NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

GeForce 6800 XE videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 30 September 2005. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV40 A1.

Core clock speed - 275 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2.2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 222 million.

Memory type: DDR2. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 532 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8.51 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
166
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38579
59
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 166
PassMark - G3D Mark 59

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name NV40 A1
Launch date 30 September 2005
Place in performance rating 1021
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm
Texture fill rate 2.2 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 None

API support

DirectX 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 532 MHz
Memory type DDR2