• Zotac GeForce 9800 GX2: Part I

    Zotac GeForce 9800 GX2: Part I

    Sudeep Naik, Apr 03, 2008 1849 hrs IST

    The last GX2 didn't really take off but things look a little different now. Meet Nvidia's new monster.

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For quite some time now the 8800 Ultra had been comfortably resting atop the graphic card food chain. But, with Nvidia trying their hands (again) at making a single board dual-GPU graphics card, the Ultra might just have to settle for a lower rung. Their previous attempt at making a dual-GPU card with the 7950 GX2 didn't really take off well but this time things look a little different.

For starters, the 9800 GX2 uses two G9x (most probably G92s) GPUs (quite powerful themselves) and unlike the 7950 GX2's GPUs, they don't have any pixel or vertex shaders. Instead between them they have a total of 256 stream processors each running at 1.5 GHz and a full 1GB of DDR3 memory. Now that's something, isn't it? Not quite. Since it uses GPUs that have a 256-bit memory bus each, it has a combined memory bus width of 512-bits (connected together by using PCIe 1.0 lanes). It supports Nvidia's PureVideo HD technology; a combination of drivers and a dedicated video-processing core on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs that helps deliver superior video quality with minimal CPU usage and low power consumption.

The table below will give you a better idea of the 9800GX2's place in Nvidia's lineup





Going by the specifications of the 9800 GX2, it seems that even the Ultra is going to have a really hard time catching up, if at all it can.

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(13) Comments
Ratheesh
,Trivandrum,kerala, on Jun 29, 2010 03:42 PM
How is the disty in india i want purchase & sell Zotac card please give me more details for distributor in india.
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Vishal gulati
,Chandigarh, on Apr 15, 2008 02:29 PM
how is the disty in india i want to purchase & sell Zotac card please give me details for distributor in india.
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Tejas
,Mumbai, on Apr 12, 2008 03:57 PM
Good but will need monster cabinet and god father power supply smps
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wont_tell_you
,wont_tell_you , on Apr 07, 2008 09:27 PM
go for sapphire/gecube/gigabyte 3870 X2 for 22500 and save 15000!!! + in these 15K u can get a good PSU 620W(dunno how much this baby eats) maybe 5000 and good cabinet 5000 and save 5000!!!
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Vijay Shinde
,Vashi Navi Mumbai, on Apr 06, 2008 05:19 AM
Where you get Full ATX Thermaltake Cabinet with Tagan BZ series 1100W PSU
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Ashutosh
,Chennai, on Apr 05, 2008 02:44 PM
U ppl havent mentioned on the PSU used on the test bench.
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adi
,pune, on Apr 04, 2008 07:22 PM
As 37,500/ is so high, better go for nevida qudro graphic, or addlabs.
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aazam
,bangalore, on Apr 04, 2008 05:45 PM
at 40,000 approx is no big deal to pull up a card like this..and remember the other cost associated with it...power supply..may need water cool systems..dispaly to handle monster graphics thrown out..normal c2duo will be no match...ram and all this for generation of most games which are not ready for this type of card...my analysis wait 2 more years for such config.
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Chandra
,Chennai, on Apr 04, 2008 05:08 PM
I understand that almost all the 3-series cards from ATI are available in India. Why dont you compare them with their nVidia counterparts?
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kamal
,Mumbai, on Apr 04, 2008 02:55 PM
in the comparison you have shown 8800GTS as 128bit card and 8800GT as 320 bit which is wrong. 8800GTS is 320 bit (the older one)
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Anonymous
,Mumbai, on Apr 04, 2008 12:21 PM
Before Entring in any market, Big brands always unknown. To know more about brand; go globally.
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Anonymous
,Mumbai, on Apr 04, 2008 09:45 AM
Wat crappy comparision is this...y is 9800GX2 compared with 8800 or 9600...all brands have launched 9800 series...high time guys..pls dont misguide cnsumers... btw..xfx 9800GX@ is the best ...
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Nasty_Me
,Mumbai, on Apr 04, 2008 11:05 AM
What is the source of the unbranded cards.????
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