9800GTX/GX2/GT news

[VJ]

one more GX2 review:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ3NSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Jörg

[Mehen]

Impressive! And nice overclock too!

They just gotta enable SLI for multimonitor games (namely so I can use it with Supreme Commander) - definitely an option for my next build.

Bring on the 9800GTX!

[Mehen]

NCIX prices! (canadian)
BFG 9800GX2 $599
EVGA 9800GX2 $629
XFX 9800GX2 $599

[Mehen]

Another good review.

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=538&pageid=1

[Evildead666]

They seem to overclock above 700MHz, and the memory is quite nice too...

I wouldn't like to think how long they would last tho...

[VJ]

Well, I like the fact that there is plenty of headroom regarding overclocking... not for the overclocking itself, but as this increases the chance of silent coolers emerging as well...


Jörg

[Evildead666]

On a sandwich design like that, there won't be any silent (passive) coolers...theres just no room...

[VJ]

I was referring to the other 9800 models... There are passive 8800 cards available.
The GX2 design makes alternate cooling solutions indeed unlikely.

Jorg

[Mehen]

$590 at ncix now, check the sale page.

http://www.ncix.com/promo/promosale.php?webid=easter2008

[Mehen]

ASUS 9800GTX specs and pics

http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=18806&catid=2

The price tag of this GeForce 9800 GTX will be under $350.

[Mehen]

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ3OCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Quad-SLI (2x 9800GX2) Review.

[VJ]

On a sandwich design like that, there won't be any silent (passive) coolers...theres just no room...

Just found that EVGA presented a watercooled version of the GX2 on Cebit:

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03/06/evga_has_naked_watercooled_9800_gx2/1

So that makes for an option towards a more silent system.


Jörg

[VJ]

The 9800GTX in tri-sli can apparently beat the 9800GX2 in dual-sli configuration:

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1363/1/page_1_introduction/index.html

Jörg

[Mehen]

More news to mess with us!

http://sg.vr-zone.com/articles/NVIDIA_GT200_:_GeForce_9900_GTX_&_9900_GT_In_Q3/5684.html

NVIDIA GT200 : GeForce 9900 GTX & 9900 GT In Q3
Written by Visionary
Published on March 31, 2008, 10:22 pm
No it is not some April Fool jokes. VR-Zone has learned that there will be two high end parts from Nvidia to replace the current GeForce 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX in Q3. These two parts are GeForce 9900 GTX and GeForce 9900 GT based on the new GT200 architecture. GeForce 9800 GX2 and GTX will have a short lifespan since they will be replaced in a couple of months time. Nvidia has positioned GeForce 9900 GTX to replace 9800 GX2 and this gave a clue that a single GT200 card will actually outperform a dual G92 card. Likewise for GeForce 9900 GT, outperforming and replacing 9800 GTX. CJ revealed to us that Nvidia will have a hard time fitting GT200 onto the PCB since the GPU is gonna be large and very power hungry so we can probably assume it is still 65nm based. The PCB for GT200 will be P651.

[Mehen]

A little note/reminder to everyone. EVGA has their 90-day "step-up" program, and BFG has their 100-day "trade-up" program. So if you do buy a 9800, you can always step/trade-up to a 9900 later - this is of course if the 9900s are released within 3monthsish of when you buy your 9800. And I doubt it will be within 3 months from right now.