NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

GeForce 9800 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 21 July 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $160. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G92.

Core clock speed - 1500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 33.6 billion / sec. Pipelines - 112. Floating-point performance - 336.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 105 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 900 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 57.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
460
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
61
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2845 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2845.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3304 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3304.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 460
PassMark - G2D Mark 61
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2845 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2845.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3304 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3304.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G92
Launch date 21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Place in performance rating 1077
Price now $103.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 8.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 1500 MHz
CUDA cores 112
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 112
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt
Transistor count 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI