NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual vs ATI Mobility FireGL V3100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual and ATI Mobility FireGL V3100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

ATI Mobility FireGL V3100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

18.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V3100

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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual	ATI Mobility FireGL V3100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV40 A1	M22
Launch date	8 June 2004	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 32.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCIe