XFX PVT98FYDF9 GeForce 9800GTX 512MB DDR3 675MHz Dual DVI PCI Express 2.0 SLI Ready Video Card

List Price: $280.99 Discount Price: $199.38

Features:

• With the 9800GTX you have 512MB of DDR3 Memory going to work for you!
• The 9800GTX is perfect for the latest Blu-Ray DVD Playback with stutter free graphics!
• Fast 675MHz Core Clock Speed gives you tremendous speed for accuracy in First Person Shooter games!
• The NEW PCI Express 2.0 doubles the data speed from previous version
• XFX's Double Lifetime Warranty not only gives you peace of mind, but the next owner as well!

Customer Reviews:

very good [Posted on 2008-05-02]
this is not what i really aspect but its still very good give it 4 cuz its nearly same as Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB

Great Card [Posted on 2008-05-04]
Great card. I want to look down upon the nay-sayers this card is worth every penny. It is not a revolution it's an evolution of the already good 8800GTS 512 G92 version. If it were a revolution you would be seeing these retailing for $600+ I get astounding frame rates in all of my games. I play Call of Duty 4 MW multiplayer on max everything and it is beautiful and smooth. Thank you amazon!

Great card/performance with minor drawbacks [Posted on 2008-06-24]
I threw this card into my home workstation to replace a FireGL card, since ATI's drivers have been wreaking havoc on my ability to get any 3D work done from home. This is in a dual 3.2Ghz Xeon(old style with HT) system with 2gigs of ram.

Pro: Very nice price point for the performance, runs Crysis smoothly(20-30 fps) at very high settings with no AA. Definitely a great upgrade if you don't already have a higher flavor of 8800 already.

Con: This card is very long and requires a lot of power. Lengthwise, in my mid-full size atx case it reaches almost to the hard drive bay(about 3-4 inches away) and directly under one of my CPU's. So I recommend you check the dimensions in your case to see if the card will fit.

The card itself demands 2 6 pin PCI-E power connectors. It comes with two convertors for two 4 pin to one 6 pin power, so you can get it to run without them. However, the XFX instructional insert specifically states that it does not reccomend using either of these convertors, which I found vexing since I saw the convertors in an open box picture and figured I didn't need to worry about my power supply(500Watt). My DVD drive doesn't really get proper power now, so no disc reading for me until I get a new PSU. I may simply need a higher wattage PSU as well, since the card is in a dual cpu(not dual core) system.

The cons are mainly to help anyone thinking of buying this card(or probably any 9800 gtx) have a system that can accommodate this line of GFX card.

Overall I'm very happy with this card and the performance it provides. It's a great sweet spot for price and performance.

Excellent mid-end video card [Posted on 2008-07-20]
I bought it to replace my xfx 8600gt 256MB Gddr3, and i can tell the difference is astonishing, with this card i can play almost anything with all detail maxed out and good framerates, the only thing that cannot be played with very high quality is Crysis, but for the rest of the games this card is the one of the best deals you can get.

My specs: Core 2 Quad 6600 @ 2.7Ghz, Xfx 680i Lt, 4Gb Corsair XMS DDR2 800, XfX 9800GTX 512MB GDDR3, 2 500GB WD HDD'S, Thermaltake purepower 600W PSU.

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