GeForce GT 9800

Many analysts were inclined to classify data about the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT graphics accelerator as fictitious, right up until the press release appeared on the official NVIDIA website. No one believed or did not want to believe that the GeForce 9800 GT, which everyone, as the direct successor to the legendary GeForce 8800 GT, was destined for the laurel crown of championship among accelerators priced up to 0, would become exactly what it became.

 

No, don't think that the GeForce 9800 GT is in any way worse than its titled predecessor. The problem is that it remains exactly the same as the 8800 GT. The new product, if you can call it that, uses the same G92 graphics processor, built using a 65 nm technical process (by the way, many were hoping to see 55 nm technology) and has the same operating frequencies.

Characteristics of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Name	GeForce GT 9800
Core	G92 (D8E)
Process technology (µm)	0.055
Transistors (millions)	754
Core frequency	600
Memory operating frequency (DDR)	900 (1800)
Bus and memory type	GDDR3 256-bit
Bandwidth (Gb/s)	57,6
Unified shader units	112
Unified shader unit frequency	1500
TMU on conveyor	56
ROP	16
Shader Model	4.0
Fill Rate (Mpix/s)	9600
Fill Rate (Mtex/s)	33600
DirectX	10.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0

 GeForce 9800 GT is nothing more than a rebranded 8800 GT. It is no better or worse than the last one, it is 99% the same (1% will be given to the support of HybridPower technology). Therefore, when choosing between the GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce 8800 GT, you should only pay attention to the operating frequencies of the card, as well as its configuration and cost.