MSI N9800GTX Plus-512M OC GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI

As of today the 9800 GTX+ is not available for purchase so this was just a not-so-brief preview of its performance. The G92 core continues to live a healthy life long after most other cores would have been retired. It seems NVIDIA keeps finding new ways to implement it at different price points. Speaking of price points, NVIDIA plans to sell this card at $229 and has it positioned directly against ATI’s 4850. It is quite obvious that the 9800 GTX only exists due to the revitalized competition ATI has brought forth. For anyone who thinks NVIDIA, or any other company for that matter, would continue to innovate in the face of market dominance need only look to the GTX 280 GPU. A power hungry, expensive card that is only marginally faster than a card much less expensive in the form of the 9800 GX2. Regardless of anyone’s feeling on the matter it is great to have this level of competition for the mid-range enthusiast. Why? Because when there is this kind of product positioning and pricing going on the winner is the consumer.The level of performance seen here today would easily have been out of reach for mid-range gamer just 12 months ago. What would have required a 8800 GTX card costing over $400 can now be had for less than $250 and we just love that. The 9800 GTX+ is a smaller, more power efficient version of the 9800 GTX with higher clock speeds and solid overclocking abilities. It is a well-priced, mid-range card which NVIDIA informs us should be available on or about the 16th of July. With cards like the 9800 GTX+, 2008 is shaping up to be the year of the mid-range gamer!

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