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Nvidia rebranding the Geforce 9 rebrands

by on19 November 2008


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G100, GT120 and GT130 are the new ones


We’ve
learned that Nvidia might once more rebrand its entry-level cards. It is getting kind of ridiculous, as this has already happened once when Nvidia renamed the 8800-series to 9800 and now they want to do a similar thing at the low-end.

The card that we know as Geforce 9300 based on the G96 will be branded as G100. This reminds me of a Matrox product called G100, a card that came out some 10 years ago and could accelerate Direct 3D, but not OpenGL.

The second rebrand is Geforce 9500 that will be known as Geforce GT120, while the current Geforce 9600 should end up with the Geforce GT130 brand.

So, GTX will mean that you get a high-end/performance card, GT is reserved for mainstream while G means you have an entry-level card. This rebrand should happen sometime in January.

 

Last modified on 20 November 2008
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