NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

GeForce 6800 XT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 30 September 2005. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV48.

Core clock speed - 300 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5.4 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 222 million.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 532 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 38.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
123
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
122
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 122

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name NV48
Launch date 30 September 2005
Place in performance rating 1232
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm
Texture fill rate 5.4 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 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 532 MHz
Memory type GDDR3