NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

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
38566
590
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
98
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