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ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB AMP Video Card
Video, Power, and Overclocking
HQV
130
130
128
128
128
128
0
Score (130 = highest)
149.5
HQV
100
100
100
100
95
95
0
Score (100 = highest)
115
Here, the part shows it's G92 roots, with not-perfect SD video noise reduction. It's still very good, and probably worth it once you see its power consumption. 
Power Consumption
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39
39
45
48
56
67
0
Watts (lower is better)
138
67
69
88
95
104
120
0
Watts (lower is better)
138
This 9800 GT doesn't even pull the 150W available to it from a PCI-Express 2.0 connection. (That doesn't mean you should run it without the auxiliary power connected.) It's better than a (heavily overclocked) HD 4850 in that respect, with performance about the same. It's not surprising, then, that the heatsink isn't noisy or obtrusive. No one would call it silent, or at times, even quiet. After an hour of load, with the temperatures around 75 degrees, the heatsink was being worked pretty hard, with the fan at 70%. But the character of the fan is low-key, even at its highest speeds, with no abrupt shifts in tone as the fan speeds up and slows down in single-percent intervals about once per second. 
Overclocking
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815
750
0
MHz (higher is better)
1219
1060
950
0
MHz (higher is better)
1219
There wasn't a whole lot of headroom when I got to overclocking this card, less than ten percent. But a 60MHz OC on the GPU on top of a 40MHz stock clock, well that puts it about 15% faster than a regular card.
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 6: Conclusion 
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