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Well the ATI 3870X2 may have whetted your appetite for a dual GPU graphic card, so how bout something from the Nvidia side? Albatron has “Enthusiastically” announced the dual GPU 9800GX2. Two heads are better than one as SLI pundits have proven, but with the 9800GX2, you don’t have to fumble with manipulating two cards into your case. The 9800GX2 has two GPUs tucked into a sleek black case with a single PCI-e 2.0 slot connector. In addition, this card features the latest 65 nm technology assuring the highest processing efficiency, lowest power consumption and the most optimal 3D gaming performance and HD Video playback.
The 9800 GPUs on this card are the first to hit the market for this series. Each GPU contains 128 stream processors and boasts a 600 MHz Core Clock. The Shader Clock is rated at 1500 MHz with a Texture Fill Rate of 76.8 (billion/sec). This card comes with a whopping 1 GB (512 MB per GPU) of GDDR3 memory with a Memory Clock of 1000 MHz using a 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) Memory Interface. The memory bandwidth is 128 GB/sec.
The 9800GX2 has an HDMI connector which can pass pure uncompressed high-definition video and audio to your HD monitor. But, if HDMI doesn’t fit into your plans, this card also provides Dual-link DVI connectors with HDCP compatibility. Dual 400 MHz RAMDACs can also support dual QXGA displays with refresh rates up to 2048x1536 @ 85 Hz! Simply said, this card provides the smoothest game-play at the most extreme HD resolutions, up to 2560x1600 - not to mention the highest quality Blu-ray playback with PureVideo HD, the premier HD video playback technology in the market.
Read on for more info and specs.
The 9800GX2 sports an SLI connector which means that you can be an Ultra-Enthusiast, installing two and getting quad GPU power and performance! NVIDIA’s Quad SLI® Technology implements a 4-way Alternate Frame Rendering methodology to efficiently optimize quad GPU 3D graphics performance and game-play.
Specifications
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GPU
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GeForce 9800 GX2
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Stream Processors
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256 (128 per GPU)
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Core Clock (MHz)
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600
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Shader Clock (MHz)
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1500
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Memory Clock (MHz)
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1000
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Memory Amount
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1GB GDDR3 (512MB per GPU)
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Memory Interface
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512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
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Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
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128
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Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
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76.8
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Interface
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PCI Express 2.0
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Video Connectors
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HDMI connector
(2) Dual-link DVI connectors with HDCP,
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Internal Connectors and Headers
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Dual 6-pin PCI Express Power Connectors
SLI connector
2-pin SPDIF connector
4-pin fan connector
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