BFG's Passively Cooled 9800GT, Still Big

Apparently, BFG has released a passively cooled 9800 GT card to US online retailers without officially announcing its shipment.

Newegg's website lists BFG's card as BFGE98512GTHE, selling for $159.99. The card comes packed with a free copy of Call of Duty: World at War, and also includes a DVI to VGA adapter, a HDTV (component) breakout cable, a dual 4-pin Molex to single 6-pin PCI Express power adapter and the driver disk. The card supports DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1, SLI, and features two DVI-I ports and HDTV+S-Video Out ports. The card can output resolutions up to 2560 x 1600.

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  • trevorvdw
    Hmmm or you could buy a 4830 + an Accelero for less money and have a faster card that is also silent :)
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  • Silluete
    u can always get better option with ati (no fanboy here)
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  • The_Blood_Raven
    To be fair you can get ANY single GPU and put an accelero on it. Reapplying the thermal paste itself will make a huge difference in cooling.
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  • TheFace
    Don't these support Physx too?
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  • cletus_slackjawd
    this is really cool. BFG is an awesome company. Comes with a game and lots of hookup components, great for a mid-size HTPC that doubles as a game computer.
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  • cabose369
    go BFG.. love their stuff.
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  • falchard
    Why no memory heatsinks? What if I plan to overclock that?
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  • JeanLuc
    falchardWhy no memory heatsinks? What if I plan to overclock that?
    Anyone who wants to overclock their GPU wouldn't buy a passive video card solution. It's meant for those consumers who like to play game but hate noise caused by loud screaming fans.

    If that picture is correct then this card has the daintiest cooling solution I've ever seen for a video card. Very cute.
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  • Pei-chen
    JeanLucAnyone who wants to overclock their GPU wouldn't buy a passive video card solution. It's meant for those consumers who like to play game but hate noise caused by loud screaming fans.If that picture is correct then this card has the daintiest cooling solution I've ever seen for a video card. Very cute.Heatsink is on the back, meaning facing up if installed in a traditional case.
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  • m3kt3k
    Yes I think all new Nvidia cards have PhysX.
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