NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP vs ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP and ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum 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 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm vs 130 nm |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum
- Around 80% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 7.2x more texture fill rate: 8.64 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
- 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
- 3x more memory clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed | 540 MHz vs 300 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 8.64 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1180 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP | ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | R400 |
Code name | NV43 A2 | R480 |
Launch date | 1 January 2005 | 21 December 2004 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 540 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.2 GTexel / s | 8.64 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 146 million | 160 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 67 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB / s | 37.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 1180 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |