Video Card GPU Naming

GPU Naming

NVIDIA

The other 3 numbers refer to the market that the card is marketed for. They go in increments of 50.

• 000-450: These are Nvidia's mainstream cards. The price range of these cards is usually under $150.00 and they usually have less than 512MB of memory. Current games will be playable at low to medium settings.
• 500-750: These are Nvidia's performance cards. They are priced from $100 - $300, and for the most part will play the current releasing games, on medium settings. These cards will have from 256 - 512MB of memory.
• 800-950: These are Nvidia's Enthusiast cards. They are priced from $200 - $700. These cards will for the most part play the current releasing games at high graphic levels. Memory on these cards will range from 512MB - 1GB.

ATi

ATI's naming convention is similar. Their card numbers will relate to the different markets that they are aimed towards. The ATI naming scheme has changed over the years, this is their most recent. The first number in the name refers to the series of the graphic card. The next three will determine what market the card is aimed at.

• 350-590: This is ATI's budget line. These cards will cost less than $100 and have 64MB - 128MB of memory. These cards will usually need graphics set to low settings for current games.
• 600-790: This is ATI's Mainstream line. These cards will cost from $100 - $200, with 128MB - 512MB of memory. These cards will normally play today's games at medium settings.
• 800-990: This is ATI's Enthusiast line. These cards will cost over $150, with 512MB - 1GB of memory. These cards will play today's games on high settings.