Help me pick 1 of these cards for sli

[filthy_beava]

Hello.
Im not sure which card to get, they are both the same price, im planning on buying 2 of these in January and need help to pick the best choice.
Here are the newegg links . .
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121266
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121283

Thanks in advance.

 

[Shadow703793]

Ok this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121266

has:
Core clock 725MHz
Stream Processors 128

and this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121283
has
Core clock 612MHz
Stream Processors 112

So... go for the first one.

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Btw, I thought both cards should have 112 SPs for the 9800GT?????
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_9800gt_us.html

Am I missing something here? Any one care to explain???

 

[4745454b]

The 8800GTS has 128SP. Maybe these are rebadged 8800GTS chips as 9800GT chips? Nvidia rebadges everything these days, makes as much sense as anything else. I wonder when they will release something new? (other then the GTX chips)

 

[dirtmountain]

Yes, the Asus EN Ultimate is a rebadged 8800GTS 512

 

[JuiceJones]

At first I thought it was a Newegg typo, but after reading around a little bit, apparently Asus is just doing strange, confusing **** (similar to that 9600 GSO "Magic" poo). That's almost completely a plain 9800GTX, so why they call it a GT is beyond me. The only differences between a 9800GT and 9800GTX is the 16 shaders, dual-slot cooler and clock speed... and uh... that has all three except it's memory clock is 200Mhz shy of a reference GTX.

Perhaps a way to use slightly lower-binned GDDR3? Asus creating it's own spec of card and calling it an existing card + vague modifier is confusing for most people and I'm surprised Nvidia allows it, but aside from all that, it's an excellent card for an excellent price. Scoop up a pair and be happy.

 

[filthy_beava]

does anyone know of a better card for the same price or cheaper? i was looking at some of the Open Box and re sertified cards new egg has but i dont think i trust that . .

lol i was hopeing that someone was going to say the black one was better because of new technology or something . . its such a good looking card . .

 

[JuiceJones]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+106792627+1067940677&Configurator=&Subcategory=48&description=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

There's a number of 4850's that come out just $10 higher before and after rebate. If you take a look here:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=20

And consider the 9800GT Ultimate in SLI will nestle right in between the 9800GX2 and 9800GTX+ SLI, the 4850s typically come out on top or right in the same range.

Edit: And the Sapphire model comes with a sweet 4GB DDR2-1066 kit combo purchase that makes it only 28 bucks after rebate.