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BFG 9800 GTX Video Card Review

Date: 2008-04-01  Reviewed by: Shane McGlaun  Manufacturer: BFG

9.0/10
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Performance
GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX
Core Clock 675MHz
Shader Clock 1688MHz
Shader Model 4.0
Texture Fill Rate 43.2 Billion/sec.
Stream Processors 128
Memory
Video Memory 512MB
Memory Type GDDR3
Memory Data Rate 2200MHz
Memory Interface 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth 70.4GB/sec.
Connections
Bus Type PCI Express® 2.0
Display Connectors 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV + TV Out
RAMDACs Dual 400MHz
Multiple Monitor Support Yes
HDCP Capable Yes, Dual link (Requires other compatible components which are HDCP capable. Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays)
HDMI® Capable Yes (Requires adapter and audio cable, sold separately)
Included In Box
> BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX 512MB graphics card
> Quick install guide
> DVI to VGA adapter
> Dual 4-pin Molex® to single 6-pin PCI Express® power adapter
> HDTV (component) breakout cable
> Driver CD, which includes: NVIDIA ForceWare unified graphics drivers and Full installation manual .pdf
Minimum System Requirements
> One vacant add-in card slot below the PCI Express® x16 slot. This graphics card physically occupies two slots
> 1GB of system memory
> Microsoft Windows Vista -or- Windows XP
> CD or DVD-ROM drive
> 100MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
> 450W PCI Express®-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 24A or more (Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core®2 Duo E4500 processor)
> PCI Express® or PCI Express® 2.0-compliant system motherboard with one vacant PCI Express® x16 slot
> Two 6-pin PCI Express® supplementary power connectors -or- One 6-pin PCI Express® and two 4-pin Molex® supplementary power connectors





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