GeForce GTX 260
Nvidia graphics card · GeForce 200 series · launched June 2008
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Launch price in today's dollars
The GeForce GTX 260 launched at $449 in 2008. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $690 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 54% rise over 18 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2008 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | Nvidia |
|---|---|
| Series | GeForce 200 series |
| Launched | June 2008 |
| Launch price | $449 |
| Architecture | Tesla |
| Chip | G200-100-A2 |
| Memory | 896 MB |
| Memory type | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus | 448-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 111.9 GB/s |
| Core clock | 576 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 0.48 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 182 W (TDP) |
| Transistors | 1.4 billion |
| Die size | 576 mm² |
| Process | 65 nm |
| Bus interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Tier | 60-class |
The Nvidia 60-class over time
Nvidia graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce 8600 GT | 2007 | $159 | $254 | — |
| GeForce 8600 GTS | 2007 | $199 | $318 | — |
| GeForce 9600 GT | 2008 | $179 | $275 | — |
| GeForce 9600 GSO | 2008 | $169 | $260 | — |
| GeForce GTX 260 | 2008 | $449 | $690 | — |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | 2008 | $189 | $290 | — |
| GeForce 9600 GTX | 2009 | — | — | — |
| GeForce GTX 465 | 2010 | $279 | $423 | — |
| GeForce GTX 460 | 2010 | $199 | $302 | — |
| GeForce GTX 460 SE | 2010 | $160 | $243 | — |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti | 2011 | $249 | $366 | — |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 | 2011 | $519 | $764 | — |
| GeForce GTX 460 X2 | 2011 | $350 | $515 | — |
| GeForce GTX 560 | 2011 | $199 | $293 | — |
| GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 | 2011 | $289 | $425 | — |
| GeForce GTX 560 SE | 2012 | $149 | $215 | — |
Compare with
- GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition · 2008 · $349
- GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 · 2008 · $449
- GeForce 8800 GT · 2007 · $349
- GeForce 8800 GTS 512 · 2007 · $349
- GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 · 2007 · $399
- GeForce GTX 285 · 2009 · $359
- GeForce GTX 295 · 2009 · $499
- GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB · 2009 · $499
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