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GeForce

The GeForce logo used since 2007
NameGeForce graphics processor
CaptionThe GeForce logo used since 2007
Invent-nameNvidia

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GeForce is a brand of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed by Nvidia. , there have been eleven iterations of the design. The first GeForce products were discrete GPUs designed for use on add-on graphics boards, intended for the high-margin PC gaming market. Later diversification of the product-line covered all tiers of the PC graphics market, from cost-sensitive motherboard-integrated GPUs to mainstream add-in retail-boards. Most recently, Geforce technology has been introduced into Nvidia's line of embedded application processors, designed for electronic handhelds and mobile handsets.

With respect to discrete GPUs, found in add-in graphics-boards, Nvidia's GeForce and ATI's Radeon GPUs are the only remaining competitors in the high-end market. With the recent announcement of Larrabee, Intel has stated its intention to (eventually) compete in the same high-end GPU market as AMD and NVidia.

Along with its nearest competitor, the AMD (ATI) Radeon, the Geforce architecture is moving toward GPGPU (General Purpose-Graphics Processor Unit). GPGPU is expected to expand GPU functionality beyond the traditional rasterization of 3D graphics, to turn it into a high-performance computing device able to execute arbitrary programming code in the same way a CPU does.

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Mobile GPUs :
Number range (steps of 50) Category Suffixes1 Price range2 (USD) Shader amount3 Memory Outputs Example products
Type Width (bit) Size (MB)
000-550 Mainstream SE, LE, GS, ≤$70 ≤25% DDR, DDR2 25%-50% ~25% VGA/DVI GeForce 7300GS, GeForce 6200, GeForce 210
600-750 Performance GSO, GT, GTS, GTO $70 � $120 25%-50% DDR, DDR2, GDDR3 50%-75% 50%-75% VGA/DVI
Two DVI		 GeForce 7600GT, GeForce 8600GT/GTS, GeForce GT220/240, GeForce GTS 250
800-950 Enthusiast GTX, Ultra, GX2 ≥$120 50%-100% GDDR3, GDDR5 75%-100% 50%-100% VGA/DVI
Two DVI
DVI/HDMI		 (8 Series) GeForce 8800 GTX/Ultra,(9 Series) GeForce 9800 GT/GTX/GX2,(200 Series) GeForce GTX260/275/280/285/295, (400 Series) GeForce GTX460/465/470/480

Nvidia

GeForce Series8-series * 9-series * Ion
nForce SeriesnForce 220 / 415 / 420 * nForce2 * nForce3 * nForce4 * nForce 500 * nForce 600 * nForce 700
TechnologiesESA * EPP * LinkBoost * MXM * SoundStorm * SLI
Early chipsetsNV1 * NV2
RIVA SeriesRIVA 128 * RIVA TNT * RIVA TNT2
GeForce SeriesGeForce 256 * GeForce 2 * GeForce 3 * GeForce 4 * GeForce FX * GeForce 6 * GeForce 7 * GeForce 8 * GeForce 9 * GeForce 100 * GeForce 200 * GeForce 300 * GeForce 400
Workstation and HPCQuadro (Quadro Plex) * Tesla
TechnologiesSLI * PureVideo * TurboCache * PhysX * CUDA * OptiX
ConsolesNV2A (Xbox) * RSX (PlayStation 3)
Stereoscopic 3D gaming3D Vision
HandheldGoForce * Tegra
Driver / SoftwareForceWare * System Tools * nView * Gelato * CUDA * Cg
Acquisitions3dfx Interactive * Ageia * ULi * Mental Images



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