NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE 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 7300 GT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz

Launch date	26 August 2006 vs 1 January 2005
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	NV43 A2
Launch date	26 August 2006	1 January 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3