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First GeForce 9800 GTX 3DMark06 Score Appears

post #1 of 29
2/26/08 at 9:24am
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Those looking for the next 'green' thing in terms of single-GPU graphics cards will have will soon be getting the GeForce 9800 GTX which is based on the 65nm G92-420 chip. This dual-slot high-end beastie will come to fill the gap between the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 and 9800 GX2 and will support DirectX 10(.0), OpenGL 2.1 and Triple-SLI.

Set to be clocked at about 675, 1688 and 2200 MHz (GPU, shaders and memory) the GeForce 9800 GTX has just been put to the test by the guys at Expreview.com who have hooked it up to a system equipped with a 3GHz QX9650 CPU and ran Futuremark's 3DMark06. At the default settings and resolution (1280x1024) the upcoming GeForce card has returned a score of 14014 points, as you can see below. The score is certainly promising, but still a testimony to the fact that the 9800 GTX is a rather shy evolutionary step given the use of the G92 chip. We still want two though. No, make that three.
Source: TechConnect
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post #2 of 29
2/26/08 at 9:28am
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Decent, but limited synthetic BM score.

Don't expect anything amazing w/Crysis benchies.
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post #3 of 29
2/26/08 at 10:22am
this saddens me. i was hoping a bit better. whats the ati equivalent run?
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post #4 of 29
2/26/08 at 10:50am
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A single HD3870, depending on the processor, will score between 10500 and 12K in 3dm06. I've seen over 12K w/both E8400/E8500 OC to 4.0ghz.

This 9800GTX can score higher with an OCd CPU, but how much is the question.
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post #5 of 29
2/26/08 at 10:52am
don't get me wrong, it still is much better than anything I currently have.
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post #6 of 29
2/26/08 at 11:09am
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No sheeaat. The last couple of systems I built were for friends.

I currently game on my lappy. My current DT PC (now my wife's) is a P4 3.2 with the X850XT (only SM 2.0). It doesn't play games anymore.
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post #7 of 29
2/26/08 at 11:17am
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No sheeaat. The last couple of systems I built were for friends.

I currently game on my lappy. My current DT PC (now my wife's) is a P4 3.2 with the X850XT (only SM 2.0). It doesn't play games anymore.
Ouch. Yeh actually i've been very fortunate that my system has lasted me as long as it has. 2 years this March will be the last time I did anything to it. No reinstalls. No hardware upgrades. Nothing. Link in Sig. (7900GTX) And to this day, its been the most expensive card I've bought. ($564.09)
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post #8 of 29
2/26/08 at 11:50am
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...5874&Itemid=34

$600 us for the 9800GX2 versus $480cdn for the HD3870X2


Yikes!
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post #9 of 29
2/27/08 at 12:32am
Wonder how they will do in Sli

My Sli 8800GTs score over 13K
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post #10 of 29
2/27/08 at 12:47am
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Wonder how they will do in Sli

My Sli 8800GTs score over 13K
And they score around 17k with a stock QX9650 (over with the factory oc'd ones). Seems to not be worth the price if that score is correct. I hope the game benchmarks are better if they plan to move many of these.
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post #11 of 29
2/27/08 at 12:58am
I'll give you that, hulioni ... not too exciting if you've already got a couple of GTX's or Ultra's hiding in the corner.
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post #12 of 29
3/2/08 at 3:08am
Shoot out

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/GeFo...ared/5614.html
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post #13 of 29
3/2/08 at 4:09am
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Originally Posted by ZX81 View Post
wow. the 3870 beats out the gx2? i thought this gx2 card was supposed be 3x times something special....
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post #14 of 29
3/2/08 at 6:20am
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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
wow. the 3870 beats out the gx2? i thought this gx2 card was supposed be 3x times something special....
It was, but from what I've heard the thermal requirements and the board design forced nVidia to lower the clocks on the core, RAM, and shaders to below 8800GT levels. They are also supposedly having problems with drivers, just like ATi did. Which is a little funny, because nVidia came out with quad-SLI before ATi came out with Crossfire-X. But they keep delaying the release of the GX2 anyway.

I don't trust those numbers for the 9800 GTX, though. There is plenty of time for the score to change from drivers alone. On top of that, the marketing high end trophy isn't from how much a single card can score anymore, but how efficient multiple cards / chips work together. The current WR is on CFX 3870X2's with over 31K in '06 on beta drivers.
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post #15 of 29
3/2/08 at 1:46pm
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Nvidia is going to have a very hard time moving those cards now. Especially at a much higher price point in comparison.
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post #16 of 29
3/2/08 at 4:04pm
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It was, but from what I've heard the thermal requirements and the board design forced nVidia to lower the clocks on the core, RAM, and shaders to below 8800GT levels. They are also supposedly having problems with drivers, just like ATi did. Which is a little funny, because nVidia came out with quad-SLI before ATi came out with Crossfire-X. But they keep delaying the release of the GX2 anyway.

I don't trust those numbers for the 9800 GTX, though. There is plenty of time for the score to change from drivers alone. On top of that, the marketing high end trophy isn't from how much a single card can score anymore, but how efficient multiple cards / chips work together. The current WR is on CFX 3870X2's with over 31K in '06 on beta drivers.
I also don't trust those numbers. This is still #1 on my temp card purchase when I build my new rig.
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post #17 of 29
3/2/08 at 6:36pm


I think nvidia dropped the ball on this new 9800 series.

overclocked 8800gts 512mb
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post #18 of 29
3/2/08 at 6:37pm
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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
I also don't trust those numbers. This is still #1 on my temp card purchase when I build my new rig.
Everyone should keep in mind that Nvidia currently lacks cards that support TRI-SLI. The G80 GTX and Ultra are at EOL, no longer in production. The G92 GX2 and GTX are their official replacements.

This may be the reason for the 'refresh' we're seeing right now....as opposed to a next-gen card.

The ATI-Nvidia battle should get even more interesting this summer - with the RV770 and GT200.
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post #19 of 29
3/2/08 at 6:45pm
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Originally Posted by GbrilliantQ™ View Post

I think nvidia dropped the ball on this new 9800 series.

overclocked 8800gts 512mb
No 9800 for me, unless they're intentionally sandbagging. Either a GTS or 3870X2 (if drivers are finally done). Probably the GTS...which can now be found for just under $300 after rebates.
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post #20 of 29
3/2/08 at 6:52pm
Two 9600GT's are pretty nice, but I'm not going SLI this round. So I might be picking up two 3870x2's with my Rampage!

Unless Nvidia has something up their sleeves, but they won't have very long to prove that for me.
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