Editing GeForce (section)

== Nomenclature ==
From the GeForce 4 series until the GeForce 9 series, the naming scheme below is used.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Category<br>of graphics card
! rowspan=2 | Number<br>range
! rowspan=2 | Suffix<ref group=lower-alpha>Suffixes indicate its performance layer, and those listed are in order from weakest to most powerful. Suffixes from lesser categories can still be used on higher performance cards, example: GeForce 8800 GT.</ref>
! rowspan=2 | Price range<ref group=lower-alpha name=two>Price range only applies to the most recent generation and is a generalization based on pricing patterns.</ref><br>(USD)
! rowspan=2 | Shader<br>amount<ref group=lower-alpha name=three>Shader amount compares the number of shaders pipelines or units in that particular model range to the highest model possible in the generation.</ref>
! colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | Memory
! rowspan=2 | Example products
|-
! Type
! Bus width
! Size
|-
| Entry-level
| 000–550
| SE, LE, no suffix, GS, GT, Ultra
| <&nbsp;$100
| <&nbsp;25%
| [[DDR SDRAM|DDR]], [[DDR2 SDRAM|DDR2]]
| 25–50%
| ~25%
| GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9500 GT
|-
| Mid-range
| 600–750
| VE, LE, XT, no suffix, GS, GSO, GT, GTS, Ultra
| $100–175
| 25–50%
| DDR2, [[GDDR3]]
| 50–75%
| 50–75%
| GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO
|-
| High-end
| 800–950
| VE, LE, ZT, XT, no suffix, GS, GSO, GT, GTO,<br>GTS, GTX, GTX+, Ultra, Ultra Extreme, GX2
| >&nbsp;$175
| 50–100%
| GDDR3
| 75–100%
| 50–100%
| GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9800 GTX
|}

Since the release of the GeForce 100 series of GPUs, Nvidia changed their product naming scheme to the one below.<ref name="Nvdia Geforce">{{cite web | url = http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html | publisher = Nvidia | title = GeForce Graphics Cards | access-date = July 7, 2012 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120701181254/http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html | archive-date = July 1, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Category<br>of graphics card
! rowspan=2 | Prefix
! rowspan=2 | Number range<br>(last 2 digits)
! rowspan=2 | Price range<ref group=lower-alpha name=two /><br>(USD)
! rowspan=2 | Shader<br>amount<ref group=lower-alpha name=three />
! colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | Memory
! rowspan=2 | Example products
|-
! Type
! Bus width
! Size
|-
| Entry-level
| no prefix, G, GT, GTX<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.techpowerup.com/295015/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1630-launching-may-31st-with-512-cuda-cores-4-gb-gddr6 | title = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 Launching May 31st with 512 CUDA Cores & 4 GB GDDR6 | date = 2022-05-19 | access-date = May 19, 2022 | archive-date = May 19, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220519163425/https://www.techpowerup.com/295015/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1630-launching-may-31st-with-512-cuda-cores-4-gb-gddr6 | url-status = live }}</ref>
| 00–45
| <&nbsp;$100
| <&nbsp;25%
| DDR2, DDR3, GDDR3, [[DDR4]], [[GDDR5]], [[GDDR6]]
| 25–50%
| ~25%
| GeForce GT 420, GeForce GT 1010, GeForce GTX 1630
|-
| Mid-range
| GTS, GTX, RTX
| 50–65
| $100–300
| 25–50%
| GDDR3, GDDR5, GDDR5X, GDDR6
| 50–75%
| 50–100%
| GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GTX 960, GeForce RTX 3050
|-
| High-end
| GTX, RTX
| 70–95
| >&nbsp;$300
| 50–100%
| GDDR3, GDDR5, GDDR5X, GDDR6, GDDR6X
| 75–100%
| 75–100%
| GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
|}

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* Earlier cards such as the GeForce4 follow a similar pattern.
* cf. [http://www.nvidia.com/object/graphics_cards_buy_now.html Nvidia's Performance Graph] here.