ATI FireGL 8700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

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Graphics Processor

GPU model R200 NV40
GPU variant R200 GL 6800 Ultra
Architecture Rage 7 Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 150 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 60 million 222 million
Die size 120 mm² 287 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Aug 14th, 2001 Apr 14th, 2004
Generation FireGL GeForce 6 AGP
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 4x AGP Pro 8x
Reviews 5 in our database 115 in our database
Launch price 599 USD
Predecessor GeForce FX
Successor GeForce 7 AGP

Clocks

GPU clock 250 MHz 400 MHz
Memory clock 270 MHz 540 Mbps effective 550 MHz 1100 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 64 MB 256 MB
Memory type DDR GDDR3
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 8.640 GB/s 35.20 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 4 16
Vertex shaders 2 6
TMUs 8 16
ROPs 4 16

Performance

Pixel rate 1.000 GPixel/s 6.400 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 125.0 MVertices/s 600.0 MVertices/s
Texture rate 2.000 GTexel/s 6.400 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Dual-slot
TDP unknown 100 W
Suggested PSU 200 W 300 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x VGA 2x DVI
Power connectors None None
Board number 906-00 P201
Length 305 mm 12 inches

API Support & Features

DirectX 8.1 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL 1.3 2.1
OpenCL
Vulkan
Pixel shader 1.4
Vertex shader 1.1
Shader model 3.0

Other Features

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