GeForce 6800 GS: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce 6800 GS sales 7 November 2005 at a recommended price of $249 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Curie architecture and made with 130 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 256 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1000 MBps are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 32 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. 1x 6-pin power connector is required.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce 6800 GS: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
GPU code name | NV41 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 7 November 2005 (18 years ago) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | |
Current price | $181 (0.7x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce 6800 GS's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 6800 GS's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 425 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 190 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
Texture fill rate | 5.100 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 6800 GS and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 6800 GS: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR3 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MBps | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 6800 GS. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce 6800 GS, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
Shader Model | 3.0 | |
OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 6800 GS. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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