NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640 videocard review

GeForce 8800 GTS 640 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 8 November 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $449. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G80.

Core clock speed - 513 MHz. Texture fill rate - 12.31 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 228.1 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 681 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 143 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 640 MB. Memory bus width - 320 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1584 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 63.4 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G80
Launch date	8 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	143 Watt
Transistor count	681 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	640 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3