XFX GeForce 9800GT
Great single slot graphics card, cheap now too - XFX GeForce 9800GT Graphic Card

Product Type: XFX graphic cards

Newest Review: ... graphics card. The performance difference was amazing, i now had the ability to play high graphics games and the cpu was all that was ho... more

Great single slot graphics card, cheap now too
XFX GeForce 9800GT

t51rjohn

Member Name: t51rjohn

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XFX GeForce 9800GT

Date: 18/06/09

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Advantages: Single slot, high performance

Disadvantages: heat, noise, power supply demands

I bought this item over a year ago from PC world and at the time i was slowly modifiying my pc for higher performance, the computer was a P4 3.6ghz so i replaced the motherboard and refitted the cpu and installed the graphics card.

The performance difference was amazing, i now had the ability to play high graphics games and the cpu was all that was holding back.

After having the graphics card a while i found out i could overclock it. This reaped big rewards and the difference in the 3dmark score was over 1500. I think my score in total was about 12500 with a bottom of the range dual core cpu.

I would thoroughly recommend this graphics card if you are on an old system, be warned you power supply must be up to spec as it can require a lot of juice especially if you overclock it . Dont be afraid of overclocking this either as long as you monitor the temps correctly you will have no problems, i found the only restriction with this card was the single slot fan which is noisy when you overclock and turn it up to keep temps down, however there are a range of aftermarket fans that work well with this and are easy to fit and cheap.

Summary: Great card which you can pick up cheap now, and get great performance

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