GeForce 9800 GTX Game Requirement Analysis
Overview
GeForce 9800 GTX is a High-End Graphics Card based on the Tesla Architecture.
Architecture
Tesla was NVIDIA's First Unified Shader Architecture.
GPU
It equips a GPU Codenamed G92-420-A2 which has 8 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 128 Shader Processing Units, 64 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 675MHz.
Memory: Speed
The GPU is equipped with GDDR3 and Accesses the Frame Buffer through a 256-bit Memory Interface. The Memory Clock Operates at 1100MHz.
Memory: Frame Buffer
The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 512MB. Therefore, Gaming above 720p will be a problem.
Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 140W, it requires at least a 450W PSU and it requires at least two 6-pin available connectors.
Performance
GeForce 9800 GTX offers around 10% better performance than GeForce 9800 GT.