NVIDIA is set to announce three new GeForce 9800 cards on March 18. First of all we have the GeForce 9800GX2, which have been the main attraction in more than a few booths at CeBIT. Following the dual-PCB card, NVIDIA has the GeForce 9800GTX and the GeForce 9800GTS. All of these are based on the G92 core, which means 256-bit memory bus and GDDR3 memory. Pictures of a naked GeForce 9800GTX have surfaced and reveal the much smaller core, but also a reworked PWM, which looks like it could help when overclocking.
Below is a table with the soon to be released cards and the GeForce 8800GTS for comparison;
| Card | Core clock | Mem. clock | Shaders | Shader clock |
| GeForce 9800GX2 | 600MHz | 1800MHz | 2×128 | 1500MHz |
| GeForce 9800GTX | 675MHz | 2000MHz | 128 | 1688MHz |
| GeForce 9800GTS | 600MHz | 1800MHz | 128 | 1500MHz |
| GeForce 8800GTS | 675MHz | 1984MHz | 128 | 1688MHz |
Not exactly staggering specifications, but the better PWM sure looks promising. With the G80 out of the picture, people will be forced to buy cards of the GeForce 9 series. Considering they are more energy efficient, although slightly lower clocked, there will most likely be plenty of factory-overclocked cards from NVIDIA partners.
Here are the pictures published at PCInlife;
