Comments on: Colorful 9800GTX+ Twin Turbo 512MB Graphic Card Review

By: goldfries

goldfries — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:15:20 +0000

Yeah, those are the switches I mentioned in the article on the 1st paragraph of the “Card Details & Bundle” section.

It indeed is HIDDEN – I had to ask Colorful rep about that too. It’s really odd to have a feature yet not highlighting it eh?

By: abubin

abubin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:17:06 +0000

I just got this card 1 week ago. I wasn’t satisfied with galaxy 9800gtx+ having very high temp on load. So far I haven’t had time to test this card yet but based on 3dmark 2006 I tested on both cards, the readings are the same.

Also, one nice HIDDEN feature I found.

At the edge of the card, there are 2 switches in each corner. The switch have “low/high” label. You can see it in your picture in http://www.goldfries.com/images/hwreviews/colorful9800gtx/hwreviews_colorful9800gtx_12.jpg.

According to colorful (I emailed them), those switches are for setting memory voltage and GPU voltage meant for overclocking. Those who have this card can try.

By: goldfries

goldfries — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:04:43 +0000

eh, both are already overclocked versions. I don’t wish to overclock further though, unless somehow I have a lot of time to kill.

By: nazseha

nazseha — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:55:46 +0000

Awesome Review…

but why not if u add comparison OC version of 4850 vs 9800gtx+ ?

try find maximum stable oc for both card then compare it..

tq..

By: goldfries

goldfries — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:45:06 +0000

I think both are good. Wait I try to get other 9800GTX+.

By: kyLL

kyLL — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:52:06 +0000

4850 ftw. (:

By: goldfries

goldfries — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:36:22 +0000

around RM 600 – RM 650 if I recall correctly.

By: Theshi

Theshi — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:56:45 +0000

Whats the price range on these like? If it is cheapre than the 4850, it might have some marketability.

By: HeHeHunter

HeHeHunter — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:57:44 +0000

I planned to buy this but end up buying 9600GT due to budget problem. Is it HD4850 GS is better than 9800GTX?

By: goldfries

goldfries — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:16:20 +0000

@Terance – beats me. It’s cheap but I’ve used other cheap brands but they don’t compromise in performance.

@Apam – HD4850 certainly is great! Just that for folding@home, nVidia cards still do better. and I think Adobe Photoshop CS also can utilize nVidia hardware for acceleration.

@Seng – good point, I missed that – it’s silent. And the bad part about this that there’s no way to control the fan either.