As  descendants to the GeForce 8800 GTX, NVIDIA’s new GeForce 9800 GTX 3D, a graphics chip has been watermark for the PC gamers’ for its brilliance since it was launched at the ending of  2006. To know whether the card is suitable for you to use or not, depends on the number of 3D openings available in your PC and also on the games you play. A single-opening PC user who likes playing lots of Call Duty 4 and bioshock shall have too much to like in the card. The ones who are fans of Team Fortess 2 and in view of SLI should opt for other alternatives.

The GeForce 9800 GTX is on the whole is a raised-up version of the less pricey GeForce 8800 GT chip that came out earlier than 2006.

When putting single GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GT side by side 9800 GTX is faster than 9800 GTX and that's the reason why recommendation of 9800 GTX is done if your PC has only one graphics card slot.

The card is no doubt more expensive than the GeForce 8800 GTs but its additional performance is that of two GeForce 9800 GTX cards. On other hand a single 9800 GTX, even at high resolutions, can definitely play it well but if you're a dedicated TF2 player and you are looking for the maximum frame rates, your choice than seems to be clear.