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NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX 

The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX-based graphics card raises the performance bar by enabling full-throttle game play at intense resolutions while providing optimal power management with HybridPower™ technology.  The Purevideo® HD engine delivers unmatched video and movie quality with spectacular picture clarity featuring scene-optimized color and contrast enhancement.  And when coupled with nForce(R) SLI(R)-ready motherboards, provides amplified performance up to 2x in a dual SLI configuration and up to 2.8x in 3-way SLI* mode.  Packing more performance at an exceptional value, this GPU offers extreme HD gaming and a first-class entertainment experience.
                                                                                                                       *Check www.nvidia.com for supported motherboards.

• NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology (1): The combination of high-definition video decod acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
 
• Hardware Decode Acceleration: Provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and SD movies.

• Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration: Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate interactive Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience.

• 3-way NVIDIA SLI(R) Technology (2): Industry-leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing alternate frame rendering under Windoes Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers.

• NVIDIA HybridPower(TM) Technology (3): Lets you switch from the GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card to the motherboard GeForce GPU when running non graphically-intensive applications for a silent, low power PC experience.

• PCI Express 2.0 Support: Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broades support.

1 - Feature requires supported video software.  Features may vary by product.
2 - NVIDIA SLI-certified versions of GeForce PCI Express GPUs only.  A GeForce 9800 GTX must be paired with another GeForce 9800 GTX, regardless of graphics card manufacturer.
3 - Requires NVIDIA HybridPower-enabled motherboard.