nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB Dual GPU First Impressions

[SKYMTL]

Are you sure it wasn't the PSU that went kerplunk?

[biff]

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

Are you sure it wasn't the PSU that went kerplunk?

I was just gonna say that! Are the power requirements of the 9800X2 listed?

[slugzkea]

It was not the PSU.

I tried another PSU.

Check this out!

My Xtreme Results! GA-P35-DS3P W/e8400 STUNNING!!! - XtremeSystems Forums

[belgolas]

One guy did a review of his own and showed that the 8800 Ultra beat the 9800 GX2 at crysis @ 1920 x 1200 with 4x AA very high because it used like 750mb of video ram. So the ultra beat it because it has more usable ram and a higher bus.

Does crossfire double the ram or is it just like SLI?

[slugzkea]

It prolly beat the 9800 GX2 when it was on beta drivers.

I doubt it'll beat it now, with the new forceware out :)

Anyways, i'll do a benchmark with the new forceware i'll post soon

[slugzkea]

Yo, my first XFX 9800GX2 died within 11 days of operation. The lights would turn on, and the fan would spin 100% but my mobo would give the bad VGA beep code. I was able to get a direct replacement, so far my 2nd XFX is working good and oc'ed a bit higher.

Anyone else had a dieing GX2? XFX told me it was a "normal" thing stated by nvidia...jeez, what a thing to say for a flagship release.

[darksideleader]

man thats sad only 11 days of glory. But videocards dying in less than 2 weeks is "normal"... what's next? Krispy Creme is good for you?

[SKYMTL]

Funny, I had that same VGA-beep issue with one of the EVGA 8800GT cards.

[slugzkea]

Originally Posted by darksideleader

man thats sad only 11 days of glory. But videocards dying in less than 2 weeks is "normal"... what's next? Krispy Creme is good for you?

LOL! Yeah rele....Well i got a direct replacement so that was good. Here are my results for my 2nd XFX:

[slugzkea]

I forgot to mention, I RMA'ed my Gigabyte board (EP35-DS3P) because if the NB volts were sit higher than 1.4, the pci-e slot would automatically change to 1x thus, limiting my fps from 30-50fps.

and that's just a kick in the nuts, especially when u've got a l33t GX2 installed and u're trying to OC your cpu.


If you have a GA board, and a GX2, good luck tryin to get high CPU OC without jepordizing your GX2's performance.

GA is unl33t.