GeForce 9500 GT

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2008-07-29
CUDA Cores
32
Memory
512 MB GDDR3
Memory Bandwidth
32 GB/s
TDP/TBP
50 W
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

GeForce 9500 GT belongs to the Tesla and GeForce 9 Series era around 2008, when PC graphics cards varied heavily by bus, memory chips, BIOS, cooler, and display outputs. Tracking the exact model helps retro builders distinguish period-correct boards from similarly named variants.

Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. Archived NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT reference specificationsOfficial reference memory, interface-width, maximum-card-power, minimum-system-power, and supplementary-power specifications preserved by the Internet ArchiveOpen source
  2. Archived NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series launch releaseOfficial July 29, 2008 release announcing immediate availability of GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GTOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source

Photo sources

  1. Wikimedia Commons
    Photo: Gigabyte GV-N95TOC-512H GeForce 9500 GT board (Front)Creator: SkCredit: Sk / Wikimedia CommonsLicense: Public domain (creator dedication on file page)Source claim: Commons file page states creator Sk released this photograph into the public domain.Modified: Resized to 960 px maximum dimension and JPEG recompressed at quality 78; no crop.Configuration: Example Gigabyte GV-N95TOC-512H board with 512 MB GDDR2, per Gigabyte specifications; the Wiki entry lists 512 MB GDDR3. Both identify a GeForce 9500 GT on PCIe 2.0.Original file page