NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

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

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz

Launch date	14 November 2004 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

5.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 950 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 950 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV43 A2	NV43 A2
Launch date	14 November 2004	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt
Transistor count	146 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	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	2x 16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3