hey guys,,, i think the next thing im gonna buy is a evga 9800 gtx+ edition. its cheap and gets pretty good benchmarks, i was just wondering if this card requires a specific motherboard like nvidia or if it doesnt matter? i dont really know much about computers as far as making things compadable with eachother, mostly because my cousin picked out a lot of the parts i have for my computer i have now.
yeah i know about the sli thing. but like do you think it will physicaly fit being it being a dual slot solution and stuff? i have a apivia x-cruiser case, should it fit?
I have it. It's good, but getting old. I'd recommend the GTX 260, which is really at the sweet spot for price to performance, but still, the 9800GTX+ is no shitty card.
If you get it I recommend the GTS 250 which is basicly the same thing but looks a million times better: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130468
Tomshardware did a review with benchmarks. This is the 1GB OC'd GTS they used. Here is a 9800GTX+. Considering the GTS used is OC'd with 1GB, but only beats out the 9800GTX+ for maybe $30-50 more, I'd say 9800GTX+ still wins, nevermind once it is OC'd.
No, not the one in Tomshardware. They used a 1GB, OC version which is $35 more. It only get between a fraction of a frame to 5 frames more than the stock 9800GTX+.
I'm using an EVGA 9800 GTX+ as well. It definitely gets the job done. Go for it. But one thing to mention. In certain cases, that version of the 9800 GTX+ seems to lack power from the cables your PSU may provide, so EVGA and people recommend that you use the supplied molex to PCI-e power adapters.