XFX GeForce 9800GX2 Black Edition Review :: XFX GeForce 9800GX2 Card

XFX chose to use a reference design for their 9800GX2. The card is a two-slot card, meaning that a PCI Express x16 slot and an adjacent slot are required for installation. High-end cards like the 9800GX2 require two slots for improved air circulation. The 9800GX2 is actually a pair of 9800GTX cards sandwiched between a PCB and a cooler.

Front

Back

Top

Bottom

The front of the 9800GX2 has the XFX logo, the GeForce logo, the Black Edition logo, and the 9800GX2 name logoed. The bottom of the PCB has the FCC stickers, the Serial Number sticker, BIOS Version sticker, US Patents sticker and the PCI Express connector. The top of the card contains the two power connectors (one 6-pin one 8-pin) the XFX logo and the website URL for XFX.

Rear

Patents

PCI Express

Power connectors

I/O

3/4 View

9800GX2 cards are high-end cards and as such they need to support a wide range of IO options. HDMI is a new interface for video cards that some newer monitors and many HDTVs use. A single HDMI port is included on the IO as well as two DVI-I ports. This gives the 9800GX2 a wide array of options for connecting monitors: two CRT (with DVI- to D-Sub adapters, two LCD, or a HDMI monitor+LCD.