9800GX2 Pictures & Specs Revealed

[Scubar]

Either way it looks to be a complete piece of crap. CAN BE 30-50% faster, that just isnt acceptable in my book. Either they call this the 8800GX2 or they can get screwed because its not next gen so doesnt deserve the 9 series name

[Ad1tya]

HD3870X2 4tw!

[MuffinFlavored]

I am aware that a GPU core is made up of many cores.

I would like to see 2 of the cores that are made up many cores on one card.
How hard could it be to take 1GB of memory, and 2 of the already existing compilation of cores side by side?
:P

It would be a flagship card for sure.
But, how much of the market is Xtreme users like us?

[kemo]

So that thingy is supposed to outperform the ultra and still costs 450 bucks ,,, will we see a 400$ Ultra before the 9800 release

[pumbertot]

fake, i doubt nvidia would bother with a POS like this.

[bluep3ace]

with the pcie conclusion, this has got to be fake...

how can the asian sites not get pics before [H]?

[Eddie3dfx]

I don't get it... even 2 gts g92 cards should defeat an ultra.
How about 2 ultras in sli vs this card?
2 people beating up one person is not a fair fight

[Scubar]

You can guarantee 2 Ultras in SLI will destory this card. You can also pretty much guarantee that the Quad SLI drivers for this card will be absolute crap so these SLI'd wont beat the Ultras in SLI

[CBONE]

So the performance of this in SLI will still be limited in XP? The DX9 limitations of the old GX2 series couldn't be overcome in XP. You will need to switch to Vista's DX9 to get some benefit out of 2 of these.

Where is this product supposed to shine if you already have an SLI capable board? Why would you get this over 2 faster discrete cards?

On a side note, is the renewed interest in Quad and Tri setups and driver optimizations going to make the 7950GX2 a sought-after card again?

[largon]

http://media.bestofmicro.com/1/A/739...rce9800GX2.jpg

So what's wrong in this picture and all the others... how in the hell did they mount the bracket.. it's so way off you can't even install it in a slot without the bracket hitting the side of the case..

Looks like you're right...that bracket appears to be 2+ inches beyond the PCI-E connector. That would hit the mobo tray way before you'd get that installed!

with the pcie conclusion, this has got to be fake...

You folk better measure it up...
The dimensions of the bracket and card PCB match perfectly and are comparable to any a PCIe VGA.

[Damien]

yeah that'd be an amazingly elaborate fake. these are real people.

[Scubar]

Does anyone in the Uk know how much the old 7950GX2 blocks cost when they were released ?

I want to watercool my next highend card and as crap as this one is going to be it looks like i have no option because my GTO is not going to last much longer.

[Warboy]

People Please Note they do not have 2 SLi Connectors, So they can't be In tri-SLi (Octa-Sli)

[STaRGaZeR]

People Please Note they do not have 2 SLi Connectors, So they can't be In tri-SLi (Octa-Sli)

Octa? 3 * 2 = 6 right?

[pumbertot]

Octa? 3 * 2 = 6 right?

surely octa is for 8.

[Seer]

He was referring to Warboy's comment

People Please Note they do not have 2 SLi Connectors, So they can't be In tri-SLi (Octa-Sli)

[Warboy]

Octa? 3 * 2 = 6 right?

....
There is No Post....You see nothing....Move along....

[Empty_Quarter]

....
Whats the term for 6? Petra? lol

hexa

[pH(x)]

yeah that'd be an amazingly elaborate fake. these are real people.

I agree

[..::ABSOLUT::..]

This is really crap.Why is Nvidia using the name ''9800GX2'' instead of 8900GX2 or something like that?
This card will be using the G92-400-A2 core.Same modified core of 8800GT/S.
And the 9800GTX will replace the 8800GTX and is just a 65nm die shrink.
The only new thing is that it has HDMI,no more...

Why do they announce it like next generation?

[Warboy]

hexa

i thought hex was 5?

[zerazax]

Penta is 5 as in penta-gon

[Warboy]

Penta is 5 as in penta-gon

Fair enough.

Hexa-SLi.... Ouch....

"YOUR RUNNING HEX?"
"Yea I run Hexs."

[RAW-Raptor22]

You can guarantee 2 Ultras in SLI will destory this card. You can also pretty much guarantee that the Quad SLI drivers for this card will be absolute crap so these SLI'd wont beat the Ultras in SLI

Tri SLI

3x 9800GX2 = 6x 8800GTS 512MB = Holy Crap.... CRYSIS =

[Warboy]

Tri SLI

3x 9800GX2 = 6x 8800GTS 512MB = Holy Crap.... CRYSIS =

I already covered these, It can't support Tri-Sli / Hexa-Sli

Since it only has one connector.