GeForce 9800 GTX

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The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX-based graphics card raises the performance bar. With 128 cores, it sets a new standard for price and performance by offering everyone extreme HD gaming and a first-class entertainment experience.

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX-based graphics card enables full-throttle lifelike game play while providing optimal power management with HybridPower™ technology^*. The PureVideo® HD engine also delivers unmatched video and movie quality and SLI® compatibility provides amplified performance when coupled with NVIDIA nForce® SLI-ready motherboards. Dollar-for-dollar, this GPU packs great performance.


S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Developed by GSC Game World @ Transavision Ltd. 2008	Beyond your imagination Gaming and video watching capabilities are taken to the next level. With 128 screaming fast cores each running at a record high of 1688MHz, this is our most powerful single GeForce 9800 GPU. And with features such as picture-in-picture content for an interactive movie experience and color stretch video processing for breathtaking picture clarity, this graphics card takes you further than your expectations.

	A complete solution Unlock next generation platform features. With SLI, the GeForce 9800 GTX GPU offers increased performance up to 2x in a dual SLI configuration and up to 2.8x in 3-way SLI* mode. Its HybridPower technology^* delivers graphics performance when you need it and low-power operation when you don’t. So, enjoy heart-stopping entertainment or power savings for everyday computing.

NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology¹
The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
Hardware Decode Acceleration
Provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and SD movies.
Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration
Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate interactive Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience.
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch
Provides post-processing and optimization of High Definition movies on a scene-by- scene basis for spectacular picture clarity.
3-way NVIDIA SLI® Technology²
Industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) under Windows Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers.
NVIDIA HybridPower™ Technology³
Lets you switch from the GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card to the motherboard GeForce GPU when running non graphically-intensive applications for a silent, low power PC experience.
PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.

¹ Feature requires supported video software. Features may vary by product.
² NVIDIA SLI-certified versions of GeForce PCI Express GPUs only. A GeForce 9800 GTX must be paired with another GeForce 9800 GTX or two GeForce 9800 GTX based.
³ Requires NVIDIA HybridPower- enabled motherboard.

Cores	128
Core Clock (MHz)	675 MHz
Shader Clock (MHz)	1688 MHz
Memory Clock (MHz)	1100 MHz
Memory Amount	512MB GDDR3
Memory Interface	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	70.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	43.2