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NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Graphics Processor
NV43
Pixel Shaders
8
Vertex Shaders
3
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce 6600 was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on August 12th, 2004. Built on the 110 nm process, and based on the NV43 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 9.0c. Since GeForce 6600 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The NV43 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 154 mm² and 146 million transistors. It features 8 pixel shaders and 3 vertex shaders, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). NVIDIA has paired 256 MB DDR memory with the GeForce 6600, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 300 MHz, memory is running at 250 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is not exactly known. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. GeForce 6600 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
NV43
Architecture
Curie
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
110 nm
Transistors
146 million
Density
948.1K / mm²
Die Size
154 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-825

Graphics Card

Release Date
Aug 12th, 2004
Generation
GeForce 6 PCIe
(6600)
Predecessor
GeForce PCX
Successor
GeForce 7 PCIe
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews
146 in our database

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
300 MHz
Memory Clock
250 MHz
500 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
8.000 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
8
Vertex Shaders
3
TMUs
8
ROPs
4

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
1.200 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
225.0 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
2.400 GTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
unknown
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P229,
P295

Graphics Features

DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
2.1 (partial)
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
3.0

Card Notes

Memory Variant: 512 MB

NV43 GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP1
VDPAU: No Support

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
ForceWare Release 93.71 / 93.81 Beta
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 307.83
Quadro Release R310 U7 (312.69)

Windows Vista / 7 / 8:
GeForce Release 309.08
Quadro Release R310 U7 (312.69)

Retail boards based on this design (1)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
350 MHz 400 MHz DDR2
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