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GeForce FX Series

DirectX 9 era GeForce generation using NV3x GPUs. Architecture coverage: Rankine. GeForce FX was NVIDIA's first DirectX 9 generation and a historically important, uneven transition to longer shader programs. Performance varies sharply between low-end FX cards and high-end FX 5900/5950 boards.

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Series Overview

DirectX 9 era GeForce generation using NV3x GPUs. Architecture coverage: Rankine. GeForce FX was NVIDIA's first DirectX 9 generation and a historically important, uneven transition to longer shader programs. Performance varies sharply between low-end FX cards and high-end FX 5900/5950 boards.

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Architecture
Celsius, Rankine
Launch range
2003-2005
Memory types
DDR, GDDR2
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