http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/ Engadget Comments for Eyes on NVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GX2 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
Someone already made something similar. It was basically a box with a PCIexpress slot that then plugged into your laptop via an expresscard I believe. The problem I think was that you could only use mid level cards because of the expresscard slot on laptops being a PCIe x1 bus so the bandwidth was pretty low. However maybe they will make a new one when laptops come out that support expresscard 2.0 which is way faster than 1.0.. in fact expresscard 2.0 details came out this week...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/hands-on-with-the-asus-xg-station-external-gpu/1#c10861196]]>Mar 6th 2008 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
In a rush to advance technology, we seem to throw more RAM at our machines instead of designing something efficient to work smoothly at lower specs.

We throw more fancy cpu/gpu-demanding 3D graphics at our games instead of working on the gameplay/storylines.

But not I... Not I...
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Oh well, not like everyone doesn't do it... still doesn't make it right. :)

Kinda silly to be showing off a box and card without some in-use demo, pricing, and performance stats. Ooooo, shiny box! :-P]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 10th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 6th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
SACRILEDGED!!!!!

You may blend an IPOD, you may blend a ZUNE, you may blend freaken Chuck Noris for all I care....

But you will NEVER, EVER BLEND A GEFORCE!!!]]>Mar 6th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 6th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
Wait a minute what the heck is it? A graphics card.

Well back in my day they made graphic cards smaller. Oh well how time flies.]]>Mar 5th 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
Seriously, graphics card makers are expanding the size of the cores (shaders, etc.) while the manufacturing process remains constant, or changing more slowly than the expanding of the cores. Thats why these cards are getting so damn big. They really need these cards at 32nm to make them small and energy efficient. That isnt going to happen for quite a few years. And by then, you will have 512 shaders on the 32nm process, and the core size will still be huge requiring a massive heatsink.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/YES IT CAN BLEND PROVIDED YOU GIVE IT A BIG ENOUGH BLENDER
YES IT CAN PLAY DOOM
YOU, FOR ONE, CAN SHUT THE HELL UP.]]>Mar 5th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
You know there is the possibility that it does not play Crysis at max settings, right? You know- because it's only 30% faster than an Ultra, and 2 Ultras can't handle it very well...

The real question is, can it play Crysis well at max settings?

Oh, you're right about the rest.

P.S. I realize you might not have been serious.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 9th 2008 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 7th 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
Both are good and both can have excellent value or can be expensive as Hell depending on if you know what to look for and where to look, and what set up you're going for.

I'm primarily a PC gamer, but I can see where you're coming from.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
How does that sentence make any sense? Also, is it not March yet in Germany? Because it is here in the states...]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/
Capitals. I believe those are capital letters, good sir.]]>Mar 5th 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/btw wht the hell happened to those external GPU's being developed by nV and ATi??]]>Mar 5th 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/Mar 5th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/05/eyes-on-nvidias-geforce-9800-gx2/You can't actually see the port i am talking about in the Gallery but it is next to the power ports (a 6-pin and an 8-pin)
http://www.firingsquad.com/images/pr/9800gx2side.jpg]]>Mar 5th 2008 5:31PM