NVIDIA · 2005
NVIDIA GeForce6800 GS
The NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS is a mid-range graphics card released in 2005, based on the Curie architecture and available in AGP and PCIe versions.
The NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS is a graphics card released on November 7, 2005, with a launch MSRP of $249 USD. It is based on the Curie architecture and uses either the NV40 (AGP) or NV42 (PCIe) GPU chip, manufactured on a 110 nm process. The card features 12 shading units, a base clock of 350 MHz, and a boost clock of 425 MHz. It comes with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 32 GB/s. The board power (TDP) is 59 W, and it supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1. Display outputs include DVI, VGA, and S-Video. The card is available with AGP 8x or PCIe x16 bus interfaces.
Specifications
| Architecture unverified | Curie |
|---|---|
| GPU chip unverified | NV40 (AGP), NV42 (PCIe) |
| Process node unverified | 110 nm |
| Shading units unverified | 12 |
| Base clock unverified | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock unverified | 425 MHz |
| Memory size unverified | 0.256 GB |
| Memory type unverified | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus unverified | 256 bit |
| Memory bandwidth unverified | 32 GB/s |
| Board power (TDP) unverified | 59 W |
| Bus interface unverified | AGP 8x, PCIe x16 |
| Display outputs unverified | DVI, VGA, S-Video |
| DirectX support unverified | 9.0c |
| OpenGL support unverified | 2.1 |
| Release date unverified | 2005-11-07 |
| Release year unverified | 2005 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 249 USD |