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GeForce GTX 295

Nvidia graphics card · GeForce 200 series · launched January 2009

Launch price
$499
≈ $769 in 2026 dollars
Memory
1792 MB
GDDR3 · 448-bit
Rated power
289 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The GeForce GTX 295 launched at $499 in 2009. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $769 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 54% rise over 17 years.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2009 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Specifications

VendorNvidia
SeriesGeForce 200 series
LaunchedJanuary 2009
Launch price$499
ArchitectureTesla
Chip2× G200-400-B3
Memory1792 MB
Memory typeGDDR3
Memory bus448-bit
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s
Core clock576 MHz
FP32 compute0.6 TFLOPS
Rated power289 W (TDP)
Transistors2.8 billion
Process55 nm
Bus interfacePCIe 2.0 x16
Tier90-class

The Nvidia 90-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.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
GeForce GTX 2952009$499$769—
GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB2009$499$769—
GeForce GTX 5902011$699$1,028—
GeForce GTX 6902012$999$1,440—
GeForce RTX 30902020$1,499$1,9165,398
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti2022$1,999$2,2615,633
GeForce RTX 40902022$1,599$1,80811,078
GeForce RTX 50902025$1,999$2,05414,998

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