NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
VS
Radeon HD 2950 XTX
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
VS
Radeon HD 2950 XTX

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS  vs  Radeon HD 2950 XTX.

1040
Place in performance rating
not rated
Curie
Architecture
TeraScale
7 November 2005 (16 years ago)
Release date
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$249
Launch price (MSRP)
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$189 (0.8x MSRP)
Price now
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0.01
Value for money
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NV41
GPU code name
RV670
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS  vs  Radeon HD 2950 XTX in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

425 MHz
Core clock speed
777 MHz
130 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
5.100
Texture fill rate
12.43
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
222 million
Number of transistors
666 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
110 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS and Radeon HD 2950 XTX come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs Radeon HD 2950 XTX.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR4
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
2.3 GB/s
32 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72.06 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs Radeon HD 2950 XTX.

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS and Radeon HD 2950 XTX is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

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DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
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OpenGL
3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)
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Vulkan
N/A
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Shader Model
4.1
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OpenCL
N/A

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS and Radeon HD 2950 XTX graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS or Radeon HD 2950 XTX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Radeon HD 2950 XTX
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Radeon HD 2950 XTX
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Radeon HD 2950 XTX
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Radeon HD 2950 XTX
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Radeon HD 2950 XTX
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

1.73% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of Radeon HD 2950 XTX

Finer manufacturing process technology (55 nm vs 130 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

More memory bandwidth (72.06 GB/s vs 32 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS or Radeon HD 2950 XTX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS .

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS versus Radeon HD 2950 XTX performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

3.7 Out of 3 Hitesti Score
1.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score