ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition

  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 54 Watt
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 47 Watt vs 54 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Essentials

Architecture R400 Curie
Code name R423 NV43 A2
Launch date 1 December 2004 14 November 2004
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 475 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 7.6 GTexel / s 4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 160 million 146 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP Pro 8x AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 32.0 GB / s 15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 950 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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