NVIDIA GeForce6800 GT Dual

The NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual is a dual-GPU graphics card released in March 2005 with a launch MSRP of $599 USD. It uses two NV40 chips based on the Curie architecture, manufactured on a 130 nm process. Each chip provides 16 shading units, totaling 32 across both GPUs. The card operates at a base clock of 400 MHz and is equipped with 0.256 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering a memory bandwidth of 35.2 GB/s. It has a board power (TDP) of 100 W and requires two Molex power connectors. The card interfaces via PCIe 1.0 x16 and offers DVI, VGA, and S-Video outputs. It supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1. This card is designed for high-end gaming and workstation use, leveraging dual GPUs for increased performance.