Report an Error

MSI GeForce 6600 Ares

Graphics Processor
NV43
Pixel Shaders
8
Vertex Shaders
3
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
DDR2
Bus Width
128 bit
Front GPU Chip
GPU Chip
GPU

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
Jan 12th, 2006
Generation
GeForce 6 PCIe
(6600)
Predecessor
GeForce PCX
Successor
GeForce 7 PCIe
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
300 MHz
350 MHz (+17%)
Memory Clock
250 MHz
400 MHz (+60%)
500 Mbps effective
800 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
DDR
DDR2
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
8.000 GB/s
12.80 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
8
Vertex Shaders
3
TMUs
8
ROPs
4

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
1.200 GPixel/s
1.400 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
225.0 MVertices/s
262.5 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
2.400 GTexel/s
2.800 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

Other retail boards based on this design (1)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
MSI GeForce 6600 Ares
350 MHz 400 MHz DDR2
Apr 25th, 2024 02:34 EDT change timezone

Latest GPU Drivers

New Forum Posts

Popular Reviews

Controversial News Posts