The first pictures of what seems to be the GeForce 9800GX2 have just popped up on the web. We now have a good idea of what the card looks like. We know that the 9800GX2 has 2 printed circuit boards (PCBs), as did the 7950GX2 in its time, two graphics processing units (GPUs) using 65 nm nodes (most likely G92s with 128 stream processors), 1 GB of memory (512 MB for each GPU) and two DVI outputs. We don't know yet if the GeForce 9800GX2, which is supposed to be 30% faster than the 8800 Ultra, will support Quad SLI configurations. The expected price: around $449 US. Expected announcement date: February 14, 2008. (See Tom's site for shots of the card)
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HardOCP pics from the 3rd
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HardOCP pics from the 3rd
Haha was just going to mention that.
Yeah, I bet you look at them everyday, I bet they ruin your morning every day...
these things are so huge, i think they'll cover up the fun gizmos on the asus maximus boards
Last edited by Crysis Addict on 06 Jan 2008 - 19:26
The opposite directions the DVI connections are facing to each other, looks like they just flipped one card upside down. You would think both dvi connections would be facing the same way.
I see they also had to copy ATI by adding the HDMI.
But seriously... Is that a TOSLINK port I see on that thing? What the heck is that for?
But seriously... Is that a TOSLINK port I see on that thing? What the heck is that for?
They invented hafnium too.
But anyway, it looks like TOSLINK.
Anyone know the exact purpose?
I might as well call ATI/AMD, they probably invented optics, TOSLINK and GeForce too.
Rule number one of product development: Never give them the best product first.
Last edited by Zhivago on 07 Jan 2008 - 15:55
You will need a new case and a powerful PSU...
I like it. I'll be the first to buy in Feb and let you guys know how well (or not well) it works.
This is actually a good thing. The HD3870X2s out here are in the $540 AUD area...at the least.
As much as I'd love to see Crysis do well with everything on the (secret?) Ultra High settings, I'd like to hope that the GX2s would perform well in other areas, like stability and temperature.
I wonder how'd these would fair against two HD3870X2s. If they do better than them, then I might invest in some GX2s instead.
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