Today NVIDIA launches their new GeForce 9800 GTX cards. Like many products in the GeForce 8 Series they are based on the G92 graphics processor. This is also the reason why there are no real technological innovations on this $299 card.

Excellent overclocking potential, Solid performance, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, PCI-Express 2.0 support, "GeForce 9" bragging rights, Hybrid Power supported, Low temperatures, Triple SLI support, HDMI adapter and SPDIF cable included

Slower than GeForce 8800 GTX, Not really a new product, Fan very noisy under load

When I first heard that NVIDIA will launch their GeForce 9800 GTX using the G92 core I was already sceptical. But after testing the card I am really disappointed. When comparing this card against the GeForce 8800 GTX, the "last generation product" is fast...

EVGA's e-GeForce 9600 GT SSC comes at increased clocks compared to the NVIDIA reference design. Also the cooler has been adjusted slightly to match the company's color theme and design. With a price premium of just $10 over the reference card it can can d...

Good overclocking potential, More than twice as fast as 8600 GT, Excellent price/performance ratio, Low power consumption, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, PCI-Express 2.0 support, "GeForce 9" bragging rights

Not really a new product, Fan a bit noisy under load, No HDMI adapter, no SPDIF cable included

In a nutshell EVGA's 9600 GT SSC offers about 6% more performance for a 6% price increase over the reference design 9600 GT. This ensures that the cards shares the number one performance/dollar spot with the reference card. Since the performance is higher...

The HIS Radeon HD 3870 IceQ3 uses the proven HIS IceQ3 cooling solution. It also comes with higher clocks out of the box which are among the highest we have seen so far from all manufacturers. The recent price drops from AMD make this card a solid choice...

Very solid performance, Excellent performance/dollar ratio, Overclocked out of the box, Low idle power draw, Affordable, Two slot cooling, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, PCI-E 2.0 support

Fan noisy under load, No highest end offering from AMD/ATI, Two slot cooling, Almost no additional overclock possible

The HIS 3870 IceQ3 512 MB is a very solid offering on the HD 3870 market. It comes with the special IceQ3 cooler and runs at clocks that are among the highest available. Given that the factory clock is already very high, we saw only limited additional ove...

Today NVIDIA launches their GeForce 9800 GX2 dual GPU card. It comes with two G92 GPUs and uses a new cooling design where a single cooler sits in the middle and cools both GPUs. We have the card from Zotac on our testbench today which follows the referen...

Loads of GPU power, Great overclocking headroom, Low 3D power consumption, Innovative fan and cooler, Quiet, Almost 100% scaling in many benchmarks at high resolutions, Sexy industrial design, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, PCI-Express 2.0 support

Expensive!!, Uses same old G92 GPU, Performance gains only at 1600x1200 and up, Comes at NVIDIA reference clocks, High idle power consumption

Overall the GeForce 9800 GX2 works really well. Installation is just as easy as with any other graphics card. Insert the card into the PCI-Express slot, get the power cables connected and ready you are. After driver installation there is no need to mess a...

Sapphire's new HD 3870 Toxic is built on the same Vapor-X cooling technology that the HD 3870 Atomic uses. This means that the card comes with a single slot cooling solution making it a premier choice for Quad CrossFire systems. The accessory package also...

Single slot cooler, Overclocked out of the box, HDMI cable included, Low idle power consumption, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, PCI-Express 2.0 support, 3DMark full version included

Very noisy fan under load, Limited overclocking

Even though the Sapphire Vapor-X Cooling Technology is a nice feature I think the implementation of it could be better. Under load the fan is so noisy that you feel like throwing the card out of the system right after installation. Yes, the card runs quit...

Even though the GeForce 8800 GT has already been out for a while, it still has the punch to play all the latest games. The VVIKOO 8800 GT Max 1 GB comes with the Zalman VF1000 pre-installed and also features double the video memory. But is there any perfo...

Great overclocking potential, 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, Zalman VF1000 included, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, Low temperatures, PCI-Express 2.0 support

1 GB of memory gains almost no performance over 512 MB, Comes at NVIDIA reference clocks, Fan is louder than 8800 GT reference cooler, High price (considering performance per $), Limit market availability

The big question that had to be answered by this review is "How big is the performance improvement by going from 512 MB to 1 GB of video memory on the 8800 GT ?" Unfortunately we saw no increase at all on average compared to the 512 MB version. In some hi...

VVIKOO's GeForce 9600 GT Turbo brings many changes over the NVIDIA reference design. You can see one of the first DisplayPort implementations, an HDMI output, two DVIs and optical SPDIF-in. The card also features the Zalman VF-1000 cooler which makes sure...

Low temperatures, Excellent cooler, Native HDMI and DisplayPort support, Overclocked out of the box, Great overclocking potential, More than twice as fast as 8600 GT, Affordable, Low power consumption, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, PCI-Express 2.0 support, "GeForce 9"...

Availability, hard to find, Fan noisy when card is idle, One plastic washer could rip off a capacitor, TOSLink input, No memory cooling

Even though there are no major technical advancements in the G94 GPU, which powers the first member of the GeForce 9 Family, the card is a great milestone when compared to the GeForce 8600 GT/GTS. Performance is doubled, yet the card runs neither twice as...

Today NVIDIA announced their new GeForce 9 Series. The first product is the GeForce 9600 GT, based on the new G94 GPU. Zotac's AMP! Edition comes overclocked straight out of the box for a little bit extra performance. This can bring the card very close to...

More than twice as fast as 8600 GT, Affordable, Overclocked out of the box, Low power consumption: Best performance/watt, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, SPDIF cable included, PCI-Express 2.0 support, "GeForce 9" bragging rights

Not really a new product, Fan a bit noisy under load, Confusion with core clocks, Electronic coil noises on our sample

NVIDIA has not exaggerated when they promised that the GeForce 9600 GT Series would be twice as fast as the GeForce 8600 GT. In our testing it's actually faster than that, which also makes it a commitment on NVIDIA's side that performance gains of other f...

The HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3 comes with a high end dual slot cooler, 512 MB of fast GDDR3 memory and increased clocks at a price tag of $199. This winning combination gets very close in performance to the much more expensive HD 3870 and can even surpass i...

Good performance, almost as fast as HD 3870, Affordable, Good overclocking, Two slot cooling, HDMI+HDCP+Audio, PCI-E 2.0 support

Better price/performance offerings from NVIDIA, Two slot cooling

If you are considering the Radeon HD 3870 from AMD but are just a few bucks too short to buy it, why not get the HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3. It is only 2% slower than the HD 3870 and offers all the same features at a lower price of only $199. The dual slot...

Even though the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GS comes with just 96 shaders and 12 ROPs it can easily compete with AMD HD3850 and HD3870. The card offers great price/performance and is very very quiet. With up to 30% overclocking this card is every overclocker's dr...

Massive overclocking possible, Very, very quiet, Affordable, great bang for the buck, Solid performance, Low power consumption, HDMI support via dongle, PCI-Express 2.0 support, Single slot design

Core overclock limited to 680 MHz, 384 MB VRAM, could be more, No HDMI dongle in the box

When I first looked at the specs of the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GS I wasn't sure if the card had enough steam to compete in the $150-$200 segment which is basically owned by AMD's Radeon HD 3850 and HD 3870. Without overclocking the card sits nicely in betwee...