NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTO vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTO 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 GTO

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GTO	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1	NV40 A1
Launch date	14 April 2004	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		100 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		305 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3