6800NU's 3DMark2K3 score is leaked by Galaxy! Updated!

Higher fillrate doesn't necessarily mean more shader power. Not that i know if this isn't the case with the X800 Pro vs 6800 NU though.

 

latest update:
the first batch 6800nu maybe is 16ppc. 8)
because the second batch 6800nu cant get that result under same condition.

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http://bbs.gzeasy.com/index.php?showtopic=170038&st=30

 

I don't think it really matters too much whether or not v61.11 drivers were used, because the main performance boost from those drivers was in FarCry, and performance actually went down in some games too. Notice that a 6800UE clocked at 450Mhz core, using the 60.72 Futuremark approved drivers, still scored about 1000 points higher in 3dmark03 than the X800XT, even though it still gives up fillrate to the X800XT PE:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_6800_ultra_extreme/page5.asp

 

This doesn't sound very likely either, because the 3dmark03 score is well below the other 16 pipe variants.

 

This is not necessarily true. The X800Pro has slightly more fillrate than a 6800GT, but the 6800GT generally has higher shader performance in Shadermark 2.0.

 

This thread is about the $300 6800 (12 pipes, 325/350).

It's possible PCPop's 6800 has 16 pipes, as its 9K 3DM03 score roughly jives with a 6800GT's 11K, considering their "6800" only gives up 200MHz to a GT in memory speed. Memory speed may be a bottleneck with 16-pipe GPUs, even in shader-heavy 3DM03. I say this looking at TR's 3DM03 numbers: the 6800U loses ~1K with a ~10% slower core than a 6800UE, and the 6800GT loses another ~1K with a ~10% slower core and ~10% less memory bandwidth. I can see a 16-pipe 6800 at 350/800 (essentially a 6800GT with ~20% slower memory) give up 2K to a full 6800GT (11K -> 9K). These are all very, very rough numbers, though.

Bjorn, I know that, I was just going on the assumption that R420 and NV40 have--for the moment, at least--similar IPC per pipe. I imagine benchmarks after a two months of driver development and game updates should put a stop to my gross generalizations.