3Digest: January 2006
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS PCI-E 256MB DDR3 (425/1000 MHz)
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This GPU is presented by the reference NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS PCI-E 256MB DDR3 (425/1000 MHz), PCI-E.
Features:
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS GPU (12 pipelines), 425 MHz core clock;
- 256MB DDR3 SGRAM in 8 Samsung BGA chips. 500 (1000) MHz max. clock rate.
- 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode without optimizations is 5100 megapixels/sec and 5100 megatexels/sec.
By the end of the month the product costs $240-250, supports DirectX 9.0c.
This $220-230 and below product supports all the innovations, including Shader Model 3.0. Has PCI-Express x16 interface.
2.0ns fetch indicates the actual 500 (1000) MHz. The product was released in November as a rival to ATI X1600 XT. However, it has no card to compete with after the latter became cheaper.
You can read more on GeForce 6 Series in our reviews: Theoretical and analytical graphics card reviews containing functional analysis of NVIDIA GPUs
On January 15, 2006 the latest drivers from NVIDIA were 81.98 WHQL, 82.65 WHQL for Windows XP.
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