GeForce 9800GX2 got reviewed and still buggy

[cookerjc]

Pconline.com just released an review of NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2(but to me, it is only a quick bench).

There is two things you should keep in mind:

1. They have to enable SLI via Forceware control panel manually to utilize two G92 cores.

2. The card didn’t work on X48 mainboard. Yes they can use it on the board but if 3D application starts users will only see a crash notice.

We don’t know both issues are the Driver bugs or hardware problems.

The full article is here in Chinese.

expreview.com

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March 19 updated with our own review
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9800GX2, the Quad CFX smasher!

original post at expreiview.com

[KoHaN69]

Any review must have it compared to 2x 8800GT, 2x 8800GTS and 8800GTX

i say

[hixie]

exactly, not a very good test report

[Neova]

Good preview of whats to come. GT200 and R700/R770 better be faster than this!

[WRC]

i wonder what settings they used for crysis, if that performance is at max settings than the card might be worth the money

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

so this card has buggy drivers, and still is smoking the X2?

Nice, and can't this do tri-sli or just regular SLI?

[Dainas]

so this card has buggy drivers, and still is smoking the X2?

Nice, and can't this do tri-sli or just regular SLI?

Well does 8800GTS Sli smoke HD3870 crossfire? If not then I guess it could be an accomplishment

[OBR]

i have this same problems with activating SLI ...

[[XC] hipno650]

wow with buggy drivers it still gives a beat down. im looking forward to this except for the price

[cookerjc]

Any review must have it compared to 2x 8800GT, 2x 8800GTS and 8800GTX

i say

meetoo

plus Quad SLI vs CrossfireX

[OBR]

NDA for Quad SLI was postponed and will be lifted later then single GX2!

[Neova]

Does the GX2 work in triple SLI, er.., HexaSLI (3x GX2)? Cost would be crazy but just wondering for sh-tz and giggles.

[geoffsthaboss]

just reg. sli for the GX2. if you look at pics, has only one sli connector

[JC_Denton]

so this card has buggy drivers, and still is smoking the X2?

Nice, and can't this do tri-sli or just regular SLI?

I was thinking the exact same thing. We are talking ownage here, the differences are insane in some titles...

What will happen with "proper" drivers??

(Off topic: Just noticed the AKGs on ur avatar, I am currently listening a Deep Purple Orchestral Live on them - great headphones )

[tiro_uspsss]

it says u need to enable SLi?! - silly me was under the impression u didnt need SLi mobo to use this card/2xcores (?)

isnt that how the 3870X2 works? u dont need a crossfire mobo for that one do u?

me is so confused!

[Eastcoasthandle]

Hmm, will this be for nvidia motherboards only? If true, this is going to get interesting.

[zanzabar]

i would like to see what a better cpu can do a qx6850 with 3ghz isnt enough to load the ati card, but this would also mean that the NV card would have the new controller that dosnt need to go to the NB for gpu to gpu transactions, and the striker 2 might be ocing the gx2 so that would need to be checked also

[Tim]

lol to all the naysayers. If this is right, it's going to smoke the X2.

Never go by 3DMark scores.

[hecktic]

Any review must have it compared to 2x 8800GT, 2x 8800GTS and 8800GTX

i say

2x 8800 GTX and 2x 8800 ULTRA also please

[Gambit_2K]

We need to se prices of the X2 come down so you can get 2 X2 for the price of one GX2. If Ati want's to compete.

[eric66]

3 3870 are enough for 9800gx2

[SimBy]

Those scores seem crap. 2x 88 GT SLI beats it. And whats up with all those 0 in 4xAA tests. I stand corrected even 9600 GT SLI beats it.

[labs23]

i hope that Crysis score was at all high settings, good numbers to look at.

[zerazax]

Those scores seem crap. 2x 88 GT SLI beats it. And whats up with all those 0 in 4xAA tests. I stand corrected even 9600 GT SLI beats it.

Those scores are due to the game not loading AA probably / driver crash

And the 3dM scores are at 2560x1600..

[Anemone]

GX2 is just a bandaid till GT200. And as soon as the GT200 is out, sli support goes down the tubes. Not worth the trouble, imo.