GeForce 400 series

The GeForce 400 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, serving as the introduction of the Fermi microarchitecture. Its release was originally slated in November 2009, however, after delays, it was released on March 26, 2010, with availability following in April 2010.

GeForce 400 series
The GeForce GTX 480, released in 2010 as the flagship unit of the 400 series. This particular model manufactured by NVIDIA board-partner, ASUS.
Release dateApril 12, 2010 (April 12, 2010)
CodenameGF10x
ArchitectureFermi
ModelsGeForce series
  • GeForce GT series
  • GeForce GTS series
  • GeForce GTX series
Transistors260M 40 nm (GT218 - GeForce 405 only)
  • 585M 40 nm (GF108)
  • 1.170M 40 nm (GF106)
  • 1.950M 40 nm (GF104)
  • 1.950M 40 nm (GF114)
  • 3.200M 40 nm (GF100)
Cards
Entry-levelGT 420
GT 430
Mid-rangeGT 440
GTS 450
GTX 460
GTX 465
High-endGTX 470
GTX 480
API support
DirectXDirect3D 11.0 (feature level 11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenCLOpenCL 1.1
OpenGLOpenGL 4.6
History
PredecessorGeForce 200 series
SuccessorGeForce 500 series
Support status
Unsupported

Its direct competitor was ATI's Radeon HD 5000 series.

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