EVGA GeForce 9800 GT Video Card This NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT graphic card offers a powerfully immersive entertainment experience designed for high-definition gaming and video playback. Play the hottest Microsoft DirectX 10 games with awesome speed and watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies with brilliant clarity, powered by the revolutionary PureVideo HD engine. It has GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA Lumenex and Quantum Effects technology for a more realistic gaming experience. Incorporating the latest in 9 series graphics technology, the 9800GT video cards bring the best performance to price ratio available today. The 9800 GT video card also offers Full DirectX 10, PCI-E 2.0, and full Vista support with Aero 3D. The EVGA GeForce 9800 GT video card powers extreme HD gaming and entertainment, setting a standard far beyond expectations both in price and performance. Watch as we reveal things you've never experienced, pushing your gaming to limits you never knew existed.
What
It Is & Why You Need It!
HD Gaming for the Masses - Get the most graphics bang for your buck
with a GeForce 9800 GT GPU. With a measurable performance increase over the comparable
8 series graphics cards, PC gamers everywhere can now enjoy games at extreme
HD resolutions without breaking their wallets.
A Powerful Entertainment Hub - Experience the GPU’s power while
enjoying HD movies or having a premium 3D user experience with Windows Vista
and Windows Media Center. PureVideo® HD technology provides lifelike pictures
and vibrant color while CPU-offload capabilities enable you to manage your
photos and videos with ease.
Future-Proof Technology - Get up to 2x the performance with NVIDIA
SLI® technology when paired with an identical 9800-based graphics card,
and PCIe 2.0 compatibility ensures you’re ready for tomorrow’s games
and 3D applications.
Dual Monitor
Ready
This product supports Dual Monitors and has Dual DVI Ports.
Dual View technology offers multiple display support on up to two separate
monitors. This improves the capabilities and productivity of the user by
allowing them to spread multiple windows over two monitors and view them
simultaneously. Dual Monitors is one of the simplest, yet most
amazing productivity boosters you can add to your PC!
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Knowledge
Before You Buy! Make
sure your motherboard is compatible with this video card. For example, PCI
Express video cards won't work with motherboards designed only for AGP or
PCI video cards, and vice versa. Please read the specifications carefully
or call us for expert advice.
ESSENTIAL
SPECS: • Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0 x16 (PCIe
1.0 Compatible)
• Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
• Video Memory: 1024MB DDR3
Specifications
Lifestyle:
Performance
Chipset:
NVIDIA GeForce
GPU Series:
NVIDIA GeForce 9
GPU/VPU:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
RAMDAC:
Dual 400 MHz
Additional Features:
Nvidia PureVideo HD
PhysX by NVIDIA
Video Memory:
1GB
Memory Type:
DDR3
Memory Interface:
256-bit
Stream Processors:
112
Core Clock:
600 MHz
Memory Clock:
1800 MHz
Interface Type:
PCI Express 2.0
Interface Speed:
x16
Connector(s):
Dual DVI (Dual Link)
Multi-GPU Support:
SLI
Overclocked:
No
APIs:
DirectX 10
Shader Model 4.0
NVIDIA CUDA
1080p Support:
Yes
Video Output:
DVI
Low Profile:
No
Cooling Type:
Fan
Heatsink
Detailed Features
A Closer Look
NVIDIA
SLI (Scalable Link Interface)
NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology is a revolutionary
approach to scalability and increased performance. NVIDIA SLI takes advantage
of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express™ bus architecture,
and features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPUs (graphics
processing units) and NVIDIA nForce4 MCPs (media and communications processors).
Together the NVIDIA SLI patent-pending technologies work seamlessly to
deliver heart-pounding PC performance. And depending on the application,
NVIDIA SLI can deliver as much as 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration
for unparalleled gaming experiences.
NVIDIA
Unified Architecture
Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry,
vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering an incredibly
true-to-life 3D graphics.
NVIDIA
Lumenex™ Engine
Support for 128-bit and 64-bit floating point HDR with up to 16x anti-aliasing
delivering vividly realistic lighting effects while obliterating ‘jaggies’.
NVIDIA
Quantum Effects™ Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation deliver
amazing performance and visual effects such as smoke, fire, and explosions.
Shader
Model 4.0 Technology
Get your box geared up for the future of games with blazing fast shader
performance and watch your characters sweat with Shader Model 4.0.
NVIDIA
PureVideo HD Technology
Available on HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs, high-definition movies are bringing
an exciting new video experience to PC users. NVIDIA® PureVideo™
HD technology lets you enjoy cinematic-quality HD DVD and Blu-ray movies
with low CPU utilization and power consumption, allowing higher quality
movie playback and picture clarity.
High
Dynamic Range (HDR)
High dynamic-range(HDR) lighting effects bring environments to life for
a truly immersive experience. It takes advantage of the subtle light,
texture, and color intricacies to create incredibly realistic environments.
Blu-Ray
and HD DVD Support
Features hardware HD video processing technology delivering sharp images and vibrant
color fidelity from 1080p playback of Blu-ray™ and HD DVDs movies.
Windows
Vista Certified
Have confidence that Certified for Windows Vista products will provide
superior experiences with your videos running the Windows Vista operating
system.That's because only Certified for Windows Vista devices have undergone
Microsoft compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and
enhanced security.
PCI Express
2.0 Support PCI Express Base 2.0 specification doubles the interconnect bit rate
from 2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s in a seamless and compatible manner. The performance
boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express
2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of
a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s. The higher bandwidth will allow
product designers to implement narrower interconnect links to achieve
high performance. (backwards compatible with PCI Express)
KEY FEATURES
112 Processing Cores
NVIDIA unified architecture
Full Microsoft DirectX10 Shader Model 4.0 support
NVIDIA SLI®-Ready technology
NVIDIA PhysX™-Ready**
True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting with 16x full-screen anti-aliasing
PCI Express 2.0 support
NVIDIA PureVideo® HD Technology***
Two dual-link HDCP Capable****
OpenGL 2.1 support
** PhysX drivers are required to experience in-game GPU PhysX acceleration. Refer to www.nvidia.com/PhysX for more information.
*** Sypported video software is required to experience certain features.
**** Requires other compatible components that are HDCP-capable
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
4.7
Customer Reviews:
9
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Value
4.9
Features
4.7
Quality
4.7
Performance
4.6
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Worked okay
Reviewer:
upg on
Oct 31, 2009 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Works fine, no installation problems. Noticeable increase in speed of windows explorer folder menus compared to the onboard graphics of an Intel 915GUX.
Cabels
Reviewer:
dav on
Oct 26, 2009 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
does this come with the required power cabels?
Good Card
Reviewer:
Deadcell on
Oct 20, 2009 Customer Rating:
4.3
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
3.0
Performance
4.0
Best Physx card you can get for evga classified x58 3x sli. works well. Takes Up A 16x Slot Instead Of The Bottom 8x Slot..
Works great, good price.
Reviewer:
spr on
Aug 27, 2009 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
I bought this card to replace a 8600GTS that failed. It works great. The fan is slightly louder than the previous card, but not bad at all. This deal was the best I could find from a reliable source.
Good for games, useless for BluRay/HD-DVD
Reviewer:
kasmir on
Aug 11, 2009 Customer Rating:
3.3
Value
4.0
Features
3.0
Quality
4.0
Performance
2.0
Bought this card for my gaming machine & media center, Phenom X4 9550, 4GB RAM, brand new dual-format BluRay/HD-DVD drive, and all the trimmings, about half of my high def movies play perfectly, and the others are unwatchable, get about a frame every 3 seconds. Swapped the video card out with an ATI Radeo 4650, and they all play perfectly. Called tech support, their suggestion after replacing the card and getting a new one? Sell it off to someone else and buy a new card. Real helpful. DO NOT buy this card if you're looking to play HD movies. But if all you want it for is gaming, it's awesome, plays everything I've thrown at it at maximum quality with ease.
Monitors come supporting different video connector technologies:
VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI, or combinations. Not every monitor
supports these, so check the specifications carefully before making your
selection.
The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is the
most popular high-quality digital connection for monitors (though HDMI is
quickly becoming its equal in popularity). DVI is a video interface
standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices
such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. It was
developed by an industry consortium, the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG).
It is designed for carrying uncompressed digital video data to a compatible
monitor or projector, and is partially compatible with the High-Definition
Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode (DVI-D).
DVI represents a major improvement in image quality over the older VGA
standard.
The DVI interface uses a digital protocol
in which the desired illumination of pixels is transmitted as binary data.
When the display is driven at its native resolution, it will read each
number and apply that brightness to the appropriate pixel. In this way, each
pixel in the output buffer of the source device corresponds directly to one
pixel in the display device, whereas with an analog signal the appearance of
each pixel may be affected by its adjacent pixels as well as by electrical
noise and other forms of analog distortion.
Previous standards such as the analog VGA were designed for CRT-based
devices and thus did not use discrete time display addressing. As the analog
source transmits each horizontal line of the image, it varies its output
voltage to represent the desired brightness. In a CRT device, this is used
to vary the intensity of the scanning beam as it moves across the screen.
The two types of DVI interfaces are Single
Link and Dual Link. Following are the features and benefits of each:
Single Link - The Single Link interface is limited to a maximum pixel
clock of 165 Hz. It uses four (4) twisted pairs of wires (one each of Red,
Green, Blue and Clock). Maximum resolution is 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz.
Dual Link - The Dual Link interface is most common for today’s modern
LCD monitors. It provides three times as many pixels as the Single Link
interface. And its maximum clock may exceed 165 Hz. Dual Link uses six (6)
twisted pairs wires with two (2) each for Red, Green, and Blue, as well as a
pair for Clock. Dual Link’s maximum resolution is 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz. When
you use the Dual Link Interface you can use a longer cable because of its
higher bandwidth. Dual Link also provides HDCP support, which is required
for Blu-Ray playback.
If your Computer supports DVI ports, but
the Monitor does not, then a DVI to VGA adaptor is available at low cost to
solve this. Or inversely, if the Computer output is only VGA, and the
Monitor supports DVI, adaptors are available for this as well.
For our selection of Monitor Adaptors click here »
Dual Monitor
Technology
Few PC users have ever experienced the huge productivity boost that comes
from using multiple monitors on the same PC. Ironically, many of
today's PC have the capability already installed, and Windows (since 2000)
natively supports dual monitors. Configuring dual monitors is so easy: just use
the second video port (if there are two separate ports installed), or add a
second video card or better yet, a video card that has dual DVI ports.
Then plug in your second monitor, change a couple of simple Windows settings,
and you have double the Windows Desktop. This lets you have your
spreadsheet and email visible at the same time, or PowerPoint and Photoshop.
The combinations are endless. And since most of the overhead is
handled by the video card, there is little significant impact (if any) on
system performance. Dual Monitors is one of the simplest, yet most
amazing productivity boosters you can add to your PC! Optionally, you can use a dual monitor stand and recover your workspace in the process!
PCI
Express - Delivering Dramatically Improved Graphics
Doubling the bandwidth of the AGP 8X graphics bus, the new PCI Express represents
the most profound change to desktop architecture in nearly a decade. PCI
Express replaces AGP, allowing much larger amounts of data to move between
the graphics card and the CPU, and will soon replace PCI expansion slots
as well. The PCI standard allows for a 32-bit bus with a maximum throughput
of 133MB/s. By contrast, PCI Express will run at 2.5GHz. PCI Express is
a two-way serial connection that carries data in packets along two pairs
of point-to-point data lines, compared to the single parallel data bus of
traditional PCI. Gamers will benefit from an incredible upgrade in video
quality with PCI Express, because it will allow for more powerful video
cards, inspiring developers to create more realistic environments that will
make games come alive with astonishingly lifelike colors and images. Video
enthusiasts will also benefit because PCI Express will accommodate higher-quality
video throughput (amount of data you can send per second). As network television
moves over to HDTV broadcasts, PCI Express positions the PC platform for
integration into the living room, while also allowing for HD video editing
and other bandwidth-intensive tasks. PCI Express is compatible with existing
PCI drivers and software operating systems and is designed to co-exist with
current PCI hardware.
PCI
Express 2.0 - High End Graphics Have Arrived
PCI Express Base 2.0 specification doubles the interconnect bit rate from
2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s in a seamless and compatible manner. The performance
boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express
2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of
a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s. The higher bandwidth will allow
product designers to implement narrower interconnect links to achieve
high performance while reducing cost.
A number
of optimizations and improvements have been made to the protocol and software
layers of the PCI Express architecture in the PCI Express Base 2.0 specification.
These include:
Dynamic
link speed management – to control the speed at which the link is operating
Link bandwidth
notification – to notify software (operating system, device drivers,
etc) of changes in link speed and width
Capability
structure expansion – to expand the control registers to better manage
devices, slots and the interconnect
Access
control services – optional controls to manage peer-peer transactions
Completion
timeout control – to define a required disable mechanism plus related
optional enhancements
Function-level
reset – optional mechanism to reset functions within a device
Power
limit redefinition – to redefine slot power limit values to accommodate
devices that consume higher power
Video Card Designs
Today's high performance video cards
enable amazing graphics, and frequently come emblazoned with high-impact
graphics, or in brilliant colors. These help to enhance the appeal of
the card. However, from time to time, manufacturers do change these
designs and colors, but this has no effect on the features, specifications,
or performance of the specific video card model, and will usually retain the
same manufacturer's model and part number. The images displayed for a
video card are based upon the sample provided by the manufacturer, and the
specific visual design you receive may vary. So remember, while the
card may look cool, it's the specs that matter!
Will Your
Motherboard Support the Video Card You're Purchasing? Here's the Answer...
Before you
buy - make sure your motherboard is compatible with this video card. For
example, PCI Express video cards won't work with motherboards designed
only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa. Please read the specifications
carefully or call us for expert advice.
Close-Up:
PCI, AGP, and PCI-E (PCI Express)
Check
your motherboard and make sure you are purchasing the correct cardbus
type.
There are 3 types of cardbus slots currently available:
PCI, AGP, and PCI Express (PCIe 2.0 is compatible with PCIe slot)
PCI
- The most widely used I/O bus, it provides a shared data path between
the CPU and peripheral controllers, such as network, display, SCSI and
RAID cards. Though limited in terms of performance, they are considered
the best value when you upgrade your video capabilities on a PC. The PCI
interface can be found and used in nearly any motherboard. Click
here to view our selection of PCI Cards
AGP
- The AGP slot is next in line of higher graphic performance. It was designed
especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics. It offers up to
8x improvement over a PCI card, is 32 bits wide and runs at 66 MHz. It
provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one
AGP slot is on the motherboard. The motherboard must be equipped with
an AGP bus slot for an AGP card to be compatible.(AGP 1x provided a data
transfer rate of 264 Mbytes/sec. AGP 2x is 528 Mbytes/sec. AGP 4x is 1
Gbyte/sec. AGP 8x is 2 Gbytes/sec.) Click
here to view our selection of AGP Cards
PCI
Express - PCI Express is the newest technology that
is superior to both PCI and AGP, in terms of graphic performance. It offers
performance as much as 4x faster than the fastest AGP 8X slot. PCI Express
connections can support fast data transfer rates, which can be used to
connect high-speed devices such as high-end video cards. The slots come
in different variations and speeds, such as x1, x4, x8, and x16. Presently,
most high-end motherboards meant for design, video production, or gaming
come with PCI express slots. To use a PCI Express card, your computer
must have at least one available PCI Express slot. Click
here to view our selection of PCI Express Cards
EVGA GeForce 9800 GT Video Card - 1024MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, HDTV, VGA Support
$139.99
Manufactured by:
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12 months parts;
12 months labor
Mfg Part No:
01G-P3-N981-TR UPC No:
843368008987 Box Size:
( Length:
9, Width:
13, Depth:
2 )
Shipping Weight:
.6600 pound(s)
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What
It Is & Why You Need It!
Lifestyle:
4.3
3.3
Dynamic
link speed management – to control the speed at which the link is operating
