NV44
|
TSMC 110 nm
|
PCIe ×16
|
350
|
300
|
4:3:4:2
|
1400
|
700
|
1400
|
262.5
|
128
256
|
2.4
4.8
|
DDR
DDR2
|
32
64
|
GeForce 7200 GS
|
18 January 2006
|
G72
|
TSMC 90 nm
|
450
|
400
|
2:2:4:2
|
1800
|
900
|
1800
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337.5
|
3.2
6.4
|
DDR2
|
GeForce 7300 SE
|
22 March 2006
|
350
|
333
|
4:3:4:2
|
128
|
2.656
5.328
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GeForce 7300 LE
|
GeForce 7300 GS
|
18 January 2006
|
550
|
400
|
2200
|
1100
|
2200
|
412.5
|
128
256
|
6.4
|
64
|
GeForce 7300 GT
|
15 May 2006
|
G73
|
AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
350
|
325 (DDR2)
700 (GDDR3)
|
8:5:8:4
|
2800
|
1400
|
2800
|
437.5
|
10.4
22.4
|
DDR2
GDDR3
|
128
|
GeForce 7500 LE
|
2006
|
G72
|
PCIe ×16
|
263
324
|
275
|
4:3:4:2
|
900
1100
|
900
1100
|
2200
|
412.5
|
64
128
256
|
2.6
6.8
|
DDR2
|
32
64
|
GeForce 7600 GS
|
22 March 2006 (PCIe)
1 July 2006 (AGP)
|
G73
|
AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
400
|
400 (DDR2)
700 (GDDR3)
|
12:5:12:8
|
4800
|
3200
|
4800
|
500
|
256
|
12.8
22.4
|
DDR2
GDDR3
|
128
|
GeForce 7600 GT
|
9 March 2006 (PCIe)
15 July 2006 (AGP)
|
560
|
6720
|
4480
|
6720
|
700
|
GeForce 7600 GT 80 nm
|
8 January 2007
|
G73-B1
|
TSMC 80 nm
|
GeForce 7650 GS
|
22 March 2006
|
G73
|
PCIe ×16
|
450
|
400
|
5400
|
3600
|
5400
|
562.5
|
12.7
|
DDR2
|
GeForce 7800 GS
|
2 February 2006
|
G70
|
TSMC 110 nm
|
AGP 8×
|
375
|
600
|
16:8:16:8
|
6000
|
3000
|
6000
|
750
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38.4
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GDDR3
|
256
|
GeForce 7800 GT
|
11 August 2005
|
PCIe ×16
|
400
|
500
|
20:7:20:16
|
8000
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6400
|
8000
|
700
|
32
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GeForce 7800 GTX
|
22 June 2005 (256 MB)
14 November 2005 (512 MB)
|
430 (256 MB)
550 (512 MB)
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600 (256 MB)
850 (512 MB)
|
24:8:24:16
|
10320 (256 MB)
13200 (512 MB)
|
6880 (256 MB)
8800 (512 MB)
|
10320 (256 MB)
13200 (512 MB)
|
860 (256 MB)
1100 (512 MB)
|
256
512
|
38.4 (256 MB)
54.4 (512 MB)
|
GeForce 7900 GS
|
May 2006 (PCIe)
2 April 2007 (AGP)
|
G71
|
TSMC 90 nm
|
AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
450
|
660
|
20:7:20:16
|
9000
|
7200
|
9000
|
787.5
|
256
|
42.24
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GeForce 7900 GT
|
9 March 2006
|
PCIe ×16
|
24:8:24:16
|
10800
|
10800
|
900
|
GeForce 7900 GTO
|
1 October 2006
|
650
|
15600
|
10400
|
15600
|
1300
|
512
|
GeForce 7900 GTX
|
9 March 2006
|
800
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51.2
|
GeForce 7900 GX2
|
2× G71
|
500
|
600
|
2× 24:8:24:16
|
24000
|
16000
|
24000
|
2000
|
2× 512
|
2x 38.4
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GeForce 7950 GT
|
6 September 2006 (PCIe)
2 April 2007 (AGP)
|
G71
|
AGP 8×
PCIe ×16
|
550
|
700
|
24:8:24:16
|
13200
|
8800
|
13200
|
1100
|
512
|
44.8
|
GeForce 7950 GX2
|
5 June 2006
|
2× G71
|
PCIe ×16
|
500
|
600
|
2× 24:8:24:16
|
24000
|
16000
|
24000
|
2000
|
2× 512
|
2x 38.4
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Model
|
Launch
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Code name
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Fab (nm)
|
Bus interface
|
Core clock (MHz)
|
Memory clock (MHz)
|
Core config1
|
Fillrate
|
Memory
|
MOperations/s
|
MPixels/s
|
MTexels/s
|
MVertices/s
|
Size (MB)
|
Bandwidth (GB/s)
|
Bus type
|
Bus width (bit)
|
Features
Model
|
Features
|
Gamma-correct antialiasing
|
64-bit OpenEXR HDR
|
Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
|
TurboCache
|
Dual Link DVI
|
GeForce 7100 GS
|
No
|
No
|
Yes (PCIe only, No SLI bridge)
|
Yes
|
No
|
GeForce 7200 GS
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
GeForce 7300 SE
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
GeForce 7300 LE
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
GeForce 7300 GS
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (PCIe only)
|
Yes
|
No
|
GeForce 7300 GT
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (PCIe only, No SLI bridge)
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7600 GS
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (PCIe only)
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7600 GT
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (PCIe only)
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7600 GT (80 nm)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7650 GS (80 nm)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (Depending on OEM Design)
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7800 GS
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7800 GT
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7800 GTX
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7800 GTX 512
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
One port
|
GeForce 7900 GS
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (PCIe only)
|
No
|
Two ports
|
GeForce 7900 GT
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Two ports
|
GeForce 7900 GTO
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Two ports
|
GeForce 7900 GTX
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Two ports
|
GeForce 7900 GX2 (GTX Duo)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Two ports
|
GeForce 7950 GT
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes (PCIe only)
|
No
|
Two ports
|
GeForce 7950 GX2
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Two ports
|
See also
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