Geeks3D Daily News Round-up (2009.01.15)
Categories: Industry News Tags: geforce 9800 gtx, geforce gtx 295, lua, MooNSTER, opengl


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SPARKLE Unleashed Calibre P980X+, a GeForce 9800 GTX+ with a Strange Cooler
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9800 gtx, graphics card, NVIDIA, p980+, sparkle

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Zotac GeForce 9800 GTX+ with 1Gb of Graphics Memory
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9800 gtx, graphics card, video card, zotac

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Three VGA Coolers Tortured by FurMark
Categories: Graphics Cards, VGA Coolers Tags: cooling system, Coolink GFXChilla, furmark, geforce 9800 gtx, gpu, graphics card, radeon hd 4850, vga cooler

FurMark and Radeon HD 4850 temperature with stock cooler
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Far Cry 2 Does Not Need a High-End PC
Categories: Graphics Cards, Video Games Tags: far cry 2, geforce 9800 gtx, geforce gtx 260, gpu benchmark, radeon hd 4850, radeon hd 4870 x2, video game

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Batman’s Graphics Card
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: Asus, batman, dark knight, geforce 9800 gtx, gpu cooler, graphics card, heat pipe
This card called Dark Knight is the new product of ASUS. This is a GeForce 9800 GTX+ with a four heatpipe Dark Knight cooler.

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ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra SLI Review
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: ecs, geforce 9800 gtx, graphics card, hydra, NVIDIA, Overclocking, sli, water cooling
ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra SLI is kit that contains two modified GeForce 9800GTX+ and a water-cooling kit. Guru3D got this kit and has published a 16-page review: ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra SLI Review.


The Verdict:
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I like the ease of use, easy installation and the cooling performance.
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But the kit is really efficient, cools pretty fantastic and as a result, though you now have two cards rendering your games, you can even overclock with a very healthy safety margin.
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My favorite game at this very moment is Mass Effect. I play it at 2560×1600 with the image quality settings as defined in this review. With one GTX+ card still averages at 37 frames per second (which already is bloody nice for the money), however with that second GTX+ added I end up at an average FPS of 70. It is an excellent modern title that shows Multi-GPU gaming potential so well with. And that’s where you need to seek the true benefit, modern games.
ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra Water-cooling
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: gaming, geforce 9800 gtx, graphics card, hardcore gamer, hydra water cooling
ECS reveals the latest GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra Pack to meet the requirement from performance-hungry gamers. With two N9800GTX+ -512MX-W graphics cards, ECS Hydra Cooling System, and plenty of accessories bundled in a package, unprecedented gaming performance is now available via the power of multi-GPUs.

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GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI Test
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9800 gtx, graphics card, hardcore gamer, NVIDIA, sli
Guru3D has tested the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ in SLI.
Read the complete review HERE.

So then, for roughly 350 EUR / 400 USD you get to play around with a grand amount of performance, there’s just no denying that. In retrospective two of these cards will beat the GeForce GTX 280, pretty easily actually
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When we purely focus at the 9800 GTX+ SLi scaling, we then see that after 1600×1200 SLI kicks in very well. In the situations where you get really GPU bound you’ll notice your performance nearly doubly up, and that’s just very decent performance. But that is the denominator in the back of my mind, you need to play your games above a resolution of 1600×1200 for SLi to kick in hard and to be able to witness that return of your investment. Well, that or playing Crysis actually![]()
Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX Overclock Edition Review
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9800 gtx, graphics card, NVIDIA, Overclocking, review
Guru3D has reviewed Inno3D’s GeForce 9800 GTX overclocked edition.
Read the 14-page review HERE.

I think Inno3D does a superb job with their product line. With the 9800 GTX OC edition, Inno3D brought a great product to the market, with the extra game full game you’ll retrieve some additional value. And that coupled with the recent price fall in the NVIDIA GTX series … you really can’t go wrong here and you’ll love playing the latest games with it.
Radeon HD 4870 and HD 4850 Reviewed
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: furmark, geforce 9800 gtx, geforce gtx 260, geforce gtx 280, graphics card, radeon hd 4850, radeon hd 4870, review
Expreview has just published a huge 25-page review about Radeon HD 4870 and 4850. Expreview compares Radeon 4870 and 4850 with other modern graphics cards such as Radeon HD 3870/3870 X2, GeForce GTX 280/260 and GeForce 9800 GTX.
Read the complete review HERE.

Radeon HD 4870

Radeon HD 4850
FurMark has been used to stress Radeon HD 4870 and 4850′s GPUs.
Final words
So, numbers can talk for itself. With the price tag $199(HD 4850) and $299 (HD 4870), RV770 is the BEST bang for the buck. Compare to GTX 260, A $299 only HD 4870 is a smarter choice. Yes, using this kind of word seems quite biased, but if you read all numbers from our review you will see my point.
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Compare to GTX 260, HD 4870 is only 3/4 of its price while test items show the card have almost the same firepower!
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HD 4850’s rival is 9800GTX, and we can see while their price keeps the same, HD 4850 have more than 15% leading.
XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Black Edition review
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: black edition, geforce 9800 gtx, graphics card, NVIDIA, review
The XFX’s GeForce 9800 GTX Black Edition analyzed at Guru3D.
GeForce 9800 GTX reference clocks
* Core 675 MHz
* Shader processors 1675 MHz
* Memory 2200 MHz effective
GeForce 9800 GTX+ reference clocks
* Core 738 MHz
* Shader processors 1836 MHz
* Memory 2200 MHz effective
GeForce 9800 GTX XFX Black Edition
* Core 756 MHz
* Shader processors 1890 MHz
* Memory 2288 MHz effective

The Verdict
The black edition clocked products are pre-selected and tested products that next to a bundles items are guaranteed to run at high clocks absolutely stable. It’s therefore very hard to resist the XFX 9800 GTX BE as it definitely is the fastest product in within its product category.
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Preview
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: g92, geforce 9800 gtx, gpu-z
PC Perspective proposes a preview of the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+, essentially an overclocked G92 part built on a new 55nm process technology that will sell at a LOWER price than current 9800 GTX cards on the market.
Read the preview HERE.


Graphics Cards Reviews Round-up
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 8800 gt, geforce 9600 gt, geforce 9800 gtx, geforce 9800 gx2
GeForce 9600 GT
- Chaintech GeForce 9600 GT @t TheTechLounge
- GIGABYTE 9600GT @ Tweaktown
- NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Round-up: PNY, MSI, ASUS
GeForce 9800 GTX
- XFX 9800 GTX @ DriverHeaven
GeForce 9800 GX2
- ASUS EN9800GX2 @ elitebastards.com
GeForce 8800 GT
- MSI NX8800GT Zilent @ tech-reviews.co.uk
Graphics cards reviews round-up
Categories: Graphics Cards Tags: geforce 9600 gso, geforce 9600 gt, geforce 9800 gtx, geforce 9800 gx2, graphics card, radeon hd 3650, radeon hd 3850 x2, radeon hd 3870, review
The latest graphics cards reviews of the week:
GeForce 9800 GX2
- XFX GeForce 9800GX2 @ Motherboards.org

GeForce 9800 GTX
- GeForce 9800 GTX vs 9800 GX2
- Foxconn GeForce 9800 GTX OC 512MB Video Card
- ASUS EN9800GTX TOP @ elitebastards.com
- Asus EN9800GTX @ Hardwarelogic
GeForce 9600 GT
- Geforce 9600GT SLI Performance
- BFG Tech 9600GT @ Tweaktown
- XFX GeForce 9600GT at TweakTown
- PNY Verto 9600 GT @ Legitreviews
- Twintech GeForce 9600GT XXT OC Edition
- Palit GeForce 9600GT at Benchmark Reviews
GeForce 9600 GSO
- Palit Geforce 9600 GSO at TechwareLabs
- Palit 9600 GSO @ NeoSeeker
GeForce 8800 GTS
- Asus 8800GTS @ CDRInfo
GeForce 8800 GT
- BFG 8800 GT OCX @ I4U News
- ECS 8800GT 256MB @ Virtual-Hideout
- ECS GeForce 8800GT at Virtual-Hideout
Radeon HD 3870
- Sapphire HD 3870 @ Tweaktown
Radeon HD 3850 X2
- ASUS EAH3850 X2 @ ThinkComputers
Radeon HD 3650
- Diamond HD 3650 PE @ TheTechLounge
- MSI Radeon HD 3650 @ X-bit labs












