XFX announce Black Edition 9800GTX & 9800GX2

[Bungral]

XFX have issued a press release giving details on their Black Edition versions of the 9800GTX & 9800GX2.

For a pics and specs read the full news article.

 

[FarFarAway]

Review soon peeps

 

[Bungral]

Review soon peeps

Mmmmmmmmm yummy...

Do these factory overclocked cards generally yield higher total overclocks than standard versions due to being 'hand picked'? Or is it same as everything.. Luck of the silicon draw?

 

[Phoenix]

I just drooled all over myself...Oh, why, dear God, WHY DO YOU TAUNT ME!?

 

[Mr. Smith]

It costs £50 more than my standard xfx gx2 and I can OC my card higher than that...

 

[Bungral]

It costs £50 more than my standard xfx gx2 and I can OC my card higher than that...

I expect they can clock higher still but the question is how much... I doubt its £50s worth of MHz more but hey.. For those who want the power straight out the box and don't wanna have to overclock then its groovy. Plus they do look rather nice!

Edit: Plus added a tiny lil more to the article about HybridPower in the third para.

 

[FarFarAway]

I've found some go higher, notably Gainward Golden Samples

 

[daniel-kun]

It costs £50 more than my standard xfx gx2 and I can OC my card higher than that...

The big question here is how much can you overclock the Black Editions even further?

I'd be really interested in whether they have even more potention in overclocking, or are already at their limit.

 

[mVp24]

Damn, I'm going to end up getting a "Black Edition" whenever I upgrade. I'm an XFX man....xXx edition ftw!

 

[Hassan]

Damn, I'm going to end up getting a "Black Edition" whenever I upgrade. I'm an XFX man....xXx edition ftw!

True, XXX all the way.

The stock coolers that come on it looks sublime

 

[Rastalovich]

Review soon peeps

Very nice Kemp, look forward to that as a purchase maybe.

 

[Mr. Smith]

I can't speak for XFX but way back when I got a pair of 7900GT's to sli they were the EVGA Sig Series super delux twin turbo TKO STFU ones and they wouldn't budge 1mhz over the stock clocks...

I'm sure these are nice cards though. I still wish I'd have gotten BFG gx2, they always seem to be better clockers than everything

 

[FarFarAway]

The big Nvidia partners (i.e. EVGA, XFX, BFG and Gainward) get some nice clockers