NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT videocard review

GeForce 6600 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 August 2004. At the time of release, the videocard cost $64.95. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV43 A2.

Core clock speed - 500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 4 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 146 million.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 16 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

143

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	53

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV43 A2
Launch date	12 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$64.95
Place in performance rating	1581
Price now	$64.95
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3