Phoronix: eVGA e-GeForce 6800GT PCI-E

[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this
link. ]

“Now that the GeForce 7800GTX 256MB and 7800GT have been readily
available for a few months and the prices continue to slide, much
of our attention, and that of enthusiasts, have been focused on the
ever-growing GeForce 7 series. However, not everyone can afford
these lavish graphics cards that can cost upwards of $500 USD.
Nevertheless, the GeForce 6 series have been around for over a year
now and continue to remain popular due to their lower price-point
and continued compatibility and performance with current and
upcoming games. From the GeForce 6800 series, we have the NVIDIA
6800GT 256MB PCI Express, which was brought to us by the folks at
eVGA. Sticking by NVIDIA’s reference specifications, the eVGA
e-GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 is clocked at 1000MHz while the NVIDIA
core is running at 350MHz with its 16 pixel pipelines and 400MHz
RAMDACs. Continue on as we experiment with the eVGA 6800GT PCI-E,
while comparing it against its younger 6600GT sibling as well as
the high-end 7800GTX model; and of course under our arsenal of
GNU/Linux graphical benchmarking of not only gaming but also
workstation performance…”

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