Specifications:
Now it’s time to take a look at the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC’s specifications. Because this card is pre-overclocked, MSI has chosen not to follow Nvidia’s references for technical specifications.
The specifications for the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC card is as follows:
Comparing the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC card to a range of other Nvidia cards, it becomes clear why MSI has chosen to overclock the card.
Model 9800 GX2 9800 GTX 8800 GTS 9600 GT 8800 GT-512
Chip model 2xG92 G92 G92 G94 G92
Transistorer (millioner) 2x754 754 754 505 754
Shader enheder 2x128 128 128 64 112
Texture samples 2x64 64 64 32 56.
Kerne frekvens (MHz) 600 675 650 650 600
Shader frekvens (Mhz) 1.500 1.690 1.625 1.625 1.500
Shader output (Gigaflops) 2x576 648,9 624 312 504
Pixels/clock (ROP) 2x16 16 16 16. 16.
RAM frekvens (Mhz) 2.000 2.200 1.950 1.800 1.800
RAM bus 2x256-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit
RAM båndbrede (GB/s) 2x64 70,4 62,4 57,6 57,6
RAM mængde (MB) 2x512 512 512 512 512
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As the above table reveals, the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC card has an increased core and shader frequency. The rest of the specifications are following Nvidia’s references. There’s no doubt that we should see a better performance with this card, compared to the other 9800GTX card we’ve tested here at TWEAK.dk. But still the 9800GTX cards look a bit like overclocked versions of the 8800GTS card.
Besides the dry numbers, the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC card offers a range of other things that can’t be measured in frequencies or pixels per clock. These features are:
• NVIDIA unified architecture
• Giga Thread Technology
• NVIDIA Quantum Effects Technology
• Edge Enhancement
• Noise Reduction
• NVIDIA ForceWare unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
• 128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting
• 16x Anti-aliasing Technology
• OpenGL 2.1 Optimizations and Support
• Dual Dual-link DVI Support
• NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
• Discrete, Programmable Video Processor
• Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration
• Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch
• HDCP Capable
• Advanced Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing
• Hardware Decode Acceleration
• High-Quality Scaling
• Bad Edit Correction
• NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
• Inverse Telecine (3:2 & 2:2 Pulldown Correction
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MSI has chosen to present the specifications and features of the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC card by using the following 8 small logos:
All in all the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC card offers a long range of interesting features. The most interesting must be triple SLI, the ability to transfer sound through the card, and the fact that the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC card has been overclocked by MSI.
The product:
Now we’ll have a look at the MSI N9800GTX-T2D512-OC’s design. Compared to the 8800 series, the 9xxx series offers the ability to transfer a sound signal trough the card – meaning that a plug for this has been added to the card. But first we’ll look at the general picture of the card.
