Best of the best graphics card - nVIDIA 9800 GX2
If you’re looking for the ultimate graphics card then look no further than nVIDIA’s latest offering - the dual-GPU GeForce 9800 GX2.
The 9800 GX2 is nVIDIA’s first dual-GPU graphics card (ATI already had the 3870 X2 on the market) and this card literally blows away the competition. Benchmark after benchmark has show the 9800 GX2 to be the leader in terms of pumping out frames per second.
- Stream Processors - 256
- Core Clock (MHz) - 600 MHz
- Shader Clock (MHz) - 1500 MHz
- Memory Clock (MHz) - 1000 MHz
- Memory Amount - 1GB
- Memory Interface - 512-bit
- Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) - 128
- Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 76.8
One 9800 GX2 not enough for your gaming? If you’ve got a 790i motherboard then you can put two of these puppies in your system!
Pros:
- Awesome power.
- Double your power by adding a second card (OK, to be precise you don’t double your power, but you increase it dramatically).
Cons:
- Expensive. Very expensive! This card is around the $500 mark.
- Generates a lot of heat.
- Can be noisy.
