NVIDIA reference design with a Gigabyte sticker. Well that is for the GV-NX98X1GHI-B graphics card. Although it comes in a reference design, the performance is really one of it's kind. So far, we have not seen any card that performs that well in performance levels. Our previous tests of 2 x 8800GT overcooked won't probably match the performance levels of the GV-NX98X1GHI-B.

As usual, NVIDIA's coolers isn't' comparable  to those of Zalman or Accelero. We  used the ATitool's 3D artifact detection software, we left the card to run. Using ntune, we read off the temperature readings. At normal room temperature of around 30 Degrees, the GPU temp maintains at 67 degrees Celsius. After 10 mins of running the catalyst artifact scanner, the GPU temperature rises steadily to about 75 degrees Celsius. At the end of the 15 mins, the scores are GPU1:75 deg Celsius and GPU2:80 deg Celsius

As it uses 2 G92 GPUs, the card does not support DX10.1 and SM 4.1. The card is also different from ATi cards which comes with an embedded audio controller for HDMI out. If you intend to use the card as a HTPC video processor, you would need to channel the audio from your audio card to the audio pins located on the card.

In conclusion, the card is superb in 3D performance. The card also display amazing overclocking performance. On top of that, you could use it to playback / decode your HD programmes with low CPU utilisation.

Price

Pros

• Quad SLI support
• Audio cable provided

Cons

• Two slot design
• No DX10.1 / No SM4.1
• No Game bundle

Ratings

Here are my ratings out of 10 stars.