NVIDIA 9800GTX and GX2 Get Greenlight

It seems like forever that we’ve been waiting to see a 9800GX2 launch, but it’s now closer than ever. According to reports, the 9800GX2 and 9800GTX have gotten the greenlight and are on schedule for release this month. Reviews should be popping up around the web in the weeks to come.

Though there is no major architecture change over the 8-series, these new cards bump up their specs all around, and the GX2 should prove to be the ultimate dual-GPU-single-card solution, especially when compared to ATI’s HD 3870 X2. Though, the HD 3870 X2 has won one part of the contest… looks. The GX2 is truly one of the ugliest card designs I’ve seen. Granted, the cooler serves a specific purpose, but still!

The 9800GX2 will be clocked at 600MHz/2000MHz, while the GTX has a nice boost at 675MHz/2200MHz. The latter is also tri-SLI ready, with dual bridges available.

NVIDIA’s GeForce 9800GX2 is poised as the ultra high-end enthusiast graphics card. The new adapter takes a page from the GeForce 7950GX2 since it’s actually composed of two G92 cores on a single board. Factories are instructed to set these core frequency at 600 MHz and memory frequencies at 2000 MHz.

Source: DailyTech