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GeForce 9800 GX2 clock speeds revealed

by on18 February 2008
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Slower GPU clocks than 8800 GTS


Expreview has got their hands on what they are claiming are the final clock speeds of the GeForce 9800 GX2 and if these numbers are indeed correct, then this card might not be as fast as expected.

The GPUs will be clocked at 600MHz; that's 50MHz slower than the 8800 GTS, or the same as the 8800 GT. The Shaders will apparently be clocked at 1,500MHz, again slower than the 8800 GTS which has its Shaders clocked to 1,625MHz.

The memory clock is somewhat higher at 1GHz or 2GHz effectivley for the GDDR3 chips, but this is a mere 60MHz faster than a stock clocked 8800 GTS and is unlikely to make a huge difference.

Not exactly spectacular numbers, but the cards are expected to run quite hot as it is, especially with the two GPUs facing each other; so the lower clock speeds might have been a safety precaution on Nvidia's behalf to make sure they don't end up with a lot of returns.

You can find the post at Expreview here

Last modified on 20 February 2008
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