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.

ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

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