NVIDIA GeForce 6800 videocard review

GeForce 6800 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 14 April 2004. At the time of release, the videocard cost $39.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV40 A1.

Core clock speed - 325 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5.2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 222 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 700 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 22.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

113

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

258

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

484 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

484.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	484 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	484.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1
Launch date	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99
Place in performance rating	1162
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR