Test: MSI N9800GX2

Konklusion

Hvordan bør dette kort så vurderes. I realiteten er det jo to grafikkort slået sammen til et. Ydelsen er helt i top, men hvis man vægter den enorme ydelse man får mod prisen på de lidt dårligere produkter, så krakelerer facaden desværre en smule. Selvom 9800GX2 er et kort der virkelig yder i topklasse, så kommer man altså rigtig rigtig langt for en hel del mindre penge. ATis HD3870X2 kort som er en tand dårligere end dette GX2 kort ligger til gengæld også meget lavere i pris.

Innovation/Teknologi - 5

G92 er en enorm lækker GPU, og når man så oven i købet får tilbudt to af dem i samme pakke er det svært at sige nej. Oven i det smider du HDMI, Quad-SLI understøttelse osv. og pludselig befinder du dig oppe i det røde felt rent innovasionmæssigt. Toppoint til denne nVidia/MSI kombi.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 2

Design/Layout - 3

Der er tale om et meget stort 3-tal i denne kategori. Selvom kortet er smart bygget op og har en super lækker køler, så vil to GPUer på et grafikkort altid skabe en masse irriterende elementer. Højt strømforbrug, moderat larm (i betragtning af de 2 GPUer er det ikke så slemt - men stille er det altså ikke). Sidst men ikke mindst er det alt for langt - hvilket kan give problemer i nogle kabinetter. 

Software/BIOS - 3

Der er ingen problemer med driveren til kortet, og eftersom der kun er to reelle grafikkortproducenter på markedet (hvor den anden selvfølgelig er ATi) giver jeg kortet tre point som altid, fordi jeg ikke mener den ene driver er den anden overlegen.

Ydelse - 4

Tja, ikke så meget at sige her. Kortet yder ekstremt. Grundet at Asus har et præclocket GX2 kort på markedet der yder bedre, samt GTX280 kortene er kommet på markedet(se test andet sted på siden) bliver det dog kun til et 4-tal

Pris - 2

Kortet står til 3300 i skrivendes stund, hvilket resulterer i et 2-tal. Skal du have vildere ydelse end dette skal du have pungen op af lommen og købe et præoverclocket kort eller GTX280.

Test: MSI N9800GX2

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Bundle - Tilbehør	2
Design - Layout	3
Software - BIOS	3
Ydelse	4
Pris	2
Samlet	63%

UK summary

So how do we judge this card. Really, it's just two cards combined into one. The performance is beyond anything we have ever seen, but if you compare the jump in performance against the price of a little less-performing products, the facade starts to fade. Eventhough 9800GX2 is a card that performs like no other, you can get a long piece of the way with a much less expensive card. ATi's HD3870X2 card that performs a bit worse than this, is also a lot cheaper

Innovation/Technology - 5

G92 is a really awesome GPU, and here you are offered two of them in the same package. Throw in HDMI, Quad-SLI support etc, and all of a sudden you have something quite innovative. Toppoint for this nVidia/MSI combination. 

Bundle/Accessories - 2

No good MSI. A seriously lack of adaptors and cables. The game is fine, but what use is it if you can't use the graphiccard because you have an elderly PSU without a 8-pin power-plug

Design/Layout - 3

A very large 3 point in this category. Eventhough the card is smartly build, and have a quite nice cooler, two GPUs on one board will always create a lot of annoying elements. Large powerusage, moderate noise(in concideration of the two GPUs it isn't so bad. But it isn't quiet). Last but not least the card is quite long - which may give a few problems in some cases. 

Software/BIOS - 3

There is no problem with the driver and since we are only dealing with 2 manufacturers of graphiccards (The other ofcourse being ATi), I choose to rate this for a three, since I dont think that one of the drivers are superior to the other.

Performance - 4

Not much to say here. The card performs exceptionally well. But since Asus has a quite faster preclocked card on the marked, and the coming of the 280GTX cards(see reviews of it here on the site) i only give 4 points.

Price - 2

The card costs 3300DKK which gives 2 points. If you need a wilder graphiccard than this you have to pay for a pre-clocked GX2 card or the GTX280