NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX videocard review

GeForce 8800 GTX videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 8 November 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $599. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G80.

Core clock speed - 576 MHz. Texture fill rate - 36.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 128. Floating-point performance - 345.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 681 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 155 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 768 MB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 900 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 86.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

590

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3349 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3349.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	590
PassMark - G2D Mark	98
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3349.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G80
Launch date	8 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1266
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz
CUDA cores	575
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 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	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Technologies
SLI