NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra videocard review

GeForce 6800 Ultra videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 26 July 2004. At the time of release, the videocard cost $499. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV40 A1.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.4 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 222 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 81 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1100 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 35.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

139

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

153

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	153

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1
Launch date	26 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1070
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt
Transistor count	222 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	197 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3