9800GTX Review thread

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Originally Posted by bluehaze

I've compared benchmarks with my results and 2 9800GTX is faster than 1 9800GX2 by about 5-6FPS in Crysis bench. 9800GTX will definitely be the fastest but if you don't already have an SLi mobo then 9800GX2 might be the better option.

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Same as what I had gathered from all the reading and benchmark comparisons. To be chipset agnostic, the GX2 is the best move...but if you want to run on an SLI mobo, then 2 GTX's would be the best bet for ~$600.

And 2 cards are still way easier to sell then one 600 dollar card...

quick question,

i have asus 8800gt 512,

running 1920x1200
q6600 @ 3.25
8gb's ram - x64 xp pro
play COH, CSS

would it be a noticeable improvement going to 9800gtx?

Nope, pretty CPU limited there mate just look at the 9800GTX as an OC'ed GTS 512, but that card doesn't give 20FPS more on that res...

great, thanks for the quick reply!

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

Nope, pretty CPU limited there mate just look at the 9800GTX as an OC'ed GTS 512, but that card doesn't give 20FPS more on that res...

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the bug bit really hard going for gtx or should I go gx2 ? I'm giving it 60 minutes for a response - heads gtx - tails gx2 -

I had an X2 here that gave me 20340 points in 3dmark with a quad at 4ghz... pretty rocksolid, though take into consideration pretty hefty heat output in the case and requirements of PSU with one 6 pin and one 8 pin conector...

If you got an SLI board go 9800GTX if you already own one, though even that setup will be not as good as the X2 in Crysis... but for all the other games it will be plenty fast if ya can bundle it with a speedy CPU...

Hey guys I got my new eVGA 9800GTX's and ran a 3DMARK06 bench and scored a 20,774 @ 824/2400/2080 using display driver 174.74. Now I tried my eVGA 8800GT's SSC @ 760/2100/1850 and scored a 20,334 diplay driver 169.44? Why such a low score compared to the 9800GTX's?? Is it because of new display drivers??

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

I had an X2 here that gave me 20340 points in 3dmark with a quad at 4ghz... pretty rocksolid, though take into consideration pretty hefty heat output in the case and requirements of PSU with one 6 pin and one 8 pin conector...

If you got an SLI board go 9800GTX if you already own one, though even that setup will be not as good as the X2 in Crysis... but for all the other games it will be plenty fast if ya can bundle it with a speedy CPU...

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frigg, the coin never made it outta the pocket

went with a galaxy gx2 - drivers a little wonky with this one - have to change to 174.74 tweakforce version had 174.70 before but that did not go well with this card

and much hotter - running around 74.5c connected to 2x 1920x1200 displays

fan fixed at 70% and temps now 61c

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Originally Posted by Lu(ky

Hey guys I got my new eVGA 9800GTX's and ran a 3DMARK06 bench and scored a 20,774 @ 824/2400/2080 using display driver 174.74. Now I tried my eVGA 8800GT's SSC @ 760/2100/1850 and scored a 20,334 diplay driver 169.44? Why such a low score compared to the 9800GTX's?? Is it because of new display drivers??

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169.44 gave me almost 1000 extra 3dmarks over 174.74 but the majority of what you are seeing is a cpu bottleneck. Either cards can render frames as fast as the cpu throws them out so 3dmarks will be similiar. Run 3dmark at 1920x1200 and you will see a much bigger difference.

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Originally Posted by swiftex

quick question,

i have asus 8800gt 512,

running 1920x1200
q6600 @ 3.25
8gb's ram - x64 xp pro
play COH, CSS

would it be a noticeable improvement going to 9800gtx?

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At 1920x1200 yes it will be noticeable improvement over a GT. Your CPU speed will bottleneck you at lower res but not so much at the higher res. I would still OC that 6600 to 3.6 though will see a nice improvement :)

9800GTX compared with 9600GT SLI: http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=817

Added sir, thx for the input

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Originally Posted by bluehaze

169.44 gave me almost 1000 extra 3dmarks over 174.74 but the majority of what you are seeing is a cpu bottleneck. Either cards can render frames as fast as the cpu throws them out so 3dmarks will be similiar. Run 3dmark at 1920x1200 and you will see a much bigger difference.

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At 1920x1200 yes it will be noticeable improvement over a GT. Your CPU speed will bottleneck you at lower res but not so much at the higher res. I would still OC that 6600 to 3.6 though will see a nice improvement

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Thanks I will try it... :up:

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Originally Posted by bluehaze

At 1920x1200 yes it will be noticeable improvement over a GT. Your CPU speed will bottleneck you at lower res but not so much at the higher res. I would still OC that 6600 to 3.6 though will see a nice improvement :)

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ok got the gx2 703/1752/2200 - running 3.51ghz - system got some go to it now
using 174.74 drivers, but, these seem better then some other versions but hardly optimal for this card -
what is it? a lack of good drivers?

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Originally Posted by swiftex

ok got the gx2 703/1752/2200 - running 3.51ghz - system got some go to it now
using 174.74 drivers, but, these seem better then some other versions but hardly optimal for this card -
what is it? a lack of good drivers?

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I run 9800GTX SLi so can't say for sure but I can tell you the best drivers for me currently are 174.85's they offer the most stability and a nice performance increase over 174.74. might want to give them a shot.

Here is a quick shot of my last score in 3DMARK06 with my 2 x eVGA 9800GTX's SSC @ 831/2350/2098

Cranck that Qx up to 4500 and beat 24K mate... I was short a few points, but still using the older bios/drivers a few months ago on the 780i

http://users.pandora.be/OAP/3dmark2006sli2.JPG

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