NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

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Graphics Processor

GPU model NV40 NV40
Architecture Curie Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 130 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 222 million 222 million
Die size 287 mm² 287 mm²
GPU variant 6800 Ultra

Graphics Card

Release date Dec 8th, 2005 Apr 14th, 2004
Generation GeForce 6 AGP GeForce 6 AGP
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Reviews 115 in our database 115 in our database
Predecessor GeForce FX GeForce FX
Successor GeForce 7 AGP GeForce 7 AGP

Clocks

GPU clock 350 MHz 425 MHz
Memory clock 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective 550 MHz 1100 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 256 MB 256 MB
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 32.00 GB/s 35.20 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 12 16
Vertex shaders 5 6
TMUs 12 16
ROPs 12 16

Performance

Pixel rate 4.200 GPixel/s 6.800 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 437.5 MVertices/s 637.5 MVertices/s
Texture rate 4.200 GTexel/s 6.800 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP unknown unknown
Suggested PSU 200 W 200 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video 2x DVI1x S-Video
Power connectors 1x Molex 2x Molex
Board number P201 P201
Length 216 mm 8.5 inches

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0c (9_3) 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL 2.1 2.1
OpenCL
Vulkan
Shader model 3.0 3.0

Other Features

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