Geforce 9800 GX2

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The 9800 GX2 is similar in design to the GeForce 7950 GX2. There are two PCBs connected together (probably the same way as before, with a socket on one PCB that mates with a plug on the other) and two DL-DVI ports (that are vertically grouped instead of horizontally grouped, so there is one port per PCB I guess).This time the cores will be 2 8800 cores (G80 or G92?) that have been "shrunk to 65nm". I am guessing that they are G92 cores because the 9800 GX2 has 512MB of RAM per core instead of 768MB, and the G92 is already 65nm and therefore is cheaper to use than "shrinking" some G80 cores.

The card will have 256 shader processors and we are told that it will be about 30% faster than a single 8800 Ultra. Like the 7950 GX2, you will be able to use two of these together for a Quad SLI configuration. Lets just hope the driver support is better this time around.
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http://www.gpureview.com/geforce-9800-gx2-pics-and-specifications-article-615.html

New 9 series geforce is here w00t.
 
Launch date is early February along with 9600gt. Pricing for the 9800gx2 is msrp of $449. So it's suppose to cost R3000 but since this is lovely South African we will get ripped of and it will end up costing R6000+.
 
stefan9 said:
Launch date is early February along with 9600gt. Pricing for the 9800gx2 is msrp of $449. So it's suppose to cost R3000 but since this is lovely South African we will get ripped of and it will end up costing R6000+.
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The Gigabye card will probably cost R9000, 3 babies and the beating heart of a Coelacanth...

Guess I'll have to wait till June/July for the prices to come down to my level... :(
 
Nice. My planned upgrade might have to wait till the latter part of the year to see if there are any motherboards that will take quad core 45nm with SLI.
 
Glordit said:
Do the prices ever come down, Look at this... 8800GTS 320Mb, it is a "older" model cause the 8800GT replaced it but still it's 3k a 8800GT cost that much!?

http://www.prophecy.co.za/advanced_...00GTS&osCsid=eac078e206e23594d89d4b7666e0b307
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Those cards are being phased out, the new 8800GTS replaces them and so does the 8800GT. Some suppliers are probably still trying to get rid of old stock.

Price drops do happen, AMD dropped the price of their HD3800 series cards a few weeks after the release. :eek:
 
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