[SOLVED] Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT

taydan04 · 12-26-2008, 02:39 PM

i am replacing my defective BFG 9800GT and saw this card, it was interesting to see a well overlocked named brand 9800gt for under 100 pound, as the core clock has been OC'd to 660mhz compared to bfg's 625mhz. but hears the thing although i know its made by the Nvidia branch of Saphire(the king of ATI),Zotac is new to me and the price wories me, heres a link to the card in question; http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...de=GCZ-XN98GT5

**emosun** · 12-26-2008, 08:23 PM

If your bfg was defective then you should be able to receive a new one. Zotac's a new brand and it isn't terrible or anything , but I would get a replacement of your old card.

taydan04 · 12-27-2008, 05:37 AM

i new this would be mensioned but this is the first card iv bought from BFG and now iv lost all faith in them im thinking of getting maybe the XFX 9800GT XXX Edition, or what would your opinion be on buying a generic 9800GTX+

**emosun** · 12-27-2008, 02:59 PM

so long as your powersupply can handle then the xxx edition will be fine , however I don't think they make generic gpu's w/o some sort of sub company.

taydan04 · 12-27-2008, 07:34 PM

im not sure then it looks like the crapy design on the card that pny use here, have a look; http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...e=GC-XN98GTXP5, this place does sometimes get in cards cheep as they have come strait from NvIDIA, my psu is an OZ StealthXtreme 600W with 72 Combined amps on the +12v Rail

**emosun** · 12-27-2008, 09:29 PM

Well for any 9800 we recommend 650w or higher. That card is most likely made by just nvidia , or it will be a random card like msi or evga or somthing else.

taydan04 · 12-28-2008, 09:59 AM

i went with a 9800GTX+ OC from BFG it works perfectly on my 600w psu

12-26-2008, 02:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
taydan04 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2/ Ubuntu 9.04 My System	[SOLVED] Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT i am replacing my defective BFG 9800GT and saw this card, it was interesting to see a well overlocked named brand 9800gt for under 100 pound, as the core clock has been OC'd to 660mhz compared to bfg's 625mhz. but hears the thing although i know its made by the Nvidia branch of Saphire(the king of ATI),Zotac is new to me and the price wories me, heres a link to the card in question; http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...de=GCZ-XN98GT5

12-26-2008, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,104 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT If your bfg was defective then you should be able to receive a new one. Zotac's a new brand and it isn't terrible or anything , but I would get a replacement of your old card. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

12-27-2008, 05:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
taydan04 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2/ Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT i new this would be mensioned but this is the first card iv bought from BFG and now iv lost all faith in them im thinking of getting maybe the XFX 9800GT XXX Edition, or what would your opinion be on buying a generic 9800GTX+

12-27-2008, 02:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,104 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT so long as your powersupply can handle then the xxx edition will be fine , however I don't think they make generic gpu's w/o some sort of sub company. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

12-27-2008, 07:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
taydan04 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2/ Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT im not sure then it looks like the crapy design on the card that pny use here, have a look; http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...e=GC-XN98GTXP5, this place does sometimes get in cards cheep as they have come strait from NvIDIA, my psu is an OZ StealthXtreme 600W with 72 Combined amps on the +12v Rail Last edited by taydan04; 12-27-2008 at 07:36 PM.

12-27-2008, 09:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,104 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT Well for any 9800 we recommend 650w or higher. That card is most likely made by just nvidia , or it will be a random card like msi or evga or somthing else. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

12-28-2008, 09:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
taydan04 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2/ Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Thoughts on the Zotac 9800GT i went with a 9800GTX+ OC from BFG it works perfectly on my 600w psu