Radeon 4770 goes against 9800GT

ATI’s first 40nm desktop chip, RV740, the brain of Radeon HD 4770 will have to take on Nvidia’s Geforce 9800GT card. First reports indicate that Radeon HD 4770 should end up faster than 9800GT.

At the moment Geforce 9800GT is selling for $119 to $139 depending on the model, but once ATI introduces the Radeon HD 4770, we are very sure that Nvidia will have to adjust its prices.

The big issue is that Geforce GTS 250 is priced at $139 and more and if necessary, Nvidia might actually drop the price of this card to hurt 40nm Radeon HD 4770 sales.

In this market segment, the price / performance ratio will play the big role, with accent on the price part.

Source: Fudzilla

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BFG 9800 GT 512MB ThermoIntelligence Passive Cooling Review

In our last graphics card review, we promised to ply our contacts with wine, women, hockey sticks and maple syrup (yes, in that order) in a quest to find the products that were left out in the cold over the last few months. We were looking for graphics cards that bucked the reference trend set by what seems like an industry full of copycats. Could Nvidia’s and ATI’s board partners deliver with some exciting products? Hell, they better because they have had the last year in which to tinker with the same designs and then overclock the balls off them by way of slapping on an aftermarket cooler. The more we looked at the market, the more we wanted to see something new, something interesting. Last month, Sapphire came to use with one heck of a passively cooled card and we were hooked like a toddler on chocolate and Tic Tacs.

Today we let BFG have a go at impressing us with their own unique take on a classic with their 9800 GT 512MB ThermoIntelligence passively cooled video card. BFG’s ThermoIntelligence line of products always carries aftermarket heatsinks or water blocks and this one is no different. Yeah, this is the same card at the same speeds as the ever-popular 8800 GT but it has been gussied up with the 9-series moniker and BFG has added a crème de la crème cooling solution from our friends over at Thermalright. To our knowledge, this is one of the first applications we have seen of a retail Thermalright heatsink (in this case an HR-03 Rev.A) on a graphics card from BFG or any other manufacturer for that matter.

While this card has not yet been released to many retailers, you can find it here and there with a retail price of around $180CAD / $140USD after rebates. That puts it slightly in-line with most overclocked 9800 GT 512MB cards out there which we believe is more than fair since in this case higher clocks have been replaced with one of the meanest coolers available.

So what we have here is a card with BFG’s legendary customer support and lifetime warranty which is graced with a Thermalright heatsink. Is this a match made in heaven? Let’s find out.

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Galaxy Adds 9800GT To Low Power Series

Recently, Galaxy released a nice Low Power, Low Profile 9600GT card and now they are continuing the green trend by rolling out a low power 9800GT card. There are 2 versions, 1GB and 512MB and best of all, they don’t need extra 6-pin power connector.

GALAXY GeForce 9800GT Low Power series are based on 55nm G92-283-B1 GPU core , 112 stream processors, 1 GB and 512MB of high-speed GDDR3 memory across a 256-bit wide memory bus. Its clock speed is 550/900MHz (core/memory). The card has DVI ,VGA and native HDMI outputs for different needs.

Source: vr-zone

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ZOTAC Unleashes More Power Efficient GeForce® 9800GT Eco

New ZOTAC GeForce® 9800GT Eco delivers GeForce® 9800GT performance with 40-percent greater power efficiency

HONG KONG – Mar. 3, 2009 – ZOTAC International, an award-winning manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today expands its GeForce 9800GT product lineup with the new more power-efficient ZOTAC GeForce 9800GT Eco. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9800GT Eco delivers phenomenal performance and breathtaking visuals with 40-percent greater power efficiency for a high-performance graphics experience that is easy on the power bill. “Our mainstream ZOTAC GeForce 9800GT has won many awards for its performance. With the new ZOTAC GeForce 9800GT Eco, you can have the competitive performance of the GeForce 9800GT series but with 40-percent greater power efficiency,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.

The ZOTAC GeForce 9800GT Eco packs a performance punch with its 112 stream processors and high-speed GDDR3 memory technology. A wide 256-bit memory interface joins the screaming-fast stream processors with the high-speed GDDR3 memory for smooth frame rates and vivid visuals.

NVIDIA CUDA, PhysX and PureVideo HD technologies take the ZOTAC GeForce 9800GT Eco beyond gaming graphics to enhance everyday tasks and applications such as video and image editing, video processing, gaming and video playback.

“We’ve come to a crossroads with graphics technology where we can use our graphics cards to accelerate non-3D applications. With this power, PCs are able to use the graphics cards to speed up image and video editing and transcoding to achieve better results than a quad-core CPU, calculate realistic physics effects, and playback high-definition video with greater image quality than most standalone players,” Mr. Berger added.

ZOTAC is confident in the long-reliability of the GeForce 9800GT Eco and backs it with an extended warranty for trouble-free ownership.

It’s time to play with the more power-efficient ZOTAC GeForce 9800GT Eco.

General details
•    New ZOTAC GeForce® 9800GT Eco
•    NVIDIA GeForce® 9800GT graphics processor
•    Engine clock: 550 MHz
•    64 stream processors
•    Shader clock: 1375 MHz
•    512MB GDDR3 memory
•    Memory clock: 1800 MHz
•    NVIDIA CUDA™, PhysX™ and PureVideo™ HD technologies
•    SLI™ ready
•    PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
•    DirectX 10 with Shader Model 4.0 compatible
•    OpenGL 2.1 compatible
•    Dual dual-link DVI – up to 2560×1600

Specifications

Model
		Model	ZT-98GES3G-FSL
Interface
		Interface	PCI Express 2.0 x16 (Compatible with 1.1)
Chipset
		Chipset Manufacturer	NVIDIA®
		GPU	GeForce® 9800 GT
		Core clock	550MHz
		Stream Processors	112
		Shader Clock	1375 MHz
Memory
		Memory Clock	1800MHz
		Memory Size	512MB
		Memory Interface	256-bit
		Memory Type	GDDR3
3D API
		DirectX	DirectX 10
		OpenGL	OpenGL 2.0
Ports
		DVI	2
		TV-Out	HDTV / S-Video / Composite Out
		VIVO	No
General
		Tuner	None
		RAMDAC	400 MHz
		Max Resolution	2560 x 1600
		RoHS Compliant	Yes
		SLI Supported	Yes
		Cooler	With Fan
		Dual-Link DVI Supported	Yes
		Windows Vista	Certified for Windows Vista
Weight & Dimensions
		Weight	1 lbs
		Dimensions	13.26“ X 10.23“ X 2.67“
Packaging
		Package Contents	ZT-98GES3G-FSL Driver Disk User Manual 1 x DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter Lite Box
Game Bundle
		Type	-
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		Download full product specifications

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NVIDIA Backs Away From GTS 240 Rebrand of 9800 GT

NVIDIA will not be going ahead with its controversial GTS 240 rebrand of the GeForce 9800 GT graphics card, according to a confidential email that DailyTech has seen. The GPU firm has been under pressure from frustrated GPU board partners.

Instead, NVIDIA is telling its customers to focus on three cards using the 9800 GT name. Besides the standard version, there is a reduced power version of the 9800 GT and the 9800 GT OC version.

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GeForce 9800 GT Video Card Roundup (EVGA, Gigabyte, ASUS & Palit)

Usually, when a new graphics card is released it is impossible to ignore all the reviews and flurry of forum posts that are kicked up in its wake. There are however those odd times when a card sneaks itself into the market without nary whimper from the usual sources and the things literally start showing up at retailers without rhyme or reason. This generation of Nvidia cards has seen several almost-silent releases with the 8800GS and 9600GSO which had reviews here and there but not much was made of their appearance. Today we will be looking at another card which has popped up in at retailers without the usually marching bands and fireworks: the 9800 GT.

Knowing many of you who read these reviews, we think it is safe to say that the release of the 9800 GT has gone largely unnoticed by the majority of tech-savvy consumers. It will without a doubt add even more confusion to the already-crowded Nvidia lineup but it also represents (in some cases) a minor evolution of the now-legendary 8800 GT. Truth be told, many of the G92 cores on the 9800 GT cards on the market have initially been 65nm but supposedly as time passes, there will be some 55nm products released as well. The interesting thing about these cards is that while their reference design is identical to that of the 8800GT 512MB, many of Nvidia’s board partners have decided to go with a non-reference approach straight off the line. This will differentiate them from the 8800 GT cards they are replacing while giving some value-added features along the way. However, as you will see along the way in this review, the 9800GT product range has already become the Wild West with some board partners using “unlocked” cores while others are using standard cores. If you are scratching you head now, wait till you read a bit further.

The raison-d’être of the 9800 GT is a bit of a mystery considering it is being offered in two distinct flavors of core architecture: 55nm and 65nm. With the recent deep price cuts to the 8800 GT cards, it is safe to say that the 9800 GT has come into being to try to liquidate yet more 65nm GPU cores so Nvidia can fully move their lineup to the more efficient and higher profit margin 55nm manufacturing process. Unfortunately, as mentioned there is an overlap with the 9800 GT cards since some hold the older 65nm core while others may use 55nm core, but how will consumers know which one they are getting? The long and short of it is that in many cases they won’t. After talking to a number of manufacturers, some don’t even plan on labeling the 55nm cards as such but hopefully that will change.

Since there have not been many reviews of this card which will eventually replace the 8800GT, we have decided to take a fundamentally different approach this time around and get enough samples to do a full-fledged roundup. A number of companies were more than happy to step up to the plate so today we will present you with cards from Gigabyte, ASUS, Palit and EVGA. While all of these board partners have fundamentally different policies and warranties, they usually all release a reference version and eventually move on to either overclocked or non-reference designs. What makes this roundup a bit different is that NOT ONE of these cards is the same; some have custom PCBs, others are overclocked and one has the underpinnings of an 8800GTS 512MB. So, I guess you could say that this will be one interesting review.

While we could talk and talk about what is new about these cards, let’s save that for another section and get on with this.

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