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The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ is a dual-slot card that looks exactly like the GeForce 9800 GTX. It has the same sleek black shroud that marked the new generation of graphics cards from NVIDIA that not only plays well but also looks good. It is very easy to mess up that nice shiny shroud with fingerprint smudges though.
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Although the GeForce 9800 GTX+ uses a more efficient GPU, it still requires two 6-pin PCI Express power cables. Unlike older NVIDIA cards, the power connectors are located at the upper end of the card. If you only plug in one power connector, the system will not boot up. NVIDIA added a warning LED (see below) to the card's bracket to warn you of this.
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The card comes with two dual-linked DVI ports which are capable of supporting resolutions of up to 2560x1600. There is also a 7-pin analog HDTV-out port that supports S-Video directly as well as composite and component outputs via an optional dongle. There is also a small LED located above the HDTV port, just next to the exhaust vents. That LED lights up whenever the card has insufficient power supply.
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The GeForce 9800 GTX+ comes with two SLI connectors, allowing it to support three-way SLI with the proper motherboard support. It also supports PCI Express 2.0 with a 5 Gbps signalling rate. When used with a motherboard that supports PCI Express 2.0, the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ will have effectively double the PCI Express bandwidth of PCI Express 1.0 cards.
Of course, that does not mean the GeForce 9800 GTX will be twice as fast as older PCI Express graphics cards. In fact, PCI Express bandwidth will only have a minimal effect on its graphics processing capability. The GeForce 9800 GTX+ will still run fine on your current motherboard even if it only supports the PCI Express 1.1 standard. It is backward compatible with PCI Express 1.1 and will merely revert to the 2.5 Gbps signalling rate and a lower 8 GB/s bandwidth with these motherboards.
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