core shot of G96

The core of 9500GT is G96, aka D9M. The card is for main stream market, will replace 8500GT series. The code on the chip will be G96-300. G96 will use PCB design P727 and P729. P727 is 6 layer PCB,can equip with GDDR3 memory. P729 only have 4 layer, and it is for DDR2 memory setup and provides displayPort.

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The GPU clocked at 650MHz, shader at 1650MHz, uses 128bit 256MB memory. When it use GDDR2 memory, the memory will clock at 900MHz. manufacturers of course will push out more different memory versions for different market segments.

9500GT support PCIe 2.0, supports DX10, SM 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, Pure Video HD, 128-bit HDR, 16X AA and the new technology just released few days ago: The Hybrid power. The GPU also integrated with VP3. More information at source Townshardware.tw.