Palit 9800GX2 Review

ccokeman - August 6, 2008
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Bus interface	PCI Express 2.0 Support
Memory:	1024MB (512MB x 2
Memory Interface:	512bit (256bit x 2)
Core Clock:	600MHz
Shader Clock	1500MHz
Memory Clock:	2000MHz (1000MHz x 2)
Stream Processors	256 (128 per GPU)
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	128
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	76.8
Pure Video	PVHD
Direct X	10
Max DVI Resolution	2560x1600
Max VGA resolution	2048x1536
HDR	128 Bit
Standard Memory Configuration	1GB
Vista Certified	Yes
SLI Ready	Yes
Multi Monitor	Yes
Nvidia Hybrid Power support	Yes
Minimum Power supply size	500 watts

Features:

Dual Dual-Link Technology: Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600 on two LCD Monitors at the same time.
HDTV Ready and HD Gaming: High-definition video playback and crisp picture quality. Provides world-class TV-out functionality up to 1080i resolution.
SLI Ready: Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI-Express graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on over 60 top PC games.
Quad NVIDIA SLI® Technology: Industry leading Quad NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing 4-way AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering), for the world’s fastest gaming solution under Windows Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers.
Dual DVI: Able to drive the industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays. DVI to Analog Adapter Includes DVI to Analog Adapter to convert your old VGA output to DVI connector.
HDMI: HDMI is a new standard that combines digital video and audio in a single consumer-friendly connector. HDMI delivers a clear clean image at any window size, including full-screen high-definition resolutions up to 1080p. The combination of high-definition video and high-definition audio from HDMI delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn a PC into a high-end home theater.
PCI Express 2.0 Support: Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.
NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology1: The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch: Provides post-processing and optimization of High Definition movies on a scene-by-scene basis for spectacular picture clarity.
NVIDIA HybridPower™ Technology2: Lets you switch from the GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card to the motherboard GeForce GPU when running non graphically-intensive applications for a silent, low power PC experience.
Enthusiast System Architecture: The new ESA-enabled NVIDIA control panel provides a state-of-the-art interface for performance tuning and monitoring of your GeForce 9800 GX2-based graphics card on NVIDIA nForce 790i platforms.