Legit Video Card Reviews
XFX and Palit GeForce 9800 GTX Video Cards
| Manufacturer: | XFX |
| Product: | GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB Video Cards |
| Date: | Tue, Apr 01, 2008 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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The Test System
The test system was running Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit with all available Microsoft updates including the hotfixes required for enthusiast video cards to run correctly. ATI CATALYST 8.3 drivers were used on all the Radeon HD graphics cards and NVIDIA Forceware 174.12 drivers were used on all GeForce graphics cards except for the GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 9800 GTX as they used Forceware 174.74 drivers. All results shown in the charts are averages of at least three runs from each game or application used.
The Palit GeForce 9800 GX2 GPU-Z Screen Shot:
The XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 GPU-Z Screen Shot:
The Video Cards:
- EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 (600MHz/2000MHz)
- Palit GeForce 9800 GTX (6750MHz/2200MHz)
- XFX GeForce 9800 GTX (675MHz/2200MHz)
- EVGA GeForce 9600 GT (740MHz/1950MHz)
- Palit GeForce 9600 GT (700MHz/2000MHz)
- XFX GeForce 9600 GT (625MHz/1800MHz)
- eVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB (670MHz/1944MHz)
- XFX GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (625MHz/1.8GHz)
- XFX GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (650MHz/1.6GHz)
- ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 - 1GB (825MHz/1.800GHz GDDR3)
- ATI Radeon HD 3870 - 512MB (777MHz/1.126GHz GDDR4)
- Diamond Radeon HD 3850 - 512MB(669MHz/1.658GHz GDDR3)
- ATI Radeon HD 3850 - 256MB (669MHz/1.658GHz GDDR3)
- ATI Radeon HD 3650 - 256MB (722MHz/1.584GHz GDDR3)
- Sapphire Radeon HD 3450 - 256MB (600MHz/1.000GHz GDDR2)
All of the video cards were tested on the Intel X38 Express Test platform, which is loaded with the latest and greatest hardware. The Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 'Yorkfield' processor was used for testing as it proved to be the best desktop processor when it comes to game performance. The test system was also loaded with 4GB of memory and water cooled to ensure throttling of the processor or memory wouldn't cause any issues.
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Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 |
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Motherboard |
Gigabyte X38-DQ6
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Memory |
4GB OCZ Reaper PC2-6400
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Video Cards |
See Above |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital SATA 250Gb |
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Cooling |
Corsair Nautilus 500 |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX620W |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
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Now that we know exactly what the test system is, we can move along to performance numbers. It should be noted that since both Palit and XFX use the same PCB, BIOS, Memory IC's, Clock Speeds and cooling solutions we put the cards at the same data point. There is no performance difference between the two cards.
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Page 1 - NVIDIA Introduces The GeForce 9800 GTX
Page 2 - GeForce 9800 GTX Features Page 3 - Under The GeForce 9800 GTX Heat Spreader Page 4 - Palit GeForce 9800 GTX Box & Bundle Page 5 - XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Box & Bundle Page 6 - The Test System Page 7 - Tomb Raider: Anniversary Page 8 - Company of Heroes Page 9 - World in Conflict Page 10 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Page 11 - BioShock Page 12 - Crysis Page 13 - Call of Duty 4 Page 14 - 3DMark 2006 Page 15 - Lightsmark 2007 Page 16 - Temperatures Page 17 - Overclocking Page 18 - Power Consumption and Final Thoughts |
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