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MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT REVIEW

"MSI GeForce 9800 GT review also featuring the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The MSI GeForce 9800 GT has a 10% higher clock speed than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and 6% higher memory speed. Software used for testing was Call of Duty 4, Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion and Quake Wars."

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v180.48 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X4 920
MOTHERBOARD MSI K9A2 PLATINUM AMD 790 FX
MEMORY CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS VISTA

CALL OF DUTY 4

NORMAL QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT60
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT50

HIGH QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT49
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT43

EXTREME QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT39
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT34

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "Call of Duty 4 loves the MSI GeForce 9800 GT and it beats the XFX GeForce 8800 GT by 12% to 17%."

ELDER SCROLLS IV - OBLIVION

NORMAL QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT94
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT90

HIGH QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT84
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT78

EXTREME QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT77
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT72

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "The MSI GeForce 9800 GT is able to offer a slim performance increase over the XFX GeForce 8800 of 4% to 7%."

ENEMY TERRITORY
QUAKE WARS

NORMAL QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT81
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT70

HIGH QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT69
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT58

EXTREME QUALITY

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT52
XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT43

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT

COMMENT - "The MSI GeForce 9800 GT increases it's performance advantage over the XFX GeForce 8800 GT by 13% to 17%"

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "Although the MSI GeForce 9800 GT is a fast video card offering some very advanced features I was left with the impression that I had seen it all before. Both the MSI GeForce 9800 GT and XFX GeForce 8800 GT use the G92 GPU and the only difference is that the MSI GeForce 9800 GT is clocked slightly higher. The MSI GeForce 9800 GT runs 10% faster at 660Mhz and the memory runs 6% faster at 1900Mhz when compared to the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. Just going by the game benchmark performances it is clear that the MSI GeForce 9800 GT is only 10% faster than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT which makes the GeForce 9800 GT nothing more than a slightly faster GeForce 8800 GT!"
MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT SCORES 7/10!

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, 3DMARK VANTAGE, BATTLEFIELD 2142 AND BIO-SHOCK
PAGE 3 - CALL OF DUTY 4, ELDER SCROLLS IV, QUAKE WARS AND FINAL RESULT

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