NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 175 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
28.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 4
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 140

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 April 2004 vs 1 October 2001
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 175 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 140

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

140

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Kelvin
Code name	NV40 A1	NV20 A5
Launch date	14 April 2004	1 October 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	$149
Place in performance rating	1154	1157
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR