NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 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 6800 GT DDL

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1	NV40 A1
Launch date	14 April 2004	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$599
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP Pro 8x	AGP Pro 8x
Length	305 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3