GeForce 6600 and XGI Volari 8300 - video card comparison
GeForce 6600
XGI Volari 8300
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
XG47
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
November 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
300 MHz
300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
90 million
Texture fill rate
2.400
2.400
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A