Date:
Monday , March 31, 2008
Author:
Mark Warner
Editor:
Kyle Bennett
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BFGTech GeForce 9800 GTX

NVIDIA is launching the successor to the GeForce 8800 GTX! Will the new GeForce 9800 GTX live up to the impressive legacy of the 8800 GTX? Is the 9800 GTX an upgrade? Or is it a step backwards? We evaluate the new card from BFGTech.

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Test Setup

For this evaluation we are using a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard. We are using an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 processor running at 2.93 GHz, and 2GB of OCZ DDR2-800 memory with 4-4-4-12 timings. We are using the latest chipset drivers available and the latest BIOS at time of evaluation. We have done internal testing here lately to compare dual core X6800 and quad core QX6850 and using the high resolutions that we do in the titles that we pick for video card evaluations, we see no in-game performance differences. This of course might impact timedemo benchmarks, but not real world gameplay in these specific titles.

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Video Card Comparison Setup

For this comparison we are using default, out-of-box clock speeds on all video cards. We are using Windows Vista Ultimate x64 throughout.

Please be aware we test our video cards a bit differently from what is the norm. We concentrate on examining the real-world gameplay that each video card provides. The Highest Playable section shows the best Image Quality delivered at a playable frame rate. Please refer to this article for an explanation about our evaluation process. This page outlines our exact process for determining “Best Playable” which may quite a bit different than what we see many assume.