NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 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 6800 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 192 vs 31
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 72 vs 15

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 December 2005 vs 11 October 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	192 vs 31
PassMark - G2D Mark	72 vs 15

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	192	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	72	15

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1	C61
Launch date	8 December 2005	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1508	1702
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3