“Looking past that, the fact is that you can now get the performance of an 8800 GTX or Ultra card for $330 or so that is more power efficient to boot. BFG took this one step further with their new 9800 GTX OCX card that overclocks the core and shader clocks by about 12% to get nearly across the board performance gains out of the G92.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX Overclocked @ TweakTown
- BFG GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB OCX @ Guru3D
- GeForce 9800GTX Duel @ Boot Daily
- TLeadtek WinFast GeForce PX8800GT 256MB @ reviewLAB
- ASUS EN8800GT TOP 512MB Graphics Card Review @ Hardware Canucks
- XFX 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition 740M 512mb @ Overclock3D
- Titan Twin Turbo TTC-SCS88TZ VGA cooler @ DH
Not so Ultra anymore
When the 8800 Ultra first appeared, it’s MSRP was $829 or more, a hard price for almost anyone to swallow. That hasn’t changed much. Now it is being equaled by the new 9800GTX and beaten by the new BFG 9800 GTX OCX, a card with a fairly significant overclock on it. The BFG 9800 series will run under $400 for this version, and just over $300 for the reference clocks. Take a look at Ryan’s review to see what that extra Mhz will get you in when you are gaming.