10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 10 requirement.

How many years will the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB in your PC? Its upgrade time for the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB which is 593% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 716 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively we would suggest getting a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 8, as it can run 0 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 136% increased graphics performance.

FPS System Benchmark

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB was released on 21 Jul 2008

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce 9800 GT 1GB

GPU

Architecture

Tesla G92-270-A2

Process

65nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

34 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

10 GPixel/s

Shader Processing Units
(CUDA Cores)

Ray Tracing

Tensor Cores

Release Price

$160

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10

Shader

4.0

Open GL

3.3

Resolution (WxH)

2560 x 1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1024MB

Memory Speed

900MHz

Memory Bus

256bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

57.6GB/sec

L2 Cache

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

600 MHz

Power

Max Power

105 Watts

PSU

400 Watt & 27 Amps

Power Connector

1x 6-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz

Best RAM Match

4 GB

Best Resolution

1366 x 768

GPU Upgrade

GD Official

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GeForce 9800 GT 1GB Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB is a High-End Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Tesla Architecture.

Architecture
Tesla was NVIDIA's First Unified Shader Architecture.

GPU
It equips a GPU Codenamed G92-270-A2 which has 7 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 112 Shader Processing Units, 56 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 600MHz.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 1GB frame buffer of GDDR3, through a 256-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 900MHz.

Features
DirectX 10.0 Support (10.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology, Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration, PhysX, CUDA, HybridPower and other technologies.

Cooling Solution
The Cooling Solution consists of a Single-Fan.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 105W, it requires at least a 400W PSU and it requires at least one 6-pin available connectors.

Performance
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB offers better performance than GeForce 9800 GT 512MB at resolutions over 1600x900.

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Variants

Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 1GB

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