Monday, July 28th 2008
Pictures of the ASUS 9800 GT Ultimate Emerge, Looks Familiar
Picture of the ASUS 9800 GT Ultimate Emerges, Looks Familiar
Donanimhaber released the first picture of the ASUS GeForce 9800 GT Ultimate, which should be released very soon. In many aspects the GPU is at most part a re-branded 8800 GT with its 512MB GDDR3 memory, 112 Stream Processors and identical core/memory clockspeeds. The Ultimate model from ASUS however features much higher parameters, 725MHz core, 2000MHz memory and 1750MHz shader clocks. The picture shows the card to have a cooler similar to that of the GeForce 8800 GTS 512M. It remains to be seen if the GPU uses the newer 55nm silicon fabrication process.
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Donanimhaber
Donanimhaber released the first picture of the ASUS GeForce 9800 GT Ultimate, which should be released very soon. In many aspects the GPU is at most part a re-branded 8800 GT with its 512MB GDDR3 memory, 112 Stream Processors and identical core/memory clockspeeds. The Ultimate model from ASUS however features much higher parameters, 725MHz core, 2000MHz memory and 1750MHz shader clocks. The picture shows the card to have a cooler similar to that of the GeForce 8800 GTS 512M. It remains to be seen if the GPU uses the newer 55nm silicon fabrication process.
24 Comments on Pictures of the ASUS 9800 GT Ultimate Emerge, Looks Familiar
Nvidia should seriously get sued for rebadging their whole line of G92s.
its silly how much more can they tweak or rebadge cards
they expect us to upgrade to a new card from our old 8000series like the 8800gt or 8800gts 512mb when its a total waste of time for such a small increase in power
...not to say that 3-way SLI isn't a pointless gimmick anyway :rolleyes:
TBH this card looks like a good card for the price segment it will be. With the new reference cooling it should OC better, while being cooler and quieter at the same time.
Nvidia didn't need to release any cards worth 'upgrading,' to, until recently with the GT200.
The rebadging/rehashing of the 8800s served multiple purposes. It brought the same potent (and some new) products to the market, that ran more efficiently, and a cheaper cost; it also revitalised the awareness of their products.
so, this is what they are doing with all the 98gtx they have left now the 98gtx+ is out??
:laugh: