Nvidia shows they can make 55nm parts too. The 9800 GTX+ is born.

Posted By: Steve McBarnes - 04:06:44 Thu, June 19, 2008

Yes Nvidia is trying to combat ATI's NDA removalby announcing their own 55nm part. Behold the wonder that is the 9800 GTX+! PCPerspective has laid out the specs of this card as follows:

MSRP: $229
Core clock: 738 MHz
Shader clock: 1836 MHz
512MB GDDR3 Memory @ ~1000 MHz
2- and 3-Way SLI support
kick in the ass

I think $229 is pretty awesome because the best price for a "normal" 65nm 9800 GTX at Newegg right now is, wait for it... $229.99!

PCPerspective also posted pics of a naked 9800 GTX+ in order to prove its 55nmness.

I will add this new card to the database right now, because I care. Some people even say that I sometimes care too much...

The 9800 GTX+ page is up so now you can do wacky things like comparing the 9800 GTX+ to the tried and true 9800 GTX. Or maybe you would prefer the 9800 GTX+ vs the HD 4850...

8 Comments

Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:39:01 PM

Duesco
Member

Oh, so...we're adding to names now. Weren't we simplifying the name structure? Are we going to have 45nm GTX 280 ? Why not call it the 9850 GTX, at least that has some tradition behind it. But we can't do that, can we, because AMD/ATI owns the 50 and 70 now?

Seems to me that nVidia is a bit...nervous. Why? Surely there's nothing to worry about.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:42:45 PM

Sunny
Senior Member

Ok 55nm and a higher stock clock. Dang its like anything they change is bam, a new card. Seems like they are all about revisions on the Nvidia side.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:52:15 PM

Mach5Motorsport
n00b

Since when can a company trademark a number series? I thought a zeros were public domain. What's next, can Nvidia use @ next time? LOL

Friday, June 20, 2008 2:15:31 AM

Cant you get a 9800gtx overclocked to this spec or do it yourself anyways???

Friday, June 20, 2008 6:07:59 AM

its confusing , the MEM. bandwidth is lower than the 65nm model , which was already low for a high end card !!

Friday, June 20, 2008 8:08:33 AM

wyz135
Senior Member

I think there won't be much performance boost, except for slightly highly speeds.

Friday, June 20, 2008 10:22:08 AM

Radiator
Senior Member

Lol... I doubt even this revision would stand against the HD 4850 .
Nvidia should have made a real midend card for the GT200 series... instead of using the G92 core over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again .

Friday, June 20, 2008 10:52:36 AM

Steve
The Progenitor

@mdrumt
Check out our overclocking roundup for the 9800 GTX. All the cards overclocked by the review sites except for 3 were able to overclock beyond the 9800 GTX specs.

http://www.gpureview.com/gpureviews-9800-gtx-overclocking-round-up-article-657.html

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