GeForce 9600 GSO

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2008-04-28
CUDA Cores
96
Memory
384 MB GDDR3
Memory Bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
TDP/TBP
105 W
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

GeForce 9600 GSO 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 9600 GSO reference specificationsOfficial reference memory, interface-width, maximum-card-power, minimum-system-power, and supplementary-power specifications preserved by the Internet ArchiveOpen 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: GeForce 9600 GSO G92-150-A2 GPU package (GPU package)Creator: ViscousFlowCredit: ViscousFlow / Wikimedia CommonsTitle: Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO.pngLicense: CC BY 4.0 InternationalSource claim: Commons credits ViscousFlow and states this exact image is CC BY 4.0 International.Modified: Resized from the source-supplied bounded Wikimedia rendering and JPEG recompressed; no local crop. CC BY 4.0 International terms retained.Board identity: The exact Commons file page identifies this photographed example.Configuration: This GPU-package view does not establish board maker, memory configuration or clocks.License deedOriginal file page