When we took the initial look at the 9800GTX from nVidia, we were far from impressed. Over its previous counterpart- the 8800GTX, there was not much improvement in performance while the prices were about the same as AMD’s dual GPU based 3870 X2 cards which we preferred.

Today, we set two of these cards in SLI and we did a quick check for online priced before the article. Surprisingly, these cards are available for as low as $300 in the US which means that sooner than later, the local market will also see a price drop. Lets find out how two 9800GTX cards in SLI perform.