Today I introduce to you the 9800GTX+ that was used in the hit article nVidia GeForce GTS 250, just another 9800GTX+? that was published just a few days go.
The Appearance
I really liked this card when I first saw it, small in size and having a decent heatsink. As you can see Forsa uses a rather fierce fictional warrior character on their sticker – good! Way better than the green frog from Palit and the warrior babe from Asus.
The heatsink sports copper heatpipes.
The card comes with 2 DVI and 1 s-Video output.
The PCI-E connectors are placed facing the casing’s front. I didn’t quite like that position as I prefer the PCI-E connectors to be more easily accessible.
Back portion looks like any other graphic card.
The Bundle
– 1 x DVI to D-Sub adaptor
– 1 x S-video to Composite cable
– 1 x Power cable
– Driver CD
Card Details
Here’s a summarized detail of the card.
| GPU | 9800GTX+ |
| GPU Code Name | G92 |
| Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256-bit |
| Memory Capacity | 512MB |
| Core Clock | 738Mhz |
| Memory Clock | 1100Mhz (2.2Ghz DDR) |
| Shader Clock | 1836Mhz |
More details at the official product page
Test Setup
The computer setup used for this review.
| Processor | Intel Coreâ„¢2 Duo E7200 @ 3.4ghz (8.5×400) |
| RAM | 2x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC Edition |
| Motherboard | Albatron PXP35 |
| Cooler | Sunbeamtech Core-Contact Freezer Heatsink |
| Monitor | 20″ Dell Ultra-sharp Wide-screen LCD |
| Power Supply | Gigabyte Odin 550 GT |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit |
| Driver Version | Forceware 182.08 |
The Performance
All tests were done with 4xAA. Alternatively you could view the stats at nVidia GeForce GTS 250, just another 9800GTX+? article as well. I’ve updated the content with Forceware 182.08 driver results.
F.E.A.R.
Graphic Detail : Maximum at 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| 9800GTX+ | 82 |
| GTS 250 | 79 |
| ASUS EAH4850 TOP | 83 |
World In Conflict
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| 9800GTX+ | 29 |
| GTS 250 | 28 |
| ASUS EAH4850 TOP | 20 |
Company Of Heroes : Opposing Fronts
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| 9800GTX+ | 40.8 |
| GTS 250 | 40.3 |
| ASUS EAH4850 TOP | 48.1 |
Lost Planet : Extreme Condition
Graphic Detail : Maximum at 1680 x 946
| Card | Snow (Average) | Cave (Average) |
| 9800GTX+ | 45.1 | 58.1 |
| GTS 250 | 42.3 | 56.5 |
| ASUS EAH4850 TOP | 49.6 | 59.6 |
Crysis
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| 9800GTX+ | 10.77 |
| GTS 250 | 11.85 |
| ASUS EAH4850 TOP | 14.11 |
Devil May Cry 4
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Scene 1 | Scene 2 | Scene 3 | Scene 4 |
| 9800GTX+ | 107.86 | 75.35 | 128.76 | 79.34 |
| GTS 250 | 104.05 | 71.24 | 123.40 | 76.62 |
| ASUS EAH4850 TOP | N/A because I didn’t test with it. | |||
Furmark
Graphic Detail : Maximum @ 1680×1050
| Card | Average |
| Forsa 9800GTX+ | 7 |
| GTS 250 | 7 |
| ASUS EAH4850 TOP | 25 |
Operating Temperature
Furmark was used for graphic card stressing.
| Idle (°C) | Load (°C) | Stress (°C) | |
| Temperature | 40 | 54 | 87 |
Pretty hot but one thing good was that it’s silent. Readings were taken when ambient temperature was around 25°C.
– Load, Furmark was run for 1 minute at 1680×1050 with 4xAA.
– Stress, Furmark was run under the Stress Test mode for 5 minutes.
Power Consumption
Please note that the numbers below indicate the wattage for the entire system, not the graphic card alone.
| Idle (w) | Load (w) | |
| System Power Consumption | 89 | 148 |
Conclusion
Nice looking, nice performance. I still find it damn hard to give call these cards RECOMMENDED. It’s still a G92 from the 8800 series. 🙁
Forsa, you have a good card here but seriously – I can’t place a RECOMMENDation for this card simply because there’s the GTS 250 around, blame nVidia for their nonsense rebadging.
*I’ll reveal the GTS 250’s identity later this evening. Do check back! Yes, it’s the first time I’m releasing 2 articles in a single day. Remember to come back!*
This card looks good for the money no?
Looks alright but I find the GTS 250 would be better value.
i have already has this item on my pc,but my problem is my computer using old motherbord processor pentium4,2×512 mb ram.170gb hard dics.when i play some game is bad.can you solve my problem please.
The solution is in your hands – you’re basically running a really old system that couldn’t juice up the card.
So an upgrade of the system will help a lot because your card is now bottlenecked by the system.
i’m using dell optiplex gx280 pentium4
3.66GHz and 1.5Gb ram
i got a gt 9800 geforce(forsa) from a friend
the cable was not included, so i do not know the number of pins the i’ll buy must have pls help’maybe it will solve my problem