December 2004 3Digest:
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 (400/1100 MHz)
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This GPU is presented by Leadtek WinFast A400 Ultra (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra), 256MB, AGP card.
Features:
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra (16 pixel and 6 vertex pipelines), 400 MHz clock;
- 256MB DDR3 SGRAM in Samsung BGA chips. 550 (1100) MHz max. clock rate.
- 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode without optimizations is 6400+ megapixels/sec and 6400+ megatexels/sec.
By the end of the month the product has MSRP of $499 (the real value is about $600-650 considering the newness), supports DirectX 9.0c.
This $500-550 new-generation product supports all modern technologies, including shaders 3.0. The card has AGP x8/x4 bus, 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM in 8 chips on front PCB side.
1.6-2.0ns Samsung GDDR3 chips indicate 625-500 (1250-1000) MHz, but the memory operates at 550 (1100) MHz. GPU works at 425 MHz (vs. 400 MHz reference). 256-bit bus.
You can read more on GeForce 6 Series in our reviews: Theoretical and analytical graphics card reviews containing functional analysis of NVIDIA GPUs
On December 10, 2004 the latest driver from NVIDIA are 70.90, 71.20 for Windows XP.
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