Foxconn GeForce 9800 GTX Video Card Review

[RobRich]

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The 9 series of GPUs from Nvidia were released just a scant few months ago. The 9600GT was an impressive improvement over the 8600 series it replaced. The 9800GX2 was next on the release docket. Performance was there and then some. You just needed a system that could keep up. Many waited holding their breaths for a successor to the 8800GTX crown. When the 9800GTX was released, it was game on. Performance numbers on the 9800GTX have been shown across the Internet with each card differing slightly in its performance based on the system specs used. The 9800GTX has a little something for everyone. Tri SLI capability, High Definition gaming with an HDMI to DVI adapter and, with the right motherboard, Hybrid SLI and Hybrid power for the "green" energy saving features that are in demand today.

The Foxconn 9800GTX features a GPU core clockspeed of 685MHz, a shader clock of 1713MHz, 1100MHz on the 512MB of high speed GDDR3 memory, and 128 Stream processors that run at 1.69GHz. The GPU core is built on a 65nm process and has 754 million transistors packed into that small patch of silicon. Just how will the Foxconn 9800GTX perform? Does it have the tools to take the performance crown from the current single GPU King of the Hill, the G80 8800GTX? Let's find out.

Source: Overclockers Club