GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI test

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GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI test
You know I predicted that the GeForce 9800 GTX model is going to be a pretty popular product. Honestly it's really good value and performance for just over 200 USD. A price...

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DaSmith

Wow! nVidia is sooo screwed.

And I am soooo happy!

Market division FTW!

Tat3 · **Memory**: 3*2Gb 8-8-8-20 @ 1640MHz

Far from screwed. That card looks impressive. I would surely pick it up instaed of 4850. Cooling, speed is equal to 4850, I happen to like Nvidias drivers more, etc.

A bit extra at price isnt that bad.

kylzer · 07-24-2008, 02:39 | posts: 14,690 | Location: Aberdeen, UK | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by Tat3

Far from screwed. That card looks impressive. I would surely pick it up instaed of 4850. Cooling, speed is equal to 4850, I happen to like Nvidias drivers more, etc.

A bit extra at price isnt that bad.

Yeh i would take the nvidia aswell

RIP_Greave · 07-24-2008, 02:41 | posts: 166 | Location: Around here | User is Offline

I like both Nvidia and ATI and these cards rock but im glad the red team is ahead on this one, hope fully it will help them to get back on track. looking at this review we can expect lots of good news from bothsides to come!

proFits · 07-24-2008, 02:51 | posts: 4,076 | Location: Quebec | User is Offline

Well both solutions sound a bit ''pwned'' by the upcomming X2

cowie · 07-24-2008, 02:51 | posts: 5,634 | Location: new jersey | User is Offline

a stock overclocked card like this would tip the perforance in nv's court
http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgr98512gtxpoce.aspx
plus i think your getting a litle bit more for your money with nvidia

Wybe · 07-24-2008, 03:03 | posts: 194 | Location: Portsmouth | User is Offline

i was thinking of getting these in SLi as i dont have a CF motherboard and this review has sealed my purchase, black PCB ftw!

kapu · 07-24-2008, 03:06 | posts: 1,751 | Location: Poland | User is Online

yay ATI won this match. You should compare OCed HD4850 imo

cowie · 07-24-2008, 03:28 | posts: 5,634 | Location: new jersey | User is Offline

oh i'm sure he would have tested the 4850 o/c'ed in cf but he could not get a fireman on standby.

Skiddywinks · 07-24-2008, 04:00 | posts: 3,991 | Location: North Wales | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by cowie

oh i'm sure he would have tested the 4850 o/c'ed in cf but he could not get a fireman on standby.

Haha, well played.

Cybermancer · 07-24-2008, 06:06 | posts: 12,530 | Location: Cyberspace | User is Offline

Nobody mentioned so far that the 4850 has DirectX 10.1 support, which the 9800GTX+ obviously doesn't have...and nobody probably is going to need. LOL

I also agree with this statement:

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Originally Posted by Guru3D News

(...) the dual slot coolers (of the 9800GTX+) simple have a nice advantage, they push the heat outside of the PC and that's much better then that heat being dumped inside (...)

kapu · 07-24-2008, 06:06 | posts: 1,751 | Location: Poland | User is Online

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Originally Posted by cowie

oh i'm sure he would have tested the 4850 o/c'ed in cf but he could not get a fireman on standby.

3/10.

cowie · *Last edited by cowie; 07-24-2008 at 06:23.*

is that the temps of your case with 4850 cf? 310c or f? lol
you will never give props to a gtx+ even when they are do.

BTW boss did you use a ddr3 mb for testing the 4850 cf?
i wonder if that had anything to do with the close game results?

RIP_Greave · 07-24-2008, 06:22 | posts: 166 | Location: Around here | User is Offline

hey hey play nice boys, it seems to me you Nvidia fanboys are just throuwing your toys out of your pram becoz you lost the cf vs sli battle.........

cowie · 07-24-2008, 06:27 | posts: 5,634 | Location: new jersey | User is Offline

you wake and bake this morning? lol
lost what? i see the gtx+ clearly being the better card here.
not to mention you really cant oc the 4850 nearly as well as the gtx+ even with a aftermarket cooler.

RIP_Greave · 07-24-2008, 06:30 | posts: 166 | Location: Around here | User is Offline

Well the gtx had to be overclocked to keep up whit the 4850, and hey the 4850 is a nice heater for the winter dont you think?

cowie · 07-24-2008, 06:34 | posts: 5,634 | Location: new jersey | User is Offline

lol true on both counts

Mochen · *Last edited by Mochen; 07-24-2008 at 06:55.*

imo there is hardly anything to choose between these cards. 9800gtx+ is cooler, but slightly more expensive with slightly lower performance. tbh if you've got an intel board the choice is obvious, if you've got a nvidia board the choice is also pretty clear. I call this round a draw.

weston · *Last edited by weston; 07-24-2008 at 07:17.*

cowie, you love nVidia, we get it...

A majority of people will not overclock anything on their card, so the stock tests are perfect for comparisons. HD4850 crossfire was consistently faster than 9800GTX+ in SLi for about $50 less overall price. ($350 compared to about $400) how can you still talk about this as a huge success for nVidia? If you want to get them, that's fine. I'm sure they overclock well just like most cards these days. Just don't talk about them like they are the new card to have. Like said above, depending on your motherboard, either one would be fine. Personally, I think Intel motherboards offer a lot better features, so I would probably get the 4850's and an X38 mobo. If you already have an SLI board, then the 9800's make sense.

Single card though, the 4850 is faster for less money, especially with AA/AF. Seems like an obvious choice to me.

morbias · 07-24-2008, 07:57 | posts: 9,908 | Location: Southampton, UK | User is Offline

I was hoping the gtx+ would have 1gb of memory on it, this would have made more sense than 512mb, the sli performance would have been a lot more impressive at high resolutions.

JPennStar

Good review. I was one of them who was wondering about the SLI v Crossfire and clearly AMD has a winner here. Viva competition!

Being that the 9800+ is 55nm how is the overclocking?

Stukov · 07-24-2008, 08:07 | posts: 2,247 | Location: South Dakota | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by cowie

oh i'm sure he would have tested the 4850 o/c'ed in cf but he could not get a fireman on standby.

you can get non-reference 4850s with dual slot cooling...

DaSmith · *Last edited by DaSmith; 07-24-2008 at 10:02. Reason: mistake in writing*

Don't get me wrong. I've been in the nVidia camp for years now. ATI products were just a bunch of crap. Up until now. And when the 4870x2 comes out nVidia will be very screwed. Very screwed indeed. Even more than now. ATI has done a miracle. Made me want an ATI video card. Only one thing remains uncertain. And for that I think I'll wait a little longer (meaning I'll wait for nVidia's response to this attack form ATI). And it is this. If the GTX280 was GDDR5 instead of GDDR3 would it outrun the 4780 badly? If so (and I do hope for this result) I'm staying with nVidia. Come on, little "n" blow us away again! I really want a new card that can crunch up some serious stuff!

blue5 · 07-24-2008, 13:17 | posts: 3,967 | User is Offline

Ati got spanked. Thing is, even with higher framerate it still has uneven performance. That and you can cook dinner on the radeons.