XFX 9800GT 512MB

The card itself is quite a concise looking card, in that it’s all neat and tidy with a nice small shroud, and not some big hunk of plastic hanging on the front.

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The card still has a coaxial fan, but this one is much smaller than the ones you see on the top end cards. It’s just matt black, with no branding stickers or anything.

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In the bottom right corner of the shroud, with the gun barrels sticking around it, is a GeForce 9800GT logo text.

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At the front end you have the PWM area which is often covered with a heatsink on top end cards, but interestingly this one isn’t.

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At the far front end is the 6pin power connector.

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Flipping it over, we have the rear mounting screws. Reasonably low profile so no clearance issues with these.

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At the rear end of the card, we have a single SLI bridge, allowing you to connect 2 of these together and run them concurrently for increased performance.

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At the rear end are the standard twin DVI ports, these ones with the XFX lime green colouring, and a single SVideo connector.

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The fan on the card is power by a 4pin connector attached to the PCB, meaning you don’t need to have a spare one on the mobo.

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