NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 videocard review

GeForce 9800 GX2 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 18 March 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $599. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G92.

Core clock speed - 1500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 76.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 128. Floating-point performance - 2x 384.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 197 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 512 MB. Memory bus width - 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 128 (64 per GPU).

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

798

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

518

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3238 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3238.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	518
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3238 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3238.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G92
Launch date	18 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	488
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt
Transistor count	754 million

Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI