The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics card was announced the same day that AMD released the Radeon HD 4850 series graphics card and performance on the card was found to be solid. It was able to perform better than the Radeon HD 4850, but it cost more and used significantly more power at idle and was slower than the Radeon HD 4870. The one highlight of the GeForce 9800 GTX+ that couldn't be ignored was the stellar overclocking that could be had for those that wanted to squeeze the most performance out of this graphics card. With new graphics cards coming out on a near monthly basis, more focus has been given to cards like the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and the GeForce 9800 GTX+ has been slowly losing ground in the lime light. How could this be though? For a cutting edge graphics card with a refined core thanks to a die shrink and the ability to run NVIDIA PhysX GPU acceleration as well as CUDA-enabled applications like F@H, one would think these cards would be flying off the store shelves. The original price on the GeForce 9800 GTX+ was $229, but today one of these cards can be had for just $152.99 after a $40 rebate. Since it's already proven that the GeForce 9800 GTX+ can't win the top spot on the benchmark charts, what can be done to put it back in the spotlight?
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Oct 13, 2008, 07:43 PM
