NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

GeForce 9800 GTX+ videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 16 January 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $229. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G92B.

Core clock speed - 1836 MHz. Texture fill rate - 47.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 128. Floating-point performance - 470.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 141 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1100 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 70.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
54.055 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
4.986 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
15.560 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
108.412 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3309 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3309.000 Fps
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
83
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
494
Name Value
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 54.055 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.986 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 15.560 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 108.412 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3309 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3309.000 Fps
PassMark - G2D Mark 83
PassMark - G3D Mark 494

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G92B
Launch date 16 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating 1329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 141 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

Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI