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Contemporary Graphics Card Naming Guide (page 3) [10/25/2005 04:00 PM | Video]
by Igor Kozachenko

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NVIDIA Graphics Solutions

Graphics card name	GPU	Process	Bus	Memory	Pixel pipes / textures per clock	Vertex pipes	DX	Chip / mem freq.	Mem bus
High-End graphics cards and their modifications
GeForce 7800 GTX	G70	110 nm	PCI-E¹³	256 MB GDDR3	24/24	8	9.0c	430/1200 MHz	256 bit
GeForce 7800 GT	G70	110 nm	PCI-E	256 MB GDDR3	20/20	7	9.0c	400/1000 MHz	256 bit
GeForce 6800 Ultra	NV40	130 nm	PCI-E	512 MB GDDR3	16/16 or 32/0	6	9.0c	400/1100 (1050) MHz	256 bit
GeForce 6800 Ultra	NV40/NV45	130 nm	AGP/ PCI-E	256 MB GDDR3	16/16 or 32/0	6	9.0c	400/1100 MHz	256 bit
GeForce 6800 GT	NV40/NV45	130 nm	AGP/ PCI-E	256 MB GDDR3	16/16 or 32/0	6	9.0c	350/1000 MHz	256 bit
GeForce 6800¹¹	NV41/NV42	130/110 nm	PCI-E	128/ 256 MB DDR	12/12 or 24/0	5	9.0c	325/700 MHz	256 bit
GeForce 6800	NV40	130 nm	AGP	128/256 MB DDR	12/12 or 24/0	5	9.0c	325/700 MHz	256 bit
GeForce 6800 XT¹⁵	NV41/NV42	130/110 nm	PCI-E	128 MB	8/8 or 16/0	4	9.0c	325/700 MHz?	256 bit
GeForce 6800 LE¹¹	NV41/NV42	130/110 nm	PCI-E	128/ 256 MB DDR	8/8 or 16/0	4	9.0c	325/700 MHz¹²	256 bit
GeForce 6800 LE	NV40	130 nm	AGP	128/ 256 MB DDR	8/8 or 16/0	4	9.0c	325/700 MHz¹²	256 bit
GeForce PCX 5950 ^1*	NV38X	130 nm	PCI-E	256 MB	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	475/950 MHz	256 bit
GeForceFX 5950 Ultra	NV38	130 nm	AGP	256 MB	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	475/950 MHz	256 bit
GeForceFX 5900 Ultra *	NV35	130 nm	AGP	256 MB	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	450/850 MHz	256 bit
GeForce PCX 5900 *	NV35X	130 nm	PCI-E	128 MB	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	400/850 MHz	256 bit
GeForceFX 5900 *	NV35	130 nm	AGP	128 MB	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	400/850 MHz	256 bit
GeForceFX 5900 XT (Value)	NV35	130 nm	AGP	128 MB	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	390/700 MHz	256 bit
GeForceFX 5900 ZT	NV35	130 nm	AGP	128 MB	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	325/700 MHz	256 bit
GeForceFX 5800 Ultra *	NV30	130 nm	AGP	128 MB DDR II	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	500/1000 MHz	128 bit
GeForceFX 5800 *	NV30	130 nm	AGP	128 MB DDR II	4/8 or 8/0	3	9.0	400/800 MHz	128 bit
Mainstream graphics cards
GeForce 6600 GT	NV43	110 nm	PCI-E	128 MB GDDR3	8/8	3	9.0c	500/1000 MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6600 GT	NV43	110 nm	AGP	128 MB GDDR3	8/8	3	9.0c	500/900 MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6600³	NV43	110 nm	PCI-E	512 MB GDDR3	8/8	3	9.0c	300/550² MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6600	NV43	110 nm	PCI-E	128/256 MB DDR	8/8	3	9.0c	300/550² MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6600⁴	NV43	110 nm	AGP	128 MB DDR	8/8	3	9.0c	300/500 MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6600 LE¹⁴	NV43V	110 nm	PCI-E	128 MB DDR	4/4	3	9.0c	300/500 MHz?	128 bit
GeForce 6200	NV43V	110 nm	PCI-E	128 MB DDR	4/4	3	9.0c	300/500 MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6200⁶	NV43V	110 nm	AGP	128 MB DDR	4/4	3	9.0c	300/500 MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6200⁷	NV44	110 nm	AGP	128 MB DDR	4/4	2	9.0c	300/500 MHz	128/64 bit⁹
GeForce 6200⁸	NV44A	110 nm	AGP	128 MB DDR	4/4	2	9.0c	300/500 MHz	128/64 bit⁹
GeForce 6200¹⁰	NV44A?	110 nm	AGP	512 MB DDR?	4/4	2	9.0c	?/? MHz	128 bit?
"New" GeForceFX 5700 Ultra *	NV36	130 nm	AGP	128 MB GDDR3	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	475/950 MHz	128 bit
GeForceFX 5700 Ultra *	NV36	130 nm	AGP	128 MB GDDR	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	475/900 MHz	128 bit
"New" GeForceFX 5600 Ultra *	NV31	130 nm	AGP	128 MB	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	400/800 MHz	128 bit
"Old" GeForceFX 5600 Ultra *	NV31	130 nm	AGP	128 MB	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	350/700 MHz	128 bit
GeForce PCX 5750	NV39	130 nm	PCI-E	256/ 128 MB	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	425/550 MHz	128 bit
GeForceFX 5700	NV36	130 nm	AGP	256/ 128 MB	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	425/550 MHz	128 bit
GeForceFX 5700 LE	NV36	130 nm	AGP	256/ 128 MB	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	250/400 MHz	128/64 bit
GeForceFX 5600 *	NV31	130 nm	AGP	128/ 64 MB	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	325/550 MHz	128 bit
GeForceFX 5600 XT *	NV31	130 nm	AGP	64/ 128/ 256 MB	2/4 or 4/4	2	9.0	235/400 MHz	128/64 bit
Value graphics cards
GeForce 6500	NV44	110 nm	PCI-E	128 MB GDDR2 (256 MB)⁵	4/4	2	9.0c	400/700 MHz²	64 bit
GeForce 6200 with TurboCache type 3	NV44	110 nm	PCI-E	64 MB (256 MB)⁵	4/4	2	9.0c	350/700 MHz	128 bit
GeForce 6200 with TurboCache type 2	NV44	110 nm	PCI-E	32 MB (128 MB)⁵	4/4	2	9.0c	350/700 MHz	64 bit
GeForce 6200 with TurboCache type 1	NV44	110 nm	PCI-E	16 MB (128 MB)⁵	4/4	2	9.0c	350/700 MHz	32 bit
GeForceFX 5200 Ultra *	NV34	130 nm	AGP	128/ 64 MB	2/4 or 4/0	1	9.0	325/650 MHz	128/64 bit
GeForceFX 5500	NV34	130 nm	AGP	256/ 128 MB	2/4 or 4/0	1	9.0	270/400 MHz	128/64 bit
GeForce PCX 5300 *	NV37	130 nm	PCI-E	128/ 64 MB	2/4 or 4/0	1	9.0	250/400 MHz	128/64 bit
GeForceFX 5200	NV34	130 nm	AGP	128/ 64 MB	2/4 or 4/0	1	9.0	250/400 MHz	128/64 bit
GeForce4 Ti4800 (4600-8x) *	NV28	150 nm	AGP	128/ 64 MB	4/8	2	8.0	300/650 MHz	128 bit
GeForce4 Ti4200-8x *	NV28	150 nm	AGP	128/ 64 MB	4/8	2	8.0	250/512 MHz	128 bit
GeForce PCX 4300 ^1*	NV19	150 nm	PCI-E	64 MB	2/4	-	7.0	275/512 MHz	128/64 bit
GeForce4 MX440-8x *	NV18	150 nm	AGP	64 MB	2/4	-	7.0	275/512 MHz	128/64 bit

* - These graphics cards are given only for comparison purposes. There are very few or none of them left in the market today.

¹ – These graphics cards were introduced last February. However, they disappeared from the list of NVIDIA’s products and have never got into the market.

² – This frequency is not strictly defined and depends on the manufacturer only.

³ – This graphics card doesn’t support SLI mode.

⁴ – This graphics card hasn’t been officially announced because the use of additional PCI-E/AGP bridge hasn’t been justified for a value graphics card. However, some vendors, such as MSI, for instance, are still offering this solution.

⁵ – The number in brackets is the overall size of the addressed frame-buffer, most of which is in the system memory.

^{6, 7} – These graphics cards are equipped with a PCI-E/AGP bridge.

⁸ – The chip on this graphics card features integrated AGP support.

⁹ – It is quite possible that all GeForce 6200 AGP graphics cards will feature only 64-bit memory access.

¹⁰ – Even though the graphics card has been officially announced, no specification details have been revealed except for the amount of supported onboard memory.

¹¹ – NV41 is a modification of NV40 with cut-down number of “physical” pipelines. NV42 is a modification of NV41 manufactured with 110nm technology.

¹² – The frequencies haven’t been strictly specified and are determined by the graphics card vendors.

¹³ – No AGP version of this graphics card is planned.

¹⁴ – The only difference between this graphics card and the old 6200 based on the cut-down NV43 chip modification is the SLI support. The recommended frequencies haven’t been specified.

¹⁵ – The only difference between this graphics card and the 6800 LE is the SLI support.

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