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XFX 9800GTX Black Edition Video Card Review
Date: 2008-05-19 Reviewed by: Shane McGlaun Manufacturer: XFX
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9.5/10
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| Clock rate |
| 760 MHz |
| Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600 |
| Yes (Dual) |
| Shader Clock |
| 1900 MHz |
| Game Bundle |
| PV-T98F-YDB9 w/ Assassin's Creed |
| Memory Clock |
| 2.28 GHz |
| Chipset |
| GeForce 9800 GTX |
| Memory |
| 512 MB |
| Bus Type |
| PCI-E 2.0 |
| Memory Type |
| DDR3 |
| Memory Bus |
| 256-bit |
| Output |
| HDMI w/ HDMI upgrade kit (included) |
| Highlighted Features |
| HDCP Ready , HDTV ready , Dual DVI Out , RoHS , SLI ready , Vista |
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Features
Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects—now with support for anti-aliasing.
Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.
NVIDIA’s fourth-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista gives users the best possible experience with the Windows Aero 3D graphical user interface.
Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays with ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates--up to 2048x1536@85Hz.
Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays.
Capable of supporting digital output for high resolution monitors (up to 2560x1600).
World’s first DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.
Smoothly playback H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV video—including WMV HD—with minimal CPU usage so the PC is free to do other work.
Smoothly playback all MPEG-2 video with minimal CPU usage so the PC is free to do other work. Battery life is extended when watching DVDs while running on battery. MPEG-2 is the standard format for DVDs, is accepted as a format for HD-DVD, and is also used for HD broadcast.
Support for the world's fastest GDDR3 memory delivers fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications.
Provides world-class TV-out functionality up to 1080i resolution.
Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. ForceWare provides the best out-of-box experience and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce® GPUs.
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates.
Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors.
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable a new level of physics effects to be simulated and rendered on the GPU—all while freeing the CPU to run the game engine and AI.
Delivers advanced visual effects at unimaginable speeds. Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 enables stunning and complex special effects. Next-generation shader architecture with new texture unit design streamlines texture processing for faster and smoother gameplay.
Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. ForceWare ensures the best out-of-box experience for every user and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. Includes full support for PCI Express and AGP.
The industry's fastest antialiasing delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds. Visual quality is taken to new heights through a new rotated grid sampling pattern, advanced 128 Tap sample coverage, 16x anisotropic filtering, and support for transparent supersampling and multisampling.
The combination of high-definition video processors and NVIDIA DVD decoder software delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn your PC into a high-end home theater. (Feature requires supported video software.)
Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on over 60 top PC games.
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.
The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience.
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.
Designed to run perfectly with the next-generation PCI Express bus architecture. This new bus doubles the bandwidth of AGP 8X delivering over 4 GB/sec. in both upstream and downstream data transfers.
Part of the NVIDIA Forceware Unified Software Environment (USE). The NVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.
Playback videos in Microsoft's Windows Media Video High Definition (WMV-HD) format without skipping frames or losing video detail. Accepted by the HD-DVD consortium as a new HD format, WMV-HD is now part of Windows XP to make it easy for users to edit and save their favorite videos.
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