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).

 

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 1686
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

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