GeForce 9800 GTX+

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

It's no secret that a price war between manufacturers in any sector of the Hi-Tech market always contributes to lower prices for computer components. Recently, we have witnessed how NVIDIA had to reduce the cost of not only its new GeForce GTX 260/280 video cards twice, but also lower the GeForce 9800 GTX video card, previously offered at a price of $299, to the middle price segment. The reason for this is, of course, the successful launch of products based on ATI graphics processors - Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870.

Nevertheless, NVIDIA did not limit itself to a significant reduction in the cost of the GeForce 9800 GTX, and at the very end of July 2008 launched the GeForce 9800 GTX + video card based on the G92b graphics processor, released on a new, thinner 55-nm process technology. To tell the truth, the changes could have been more significant, but in the case of the GeForce 9800 GTX+, NVIDIA limited itself to only a slight increase in the frequency of the graphics processor, which hardly had any significant effect on the performance of the new video card in its nominal mode.

Features GeForce 9800 GTX+

Name	GeForce 9800 GTX+
Core	G92 (D8E)
Process technology (µm)	0.055
Transistors (million)	754
Core frequency	738
Memory frequency (DDR)	1100 (2200)
Bus and memory type	GDDR3 256-bit
Bandwidth (Gb/s)	70.4
Unified shader blocks	128
Frequency of unified shader units	1836
TMU per conveyor	64
ROP	16
Shader Model	4.0
Fill Rate (Mpix/s)	11808
Fill Rate (Mtex/s)	47232
DirectX	10.0
Memory	512
Interface	PCI-E 2.0

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ is ~6% faster than the regular 9800 GTX version, the graphics processor is 9 degrees cooler, and, as a result, the cooling system is ~2 dBA quieter, plus the system with the 9800 GTX+ installed in it is ~20 watts more economical. In addition, it must be admitted that, in fact, by releasing the G92b graphics processor and video cards based on it, NVIDIA strengthened its position in the fight against ATi in this price segment, since the recommended price for the 9800 GTX+ at that time was reduced to the level of the 9800 GTX.