GeForce 8 series

The GeForce 8 series is the eighth generation of Nvidia's GeForce line of graphics processing units. The third major GPU architecture developed by Nvidia, Tesla represents the company's first unified shader architecture.

For GeForce cards with a model number of 8X0M, see GeForce 800M series.
GeForce 8 series
GeForce 8800 Ultra released in May of 2007; the series' flagship unit.
Release dateNovember 8, 2006 (November 8, 2006)
CodenameG8x
ArchitectureTesla
Models
  • GeForce GS series
  • GeForce GT series
  • GeForce GTS series
  • GeForce GTX series
  • GeForce Ultra series
Cards
Entry-level8100
8200
8300
8400
8500
Mid-range8600 GS/GT/GTS
High-end8800 GS/GT/GTS
Enthusiast8800 GTX/Ultra
API support
DirectXDirect3D 10.0
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGLOpenGL 3.3
History
PredecessorGeForce 7 series
SuccessorGeForce 9 series
Support status
Unsupported
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.