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SAVE $45 - BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 Video Card 1GB GDDR3 PCI-e 2.0 $354.99* (US) Price after $45 MIR, rebate expires 7/31/08

BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 Video Card
Beautifully designed and engineered for extreme power, the BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 1GB graphics card is The Console Within - a complete, high definition entertainment and gaming solution for the PC. With NVIDIA HybridPower™ technology and two on-board GPU’s, the BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 is bar-none the fastest graphics card available and up to 50% faster than GeForce® 8800 Ultra. When paired with an additional BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2-based graphics card and an NVIDIA nForce® 7 Series motherboard, this Quad NVIDIA SLI® technology solution creates the most awe-inspiring, screaming fast gaming platform to date. Be blown away by scorching frame rates, true-to-life extreme HD gaming, and picture-perfect HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc® movies with ultra-smooth playback.

Specifications

GPU/VPU:  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2     RAMDAC:  Dual 400 MHz     Fill Rate per Second:  76.8 Billion pixels     Additional Features:  HDCP Enabled     SLI Ready     DirectX 10     OpenGL 2.1     PCI Express 2.0     Vista Certified     Maximum Resolution:  2560 x 1600 (Digital) - Dual Link DVI     Video Memory:  1GB     Memory Type:  GDDR3     Core Clock:  600 MHz     Memory Interface:  512-bit     Memory Clock:  2000 MHz     Shader Clock:  1500 MHz     Stream Processors:  256     Memory Bandwidth:  128.0GB/sec.     Interface Type:  PCI Express 2.0     Interface Speed:  x16     Connector(s):  HDMI     Dual DVI (Dual Link)     Multiple Monitors Support:  Yes

Features

• NVIDIA® Unified Architecture
  Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs.
• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Support
  DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.
• NVIDIA® ForceWare® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
  Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. ForceWare provides the best out-of-box experience for every user and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce® GPUs.
• OpenGL® 2.1 Optimization and Support
  Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.
• NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology
  The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
• PCI Express 2.0 Support
  Designed to run perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express). PCI Express 2.0 products are fully backwards compatible with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.

Minimum System Requirements

• 1GB of system memory
• CD or DVD-ROM driver
• 100MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
• Microsoft Windows Vista. or XP operating system
• PCI Express-compliant system motherboard with one vacant PCI Express x16 slot
• One vacant add-in card slot below the PCI Express x16 slot. This graphics card physically occupies two slots
• 800W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 40A or more
• One 8-pin and one 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector

REVIEW BY: hector Reviewed  Jul 08, 2008 

I just bought one of this from TigerDirect, and the service was fast and great, but the only two concerns I had were: 1) the card came without the small plstic cover that hides the SLI conector, and… 2) the adhesive seal in the antimagnetic bag was already violated. Aside from that, the package arrived in good conditions and the performance once installed is great.

REVIEW BY: malarwen Reviewed  May 06, 2008 

I’m using my computer primarily for playing Second Life. I get a great peformance/fps,but the video card frequently crashes. Solved the issues with a viewer that uses less graphics - but would expect this videocard to handle ultra high settings without crashing.

REVIEW BY: dagame06 Reviewed  May 05, 2008 

This card is a beast, I did not buy it from tiger direct because they didn’t have it last week, or at least i didn’t see it on the site… I got this setup on a Asus striker formula II 780i and a Q6600. never have i seen a more beasty card. And make sure you have the room in your case. I have a Antec 900 case and i had to move the drive bay with the fan up just to setup my 2 extra harddrives that i use to dump files on. And for anyone still playing CS 1.6, turn on developer mode and put max fps to 1000, you’ll see it going around 600-700 :D :D….. Really great card, recommend it…

REVIEW BY:  Reviewed  Mar 21, 2008 

Ordered at 4:30 pm and had it on my door step and 9am next morning. Running everything on max. around 125 fps on COD4. Not to loud, and run hot as expected. A very long and heavy card, so make sure you have the case to support it.