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| − | Nvidia are a chip making company that create the Geforce line of [[GPU]].
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| − | [http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/home.html Official Site]
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| − | [http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx Driver download site]
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| − | == Geforce ==
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| − | The GeForce line of graphics cards were introduced in 1999 with the GeForce 256.
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| − | ===GeForce Naming Scheme===
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| − | ;GeForce 7 series to 9 series
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| − | With earlier series of cards the names are broken up into a 4 digit model number, with an occasional suffix on the end.
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| − | As an example we can use the GeForce 8600GTS.
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| − | The first digit is the series the card belongs to, in this case an 8 series. The second digit, the 6, is to signify the cards power range within that series. A 6 signifies a mid-range power, 8 for high end enthusiast card, and a 4/5 for low-end cards intended mainly for multimedia uses. The "00" are meaningless. The GT suffix can indicate minor changes from the base card, such as overclocking or additional RAM. As in this example the 8600GTS comes with a 675mhz core, compared to the 8600GT with a 540Mhz core.
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| − | ;GeForce 100 Series and beyond
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| − | With the 100 series introduced in 2009 Nvidia changed their naming scheme for GeForce cards. This time they come with a small prefix, and a 3 digit model number.
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| − | As an example we can use the GTX 460
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| − | It is much the same as the older models, the first digit signifying the series, in this case the 400 series. The second digit signifies the power range, once again a middling card signified by the "6". And the "0" is once again meaningless, though may occasionally updates to a card may lead to a card coming with a 5 instead of the common 0. Though in this case the GTX465 is a weaker card. The GT/GTS and GTX prefix can once again signify minor changes to a card, though the 460 has no suffixed variants.
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| − | == PhysX ==
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| − | PhysX is a physics API created by Ageia but bought by Nvidia and integrated into the GeForce line of cards from 8-series onwards.
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| − | == CUDA ==
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| − | CUDA is a GPGPU API created by Nvidia for use in GeForce and Quadro range of cards. It allows common computer programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, to use the GPU card in your PC to boost certain parallel computing tasks.
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