Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 Benchmark & Review

ChampionLLY · 4th Mar 2008, 04:49 PM

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Probably the most anticipated card in the GeForce 9 series, the 9800 GX2 is based on Nvidia's very successful G92 cores (G92-450 or D9E-40 to be precise). Similar to the 7950 GX2, this card is also a dual-PCB, dual-core card...

...Due to manufacturer's restriction, they could only run 3DMark06 at 1280x768. This resulted in a CPU-limited situation at this low resolution, thus the testers added in the 4xAA (level 7) and 16xAF to keep the card busy. Despite the limitations and their failure to get hold of a 8800GTS 512 card, the 9800GX2 managed to beat the top-of-the-line Ultra by a margin of 22.4%...

Read more here: www.LLY.get.to: Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2 Benchmark & Review

Chai · 4th Mar 2008, 06:01 PM

This is a very disappointing results. The power consumption is going to be much higher than Ultra, but the performance is nothing to shout about.

ChampionLLY · 4th Mar 2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chai

This is a very disappointing results. The power consumption is going to be much higher than Ultra, but the performance is nothing to shout about.

I agree that power consumption is a problem.

I guess we gotta wait for improved drivers & more benchmarks to see the whole picture.

ZuePhok · 4th Mar 2008, 09:21 PM

too early to make judgement. IMO, this is driver issue.

I noticed the SLI scalability on DX9 using the recent 169 (and later) forceware is very poor. something is broken in the driver. most likely NV focused all their attention on extracting DX10 performance. on my tri SLI testbed, DX10 scales better than DX9.

DX10 scaling is actually very good. I hit 1.8x on dual card, and 2.5x on tri setup.

Mac Daddy · 5th Mar 2008, 07:35 PM

I don't think waiting on drivers is going to help we have been waiting for years for NV to fix the SLI issues they have with existing cards.

Does the term "When Hell Freezes Over" ring a bell ?

ZuePhok · 5th Mar 2008, 11:05 PM

focusing their effort on DX10 isn't exactly a bad idea.
after all, if i were to spend 2K on a graphis system, I wouldn't care about how good my pair of graphics could do in DX9 scaling. I want superb DX10 performance.

there are always technical limitations and there will always be driver issues. intel matrix, forceware, catalyst, creative, logitech..etc

if we want cutting edge stuff, we just have to live with the fact that there is no perfect driver.

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,116 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	This is a very disappointing results. The power consumption is going to be much higher than Ultra, but the performance is nothing to shout about. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

4th Mar 2008, 09:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,810 Reputation: 3294 Rep Power: 48	too early to make judgement. IMO, this is driver issue. I noticed the SLI scalability on DX9 using the recent 169 (and later) forceware is very poor. something is broken in the driver. most likely NV focused all their attention on extracting DX10 performance. on my tri SLI testbed, DX10 scales better than DX9. DX10 scaling is actually very good. I hit 1.8x on dual card, and 2.5x on tri setup. __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

5th Mar 2008, 11:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,810 Reputation: 3294 Rep Power: 48	focusing their effort on DX10 isn't exactly a bad idea. after all, if i were to spend 2K on a graphis system, I wouldn't care about how good my pair of graphics could do in DX9 scaling. I want superb DX10 performance. there are always technical limitations and there will always be driver issues. intel matrix, forceware, catalyst, creative, logitech..etc if we want cutting edge stuff, we just have to live with the fact that there is no perfect driver. __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

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5th Mar 2008, 07:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,052 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 13	I don't think waiting on drivers is going to help we have been waiting for years for NV to fix the SLI issues they have with existing cards. Does the term "When Hell Freezes Over" ring a bell ?