EVGA 512-P3-N975-AR e-GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card

by EVGA

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 2.9 x 4.4 inches ; 1.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DDYSLA
• Item model number: 512-P3-N975-AR
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 13, 2008

Product Description

The features of the 9800 GT 512-P3-N975-AR include the GeForce 9800 GT(600MHz clock) chipset, 512MB of 256-bit 1ns GDDR3 memory with a 900 MHz clock with an effective rate of 1800 MHz, 1500MHz Shader Clock, 112 stream processors, PCI Express 2.0 compatibility, integrated NVIDIA TV encoder with HDTV, and S-Video outputs, Dual DVI-I connectors, 57.6GB per second memory bandwidth, NVIDIA unified architecture with GigaThread technology, Full Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 support, NVIDIA SLI ready, 16x full-screen anti-aliasing, True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range HDR lighting, NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology, and Open GL 2.1 support. Built for Microsoft Windows Vista. This product comes with a lifetime warranty. Product must be registered at www.EVGA.com within 30 days of purchase to get the lifetime warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Midrange Card for the Money!, October 16, 2008

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Ken W. "Dr. Drift" (Midwest United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: EVGA 512-P3-N975-AR e-GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card (Personal Computers)

First off, here are my specs: Dell Inspiron 531 with an AMD 64 X2 4400+ @ 2.4ghz, 3gb ram, and a 250gb hd.

Trust me, I spent countless hours researching which video card was best for me. I wanted to run a good amount of new games without worrying about not meeting the system requirements. If you've read reviews online of the 8800GT/9800GT you'll notice that it's THE midrange card for the performance minded user. I can tell you that this is definitely the case. With my old card (XFX 8600GT XXX overclocked to 620mhz) I was able to score 5329 in 3DMARK06 and run a pretty good amount of games like F.E.A.R. and Call of Duty 4 at medium to medium-high settings with good FPS. With this 9800GT I was able to score an 8368 in 3DMARK06 and run Call of Duty 4, Medal of Honor Airborne, and other games like this at maximum settings (with AA) and get great framerates. Crysis will even run well at medium settings. You'll definitely notice how much better the 9800GT performs. If you want to kick the performance up a bit, EVGA even includes an overclocking utility that lets you make adjustments and monitor the gpu's temperature on screen while playing games.

Now, all that being said, make sure that your power supply unit is at least 400w like the specs ask. I had to upgrade my Dell's puny 300w PSU with a better unit. That's really the only con I can think of. Granted, it's not EVGA's fault that my power supply wasn't up to spec.

All in all, the EVGA 9800GT is a very solid card that I'm very glad with purchasing. And it definitely fits my PCI-E x16 slot.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent choice for the price, February 16, 2009

By 

Emiro Gomez "Muzz" (Maracay, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EVGA 512-P3-N975-AR e-GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card (Personal Computers)

This video card is good, I ran Crysis, CoD4, NFSUndercover, Oblivion, with the graphics on high... and it works, no laggin... just a little bit with crysis.

But for the price its ok.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SO HAPPY, December 24, 2008

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andrew johnson (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EVGA 512-P3-N975-AR e-GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card (Personal Computers)

I,AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY NEW CARD . WORKS GREAT,EASY INSTALL. OVER CLOCK PROGRAM WORKS JUST FINE. FIT IN MY DELL E521 WITHOUT MUCH PROBLUM. I DID UPGRADE MY POWER SUPPLY BUT THAT WAS IT GAMES PLAY GREAT.