NVidia's popular chipset for the 9800 servies video card gets an upgrade with 1 gigabyte of DDR3 in the PNY XLR8 9800 GT Graphics Card released recently. This mainstream card by looking at the specs alone suggest great performance possibilities for the exceptional price point compared to other higher end cards. PCWizKid takes a closer look at the card in a video review which you can watch below.
The 9800 GT series have been around for a year now, however this specific model has two main differences, it is using the 55nm die for its G92 GPU and also this specific model comes with 1024MB of DDR3 memory (most mainstream cards today have a standard 512 MB of DDR3 memory). This model is part of the Verto XLR8 servies of performance cards which is the mainstream card of choice these days for the average PC gamer. However like many 9800 GT cards there is always promise
A few things to note about the 9800 GT is that it is using similar architecure as its older brother the 8800 GT. The onboard PNY fan is located on the left side of the card instead of the right.
Watch PCWizKid's video review for the XLR8 9800 GT 1GB card.
NVIDIA SLI®-ready - 2-Way NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology* NVIDIA PhysX™-ready* - Yes NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology - Yes HybridPower™ Technology* - Yes Microsoft DirectX 10 OpenGL 2.1 Bus Support - PCI-E 2.0 x16 Certified for Windows Vista - Yes
Display Support: Maximum Digital Resolution - 2560x1600 Maximum VGA Resolution - 2048x1536 Standard Display Connectors Dual Link DVI Multi Monitor - Yes HDCP - Yes
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
Height -4.4 inches Length -9 inches Width - Single-slot Thermal and Power Specs: Maximum GPU Tempurature (in C) - 100 C Aprox Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) -105 W Minimum System Power Requirement (W) - 450 W Supplementary Power Connectors -6-pin Comparison with nearest models and competitors
Conclusion While the PNY XLR8 9800 GT 1024MB and previous 8800 GT models have similar clock speeds,PNY offers more memory to increase performance and and a smaller die which allows for lower power consumption. For the price point of the PNY XLR8 9800 GT 1024 which hovers currently at around $150 US you are getting more or less the same as the 8800 GT which does not bring much more to the table. If your looking for a solid mainstream card this will give you the value for the money.
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