NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 96% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 140 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 128 MB vs 64 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 200 MHz

Launch date	12 August 2004 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

39x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec

Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark		8
PassMark - G2D Mark		152

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV43 A2	NV34 B1
Launch date	12 August 2004	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1132
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	140 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	920 MTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	45 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		152 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 16 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR