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VIDEO: Taking apart the GeForce 9800 GX2
We get under the hood of Nvidia’s new dual GPU graphics card
It’s got two PCBs, it costs £376 and it’s bigger than some dogs. The GeForce 9800 GX2 is no ordinary graphics card, and while many people would be happy to shove it straight in their PC and watch the frame rates go up, we couldn’t help wanting to dissect it to see what makes it tick.
Just what goes on under that colossal cooler? How do the two PCBs fit together? How big is the 9800 GX2 in comparison to a normal graphics card? All these questions and more are answered in our simple video below, where we attempt to satisfy your nose for curiosity by taking apart a GeForce 9800 GX2.
As you no doubt already know, the GeForce 9800 GX2 is Nvidia’s first official dual-GPU graphics system since the acclaimed GeForce 7950 GX2, but it’s quite a different beast, using a single cooing system to cover the two PCBs.
If you want the full skinny on the card, as well as its performance in games, then make sure you check out our full review of the GeForce 9800 GX2.
See the video below:
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I'll wait for the quad results and also more info on the GTX and poss Ultra before deciding which GFX will be mine. Be quick with the results, thanks!
Comment by CSQuake at 5:40pm 20th March 2008
EK have new waterblocks in production and EVGA and Innovatek are adding them there respective Cards and watercooled ranges
Comment by Mizugetsu at 5:43pm 19th March 2008
the cooler had better be darned good and quiet, as I can't see replacement cooler units being produced for some time with such a radically different design...
Comment by NewParadigm at 1:40pm 19th March 2008
rickykemp = Tard first of all with all benching being done within 14 days i'm well within my rights to return a product and these are first batch 9800GX2 and of the 3 i've ordered 2/3 will be faulty and i'm on vista so the fault is inevitable and i've owned 6 8800GTX's of which the one i have now is the only one that hasn't died or gone nuts which 3 months and 4 learn to spell someone who's superiors name right moron
Comment by Mizugetsu at 12:10pm 19th March 2008
the card is huge i am having problems fitting the power cable in a 3850 because the hard drive in the way how the hell am i meant to fit this beast....
Comment by megapig at 12:09pm 19th March 2008
i do hope that CPC pass on your details to Scan. thats the lowest of the low.
Comment by rickykemp at 10:24am 19th March 2008
well i ordered mine last night 3 of them thought i better post my system spec as it will be come tomorrow morning Intel QX9650@4.0ghz 8gb = Corsair XMS3 DDR3 Pc3-12800 (1600) XFX 790i Ultra SLi Mobo 2 x RaptorX 150gb HDD in raid 0 3 x 9800GX2 (After overclocking and benching 2 will be returned as faulty, God i do love the RMA system ) XFI Pro gamer Fatality Soundcard (reinstalled when the 2 GFX cards go back)
Comment by Mizugetsu at 10:03am 19th March 2008
I was gonna say more like an in store video at Ikea, or Yorkshire trader, man those are rubbish. Is that the royalty free music Alex? I bet it is. Hopefully the GTX's will be something to shout about
Comment by joeamnesiac at 10:01am 19th March 2008
hehe, is it just me, or is the way that video footage was shot look vaguely like a cheap softcore porno flick with the sleazy music to boot?! back to the model. i mean card. yeh it's 2 GTs with the bridge put in for you, but if you don't have SLI (like myself and many others) then this is your only option for "the highest" quality graphics. which IMO is a load of old tosh.
Comment by sotu1 at 8:32am 19th March 2008
sorry about that i got 2 admit i didnt really do any looking into it, when i check the news i would expect them to try and answer the questions that everyone is due to ask, its like when you watch a youtube video your garunteed to see a comment saying whats the name of that song, they should just add it to the comments, with the date of pricing by the side of course
Comment by NikoBellic at 8:06am 19th March 2008
Original drivers when I had benchmarks first posted stated they'd problems with X48 and X38 - Especially the X48 - X48 crashed constantly, X38 had failures in games
Comment by Elemental_Dragon at 11:50pm 18th March 2008
Check retailers before you think that these will cost stupid amounts... These are rated at upto 30 more percent faster than a gtx for a start... Second they are pricing at just over 400 pounds from scan.co.uk
Comment by Lightning_Pete at 9:19pm 18th March 2008
Shame that the design is starting to get old now... its just the 7800 gx2 crossed with a 8800 gts... which in my opinion doesn't seem all that great...but who knows... maybe this will be able to knock the gtx off the top spot which may lower the price of the gtx... but i wouldn't buy one of these... mmm... what price do you reckon it'll cost in the UK after taxes... i reckon about £744.99.
Comment by NikoBellic at 8:43pm 18th March 2008
No idea where you've got that from - we tested ours on an Intel X38 test rig...
Comment by Sifter3000 at 6:15pm 18th March 2008
wow they took 2 gts and installed the sli bridge for you!!
Comment by helipilot06 at 6:07pm 18th March 2008
It doesn't work on Intel chipsets - good job nvidia! *saracastic applaude*
Comment by Elemental_Dragon at 5:43pm 18th March 2008
"Did you have any bits left over when you put it back together ?" HE HE!! I bet they did!
Comment by combatus at 3:39pm 18th March 2008
Any word on the NDA for the 9800GTX? Let's see what Nvidia's best single GPU graphics card can do. Will it really be that much better than a 8800 Ultra?
Comment by l3v1ck at 3:16pm 18th March 2008
Did you have any bits left over when you put it back together ?
Comment by bluetuba at 3:15pm 18th March 2008
Crysis at High. No, it wont do triple SLI, AFAIK
Comment by Sifter3000 at 2:12pm 18th March 2008
Do we know whether they can run 3 in triple sli on the new 790i boards? I think the price is pretty reasonable compared to the 8800 gtx and ultra's when they first came out. Any news on the rest of the 9 series high end line or is this now it?
Comment by crazy at 2:01pm 18th March 2008
Are the benchmarks with Crysis at medium, high or very high settings?
Comment by l3v1ck at 2:05pm 18th March 2008
SO it's more or less two 8800GTS's on one card that have been underclocked due to the HSF design. I certainly won't be paying that much cash for such a fudged solution.
Comment by l3v1ck at 2:02pm 18th March 2008
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