In questo articolo non ci occuperemo delle caratteristiche della GPU NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT che abbiamo ampiamente trattato nella recensione "Schede video NVIDIA GeForce 6600 e 6600 GT" e alla quale vi rimandiamo per ulteriori dettagli.

Come possiamo vedere dalla tabella precedente sono state evidenziate, per le memorie, due frequenze di funzionamento diverse: in effetti XFX non ha ancora annunciato, per questo modello, il valore di detta frequenza. La scheda arrivata nei nostri laboratori ha la GPU funzionante a 500MHz e le memorie ad 1,1GHz (550MHz x 2). Ma XFX potrebbe commercializzare questa scheda anche con memorie a 1,2GHz (600MHz x 2).

Sul sito web del produttore viene riportato quanto segue:

Features & Benefits

• Revolutionary Superscalar Architecture
  Delivers up to 8x the shading power of previous generation products for screaming gaming performance.
• CineFX 3.0 Engine
  Powers the next generation of cinematic realism. Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 enables stunning and complex special effects. Next-generation shader architecture delivers faster and smoother gameplay.
• On-Chip Video Processor
  Delivers unmatched video performance, features, and quality.
• UltraShadow II Technology
  Enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games, like id Software’s Doom III, that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects. 2nd-generation technology delivers more than 4x the shadow processing power over the previous generation.
• 64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blending
  Based on the OpenEXR technology from Industrial Light & Magic, NVIDIA’s 64-bit texture implementation sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending.
• Intellisample 3.0 Technology
  The industry’s fastest antialiasing delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds. Visual quality is taken to new heights through a new rotated grid sampling pattern.
• Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
  Part of the NVIDIA Forceware unified software environment (USE). The NVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.
• nView Multi-Display Technology
  The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience. NVIDIA GPUs are enabled to support multi-displays, but graphics cards vary. Please verify multi-display support in the graphics card before purchasing.
• Digital Vibrance Control 3.0
  Allows the user to adjust color controls digitally to compensate for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colors in all conditions.
• NVIDIA SLI Multi-GPU Ready
  Dramatically scales performance by allowing two graphics cards to be run in parallel. (GeForce 6800 Ultra, 6800 GT, and 6600 GT only)
• PCI Express Support
  PCI Express is a new Intel bus architecture that doubles the bandwidth of the AGP 8X bus, delivering over 4 GB per second in both upstream and downstream data transfers. Only supported in some NVIDIA GPUs. Please check product details for bus information.
• Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Optimizations and Support
  Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all DirectX 9 applications.
• High-Speed GDDR3 Memory Interface
  Support for the world’s fastest GDDR3 memory delivers fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications. (GeForce 6800 Ultra, 6800 GT, 6800, and 6600 GT only)
• Full-Speed 32-Bit Color Precision
  Delivers increased image quality with no performance compromise.
• Full MPEG Support
  Delivers a stunning video experience through encoding and decoding of analog and digital content.
• Advanced Adaptive De-Interlacing
  Smoothes video and DVD playback on progressive displays.
• Video Scaling and Filtering
  High-quality scaling and filtering technology improves video playback quality at any window size, including full-screen HDTV resolutions.
• Integrated TV Encoder
  Provides best-of-class TV-out functionality for resolutions up to 1024x768.
• OpenGL® 1.5 Optimizations and Support
  Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all OpenGL applications.
• Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
  Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays with ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates–up to 2048x1536@85Hz.
• Dual DVI Support
  Able to drive the industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays.
• Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 Support
  Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all DirectX 9 applications, including Shader Model 3.0 titles.
• Integrated HDTV Encoder
  Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions.