NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS videocard review

GeForce 6800 GS videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 8 December 2005. At the time of release, the videocard cost $249. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV40 A1.

Core clock speed - 350 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5.1 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 222 million.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38591

192

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	192
PassMark - G2D Mark	72

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1
Launch date	8 December 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1496
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 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	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3