Introduction
It seems that the days of paying $600 for a video card is over for the time being. With ATI battling NVidia for supremacy in performance it has caused the pricing of both card manufacturers to hit a long time low. I know many of you will remember just a few years back when in order to get a 8800Ultra you had to fork out $800. Not that is just plain ridiculous. Now ATI's top card will cost you about $525 for the 4870x2 and on the Nvidia side you have the GTX280 which can be had for roughly $425. Even with the drops we are seeing in video cards these top of the line models can be out of reach for many like myself. So, we must opt for a much cheaper alternative.
The alternative is not a bad thing as many video cards in the $200 can play the most demanding games with no problems. This is good news for us on a budget. At this range in pricing you can either get you a blazing fast 4850 from ATI or a killer performing 9800 series from Nvidia. Both can give you all the frame rates you want in your favorite FPS.
This leads us to today's review sample which is the Palit 9800GTX+. The overall specifications of the 9800GTX+ are very similar to the 9800GTX with a few differences. The main difference is the reducing of die size. After months of playing second fiddle to AMD when it came down to die size Nvidia finaly got with the program and reduced their's to 55nm. This meant a few things to the consumer one being less power consumption. And for those that really like numbers higher clocks came along for the ride. How does 745/1100 sound? I figured you would lke that. Palit has a couple more features that will win you over if these first couple don't.
Palit on the 9800GTX+
Armed with NVIDIA PhysX® and NVIDIA CUDA® technology, the GeForce™ 9800 GTX+ is ready to empower a totally new class of physical gaming interaction because it is also equipped with the second generation NVIDIA PureVideo® HD technology engine! The GeForce™ 9800GTX+ doesn't end at gaming... it also delivers unsurpassed Blu-ray and HD DVD picture quality, which makes it one of the best graphics solutions!
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