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Spec GeForce 6500
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Architecture Curie
Generation / family GeForce 6 Series
GPU codename NV44
Launch date 2005-10-01
Market segment Desktop in GeForce 6 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 110 nm
Die size 110 mm²
Transistor count 0.07 billion
GPU chip NV44
SM / multiprocessor count 0
CUDA Cores 0
ROPs 2
TMUs 4
Clocks
Base / Core clock 400 MHz
Boost clock 400 MHz
Memory clock 266 MHz
Memory
Memory size 128 MB
Memory type DDR2
Memory bus width 128-bit
Memory bandwidth 8.51 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe
Power
Recommended PSU 200 W
Slot width Single-slot
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Features
DirectX support DirectX 9.3
OpenGL support OpenGL 2.0
Shader Model 3.0

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