NVIDIA GeForce 6600 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 6600

GeForce 6600 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 August 2004. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV43 A2.

Core clock speed - 300 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2.4 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 146 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38695
86
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1305
39
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
211 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
211.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 86
PassMark - G2D Mark 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 211 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 211.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name NV43 A2
Launch date 12 August 2004
Place in performance rating 1679
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm
Texture fill rate 2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 146 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory type DDR