GeForce 9800 GT

Written by - on 06 November 2009. Posted in GeForce 9 Series

Many analysts were inclined to attribute the data about the forthcoming NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT graphics accelerator to the category of fictitious, right up to the moment the press release appeared on the official NVIDIA website. Nobody believed or did not want to believe that the GeForce 9800 GT, which everyone, as the direct successor of the legendary GeForce 8800 GT, expected to win the laurel crown among accelerators under 0, would become exactly what it became.

No, just don't think that the GeForce 9800 GT is somehow worse than its titled predecessor. The problem is that it has remained exactly the same as the 8800 GT. The novelty, if you can call it that, uses the same G92 GPU, built on a 65 nm technical process (by the way, many were hoping to see 55 nm technology) and has the same operating frequencies.

Specifications NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Name	GeForce 9800 GT
Core	G92 (D8E)
Process technology (µm)	0.055
Transistors (million)	754
Core frequency	600
Memory frequency (DDR)	900 (1800)
Bus and memory type	GDDR3 256-bit
Bandwidth (Gb/s)	57.6
Unified shader blocks	112
Frequency of unified shader units	1500
TMU per 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

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