[US] Gigabyte 9800 GTX Refurb-Newegg

[Ryan Leech]

Newegg has a sweet deal going on the amazing 9800 GTX. If you've ever wanted to own a piece of nostalgia this is your chance. It will smoke an R7 250 any day of the week.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125562

[Lord Pantaloons]

and it also requires shit tons more power and only has 512mb of memory

[Izaya Orihara]

I could use it as a mug stand... 

[Shd0w2]

Why was there so much anime on the graphics cards at the time?

[DoubleY]

*An R7 250"

Learn 2 use an and a properly

 

On topic though,

does it really stomp a R7 250?

[Ryan Leech]

*An R7 250"

Learn 2 use an and a properly

 

On topic though,

does it really stomp a R7 250?

I believe 'an R7 250' is correct

[qwertywarrior]

one of THE best stock coolers ever made

 

i owned two of those babies in SLI

[SeanAngelo]

dat 512MB memory

[DoubleY]

I believe 'an R7 250' is correct

It sounds correct, but it technically isn't.

You use an when it is post-ceded (is that a word?) by a word that starts with a vowel. 

 

i.e. An apple v.s. A apple. "An" would be correct in this case.

A car or An car. "A" car would be correct. 

[Ryan Leech]

It sounds correct, but it technically isn't.

You use an when it is post-ceded (is that a word?) by a word that starts with a vowel. 

 

i.e. An apple v.s. A apple. "An" would be correct in this case.

A car or An car. "A" car would be correct. 

Well "R" is pronounced like "AAAAAAHRRRRRR", and A is a vowel. In speech, "an" would be correct

[DoubleY]

Well "R" is pronounced like "AAAAAAHRRRRRR", and A is a vowel. In speech, "an" would be correct

Good point. I stand corrected. 

[DoubleY]

one of THE best stock coolers ever made

 

i owned two of those babies in SLI

It probably used copper. 

[Ryan Leech]

one of THE best stock coolers ever made

 

i owned two of those babies in SLI

That must have been one sexy system! Do you have any pictures?

 

If your internet can handle it, here are the rest of the pics. Feel free to feast your eyes

[qwertywarrior]

It probably used copper. 

pretty sure most stock coolers ever since the fx series used copper

[qwertywarrior]

That must have been one sexy system! Do you have any pictures?

got video only from 2008

good times

water cooled QX6700 at 3.2ghz

that AIO watercooler was on of the first before all there others showed up

4GB of ram

780i evga mobo

four WD Raptop hard drives in raid 10

[DoubleY]

pretty sure most stock coolers ever since the fx series used copper

There was some materiel that they used to use because it was super good as dissipating heat. They since stopped because it became so expensive. CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME   :angry:  :angry:

[qwertywarrior]

There was some materiel that they used to use because it was super good as dissipating heat. They since stopped because it became so expensive. CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME   :angry:  :angry:

u mean the vapor chamber they are still using that

they first started using it on the 600 series nvidia cards

but if i recall correctly AMD was using before them

they are costly

[Ryan Leech]

got video only from 2008

good times

water cooled QX6700 at 3.2ghz

that AIO watercooler was on of the first before all there others showed up

4GB of ram

780i evga mobo

four WD Raptop hard drives in raid 10

 

OMG I'm so hard right now. That is one of the sexiest systems I have seen all year

[MogIsWinning]

Time for some 4 way sli

[DoubleY]

u mean the vapor chamber they are still using that

they first started using it on the 600 series nvidia cards

but if i recall correctly AMD was using before them

they are costly

No, it was some type of metal. 

It looked like copper with that brownish color

[qwertywarrior]

OMG I'm so hard right now. That is one of the sexiest systems I have seen all year

still using the same thermalright 120 cooler

and the same  nuctoa cooler both at around 5 years old now

i colored that nuctoa with a black permanent marker haha

[mvitkun]

u mean the vapor chamber they are still using that

they first started using it on the 600 series nvidia cards

but if i recall correctly AMD was using before them

they are costly

they actually started using them on the 500 series.

the GTX 580 reference had one.

 

And before that some non reference cards used vapor chambers

[The Crazed Child]

Awesome card for it's time.

[qwertywarrior]

they actually started using them on the 500 series.

the GTX 580 reference had one.

 

And before that some non reference cards used vapor chambers

oh yeah i meant the 580

it was because the 480 sounded like a vacuum cleaner 

[mvitkun]

Newegg has a sweet deal going on the amazing 9800 GTX. If you've ever wanted to own a piece of nostalgia this is your chance. It will smoke an R7 250 any day of the week.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125562

 

*An R7 250"

Learn 2 use an and a properly

 

On topic though,

does it really stomp a R7 250?

No it doesn't.

as you can see here the GTX 260 is significantly better than the 9800 GTX.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-gtx-280,1953-18.html

The GTX 260 SP216 is essentially the same thing to the GTX 260 as the GTX 560 ti was to the GTX 560, a few more cores and obviously better performance.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_460_review_(roundup),21.html

In the above link you can see the GTX 260 SP216 get beaten by every GTX 460.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-R7-250.105887.0.html

And then here you can see that the GTX 460 is ~1% faster than the R7 250.

 

So then you might think, "well, doesn't that prove the 9800 GTX is faster than the R7 250?"

No, because the GTX 260 was significantly faster than the 9800 GTX, the GTX 260 SP216 was signficantly faster than the GTX 260, and the GTX 460 was significantly faster than it.

The GTX 460 would therefore have to be (most likely) somewhere between 30-40% faster than the R7 250 to make up for that difference. 

In addition to that the R7 250 offers many features that the 9800 GTX does not like DirectX 11, along with continued driver support.