NVIDIA GeForce 6500 videocard review

GeForce 6500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 October 2005. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV44 A2.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1.6 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 75 million.

Memory type: DDR2. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 666 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 10.66 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38592

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

300

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	300

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	545
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	75 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR2