GeForce 500 series
A Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 released in 2011, the series' flagship model; this one from
EVGA | |
| Release date | November 9, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Codename | GF11x |
| Architecture | Fermi |
| Models | GeForce series
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| Transistors | 292M 40 nm (GF119)
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| Cards | |
| Entry-level | 510 GT 520 GT 530 |
| Mid-range | GT 545 GTX 550 Ti GTX 555 GTX 560 GTX 560 Ti GTX 560 SE |
| High-end | GTX 570 GTX 580 |
| Enthusiast | GTX 590 |
| API support | |
| OpenCL | OpenCL 1.1 |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 4.6 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | GeForce 400 series |
| Successor | GeForce 600 series |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported | |
The GeForce 500 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, as a refresh of the Fermi based GeForce 400 series. It was first released on November 9, 2010 with the GeForce GTX 580.
Its direct competitor was AMD's Radeon HD 6000 series; they were launched approximately a month apart.