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ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB AMP Video Card
Conclusion
The performance gap between this 9800 GT and an overclocked 9600 GT is about an order of magnitude, which, seeing how the prices overlap, really makes me wonder if there's any room left in the market for the lesser budget card; really, the 9600 GT maintains undesirable traction--don't bother with it, get a 9800 GT. Game tests have Zotac's AMP! sticking with a 9800 GTX and even putting a good fight against Sapphire's Toxic 4850, all the while, consuming less power, making less noise, and in general, being cheap. This makes the 9800 GTX appealing only for the triple-SLI crowd; an unusual demographic at best. Really, there's no reason to buy a stock GTX over an overclocked GT such as this, unless you're dead-set on spending too much money and using too much power. Zotac includes all the mandated accessories and even throws in a game that I'd never heard of until I benchmarked this card. For any mainstream gamer, the obvious choices have been HD 4850 or 9800 GTX. Zotac's card simply removes the X, an act I wholeheartedly endorse. A final note to hardware geeks - I've noticed on a lot of hardware forums that people are still recommending the 8800GT to one another. The 9800GT is based on the same core, but it's on a newer, more efficient process. So if that's the route you're going for, go for the 9800GT. For some reason (defying all logic), the 8800GT is still selling for about $50 more than the 9800GT. It boggles the mind.  The Good  Would have cost triple in January Still performs very, very well Factory overclocked Outstanding performance-per-wattThe Bad  55nm 9800s coming out any time now
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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