NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 pics, specs leaked

[Elliot B.]

Details aren't quite hard and fast, but this is NVIDIA's top-of-the-line to-be, so it's never too early to start nerding out. [H]ard|OCP says the best way to think of the GeForce 9800 GX2 is a 8800 that's been shrunk down to 65nm and SLI'd onto a "single" card. The card is supposed to be at least 30% faster than a 8800 Ultra, and will apparently support Quad SLI. So, now for the really nerdy part:

• 1GB frame buffer
  
• Two PCBs
  
• Two 65nm GPUs
  
• 256 Stream Processors
  

That's the way [H]ard|OCP tells it, and who are we to argue?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/04/nvidia-...s-specs-leaked/

[Bilderberg]

one word.....YUM

[Elliot B.]

one word.....YUM

Crysis at Very High at 1280x1024 at 60 FPS... hopefully :p

[fkid]

Stunning.

[kylejn]

*drools*

[MGS4-SS]

As long as they come with a GT version that runs around $300, I'm satisfied :D

[Arkos Reed]

reminds me of the 7950GX2 Fiasco : driver nightmares, overheating, meager performance gains for a VERY hefty premium compared to the generation released 3 months later

that's a skip for me

they'd better bring the real Mono Chip Series 9 asap instead of releasing POS's like that

[pyehac]

but that thing still won't fit in my computer.

[Elliot B.]

but that thing still won't fit in my computer.

Chances are that is not the final design, but an in-house design.

[Premgenius]

Wonder how much power it going to consume? but otherwise nice

[Leo Natan]

Crysis at Very High at 1280x1024 at 60 FPS... hopefully :p

Obviously not. If triple sli doesn't run Crysis well, this won't either.

[Randolph]

7950 GX2 = worst failure HARDOCP says

let's see how 9800 GX2 does

[Revolution.]

worth buying?

[Elliot B.]

worth buying?

We won't know for a while.

[P!P]

That's nice but I'm more interested in the mid-range 9000 cards.

[Neo003]

Who the hell will have money to buy this monster, let alone using it in quad sli form. I am struggling to get 8800 and now this (hopefully the prices for 8800 will go down now).

[guru]

30% faster than a 8800 Ultra

- did anyone notice this? i'd have thought it'd be much faster

[Bryan000]

30% faster is pretty big. i mean, the 8800 ultra is still like the top performing card on the market.

[Xab]

Wonder how much power it going to consume? but otherwise nice

Probably not as much as you might first think, considering these are the newer 65nm fabrication process cards.

[grik]

This tells few about it, just that will be very expensive and 1/3 more speed than the top claa card, witch is nice.

Im excited to check the new 9000 series card, i own and 7800GT and i skipped 8k generation, i might think on buying a 9k GT version.

Thanks for the news

[x-scratch]

that means lots of price cuts for the 8800 :)

i wont buy this right away prob be over $800 for it

also its big for my tower grrrrrrr

[drumthrasher109]

Wow that things almost a foot long.

[mtber]

I cant wait. This is the reason i did not get an 88 ultra and got the GT instead.

[+Chsoriano Subscriber²]

Wow that things almost a foot long.

How the hell can you see through my moni... oh the card, right. :shiftyninja:

Anyway, yeah sweet card, but hopefully the price on the 8800s will drop so I can get that ultra soon.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Two 65nm GPUs and it's only 30% better than the 8800 Ultra, wow. I guess it's 7950 GX2 all over again. Oh and this card certainly won't run Crysis at 60fps/1280x1024. Also, ATi will not be releasing a new GPU architecture this year so if this is NVIDIA's top dog card then we have no alternative.