NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

GeForce 8800 Ultra videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 2 May 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $829. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G80.

Core clock speed - 612 MHz. Texture fill rate - 39.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 128. Floating-point performance - 387.1 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 681 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 171 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1080 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 103.7 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
643
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
252
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 643
PassMark - G2D Mark 252

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G80
Launch date 2 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $829
Place in performance rating 615
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 612 MHz
CUDA cores 612
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 39.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 171 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 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 103.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1080 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

SLI