ATI Wii GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

Comparative analysis of ATI Wii GPU and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640 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 Wii GPU

  • 79x more texture fill rate: 972 MTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 143 Watt
Texture fill rate 972 MTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 143 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 513 MHz vs 243 MHz
  • 10x more maximum memory size: 640 MB vs 64 MB
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 486 MHz
Core clock speed 513 MHz vs 243 MHz
Maximum memory size 640 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 1584 MHz vs 486 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Wii GPU NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

Essentials

Architecture R500 Tesla
Code name Hollywood G80
Launch date 19 November 2006 8 November 2006
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $449

Technical info

Core clock speed 243 MHz 513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 972 MTexel / s 12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 143 Watt
Transistor count 107 million 681 million
Floating-point performance 228.1 gflops
Pipelines 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX N / A 10.0
OpenGL N / A 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 640 MB
Memory bandwidth 3.89 GB / s 63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 486 MHz 1584 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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