NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 78 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 January 2008 vs 8 December 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	78 vs 72

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 192 vs 26

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	192 vs 26

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

192

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	78	72
PassMark - G3D Mark	26	192

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	C73	NV40 A1
Launch date	13 January 2008	8 December 2005
Place in performance rating	1506	1508
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Transistor count	112 million	222 million
Texture fill rate		5.1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
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