what is a "6800NU"

[heliotrope]

what is a 6800nu? Is that a "vanilla" 6800? And what then are the differences between these chips, the 6800nu, 6800gt, and 6800ultra?

 

[^eMpTy^]

NU is Non-Ultra...and it means it's the Vanilla version...

Some versions of the 6800NU use NV41 chips (PCI-E versions) which has 12 pipes...others use NV40 (16 pipes) and have 4 Pixel Pipelines and one Vertex Pipe disabled...here's a link for comparison:

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=179&card2=178

 

[digiram]

6800 vanilla. Stock: 12 pixel pipes and 4 vertex shader pipes. Most are 128mb. Also clocked a little lower than the GT. Some can be unlocked to have 16x6 pipes and vertex, respectively. Which would make them GT's with lower clocks and 1/2 the memory. 256-bit mem bandwidth, btw.