NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1 GB

Graphics Processor

G96C

Cores

TMUs

ROPs

Memory Size

1024 MB

Memory Type

GDDR3

Bus Width

128 bit

GPU

Graphics Processor

GPU Name: G96C

GPU Variant: G96-300-C1

Architecture: Tesla

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 55 nm

Transistors: 314 million

Density: 2.6M / mm²

Die Size: 121 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date: Jul 29th, 2008

Generation: GeForce 9
(9500)

Predecessor: GeForce 8

Successor: GeForce 200

Production: End-of-life

Bus Interface: PCIe 2.0 x16

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock: 550 MHz

Shader Clock: 1400 MHz

Memory Clock: 800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size: ~~512 MB~~
1024 MB

Memory Type: GDDR3

Memory Bus: 128 bit

Bandwidth: 25.60 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units: 32

TMUs: 16

ROPs: 8

SM Count: 4

L2 Cache: 32 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate: 4.400 GPixel/s

Texture Rate: 8.800 GTexel/s

FP32 (float): 89.60 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width: Single-slot

TDP: 50 W

Suggested PSU: 250 W

Outputs: 2x DVI
1x S-Video

Power Connectors: None

Board Number: P729 SKU 10

Graphics Features

DirectX: 11.1 (10_0)

OpenGL: 3.3

OpenCL: 1.1

Vulkan: N/A

CUDA: 1.1

Shader Model: 4.0

G96C GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP2
VDPAU: Feature Set A

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

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Name	GPU Clock	Memory Clock	Other Changes
ASUS 9500 GT 1 GB	550 MHz	400 MHz	1024 MB, DDR2, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
ASUS 9500 GT Bravo	550 MHz	400 MHz	DDR2, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
ASUS 9500 GT Magic	550 MHz	400 MHz	DDR2, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
ASUS 9500 GT TOP	700 MHz	1008 MHz	1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
Galaxy 9500 GT 1 GB	550 MHz	350 MHz	1024 MB, DDR2, 1x DVI 1x VGA
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1 GB	550 MHz	800 MHz	1024 MB
PCYES 9500 GT 1 GB	550 MHz	850 MHz	1024 MB, Dual-slot, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
ZOTAC 9500 GT AMP! Edition	650 MHz	900 MHz	161 mm/6.3 inches