ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 6.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 59% higher memory clock speed: 796 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	796 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Name	ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark		86
PassMark - G2D Mark		39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		211

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R420	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 September 2004	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1679
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	6.8 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.47 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	796 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR