ATI FireGL 9800 X2-256T vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

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Graphics Processor

GPU model R360 NV40
GPU variant R360 GL
Architecture Rage 9 Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 150 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 117 million 222 million
Die size 218 mm² 287 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Oct 1st, 2003 Sep 30th, 2005
Generation FireGL GeForce 6 AGP
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Reviews 5 in our database 115 in our database
Predecessor GeForce FX
Successor GeForce 7 AGP

Clocks

GPU clock 412 MHz 300 MHz
Memory clock 344 MHz 688 Mbps effective 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 256 MB 256 MB
Memory type DDR2 DDR
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 22.02 GB/s 22.40 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 8 8
Vertex shaders 4 4
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 8 8

Performance

Pixel rate 3.296 GPixel/s 2.400 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 412.0 MVertices/s 300.0 MVertices/s
Texture rate 3.296 GTexel/s 2.400 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP unknown unknown
Suggested PSU 200 W 200 W
Outputs 2x DVI 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video
Power connectors 1x Molex 1x Molex
Board number A234-00 P212

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL 2.0 2.1
OpenCL
Vulkan
Pixel shader 2.0
Vertex shader 2.0
Shader model 3.0

Other Features

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