BFG's latest NVIDIA 9800 GTX variant, cleverly dubbed the 9800 GTX H2OC, uses a custom cooling solution co-developed by BFG and Danger Den, to provide one of the highest-clocked cards in its class.
The 512MiB card, pictured below with "ThermoIntelligence copper water block", has a core clock of 780MHz - that's 105MHz more than NVIDIA's reference design. Similarly, the shader clock has been bumped from 1688MHz to 1944MHz and the memory data rate jumps from 2200MHz to 2320MHz.
Impressive figures, in an impressive single-slot design that'll run in complete silence.
John Malley, senior director of marketing for BFG Technologies, says:
"With the addition of our custom high-performance water block, we’ve been able to safely overclock the 9800 GTX to an unprecedented 780MHz on the core clock, and 1944MHz on the shader clock. Each card is hand-built by a trained BFG technician using Arctic Silver thermal compound, and is exceptionally cool and totally silent - delivering up to a 28°C lower GPU operating temperature than reference cooling solutions."
The card supports both two-way and three-way SLI, and comes complete with 1/2in and 3/8in fittings, allowing for seamless integration into most water cooling system loops, says BFG.
Its complete specification, as detailed by BFG Technologies, is as follows:
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX |
| Core Clock | 780MHz (vs. 675MHz standard) |
| Shader Clock | 1944MHz (vs. 1688MHz standard) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 |
| Texture Fill Rate | 59.9 Billion/sec. |
| Stream Processors | 128 |
| Memory | |
| Video Memory | 512MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 |
| Memory Data Rate | 2320MHz (vs. 2200MHz standard) |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 74.2GB/sec. |
| Connections | |
| Bus Type | PCI Express® 2.0 |
| Display Connectors | 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV + TV Out |
| RAMDACs | Dual 400MHz |
| Multiple Monitor Support | Yes |
| HDCP Capable | Yes, Dual link (Requires other compatible components which are HDCP capable. Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays) |
| HDMI™ Capable | Yes |
| Included in Box | |
| BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GTX H²OC™ 512MB graphics card with ThermoIntelligence™ Water Cooling Solution | |
| Quick install guide | |
| DVI to VGA adapter | |
| DVI to HDMI™ adapter | |
| S/PDIF audio cable (1 ft.) | |
| HDTV (component) breakout cable | |
| Dual 4-pin Molex® to single 6-pin PCI Express® power adapter | |
| Two standard removable fittings (barbs) each for 3/8" and 1/2" inner diameter tubing | |
| Two micro removable fittings (barbs) for 2-way and 3-way NVIDIA SLI™ configurations | |
| Two removable plugs (pre-attached to the water block) | |
| Two tubing clamps each for 5/8" and 3/4" outer diameter tubing | |
| One 2" piece of 1/2" inner diameter tubing for use with the micro removable fittings | |
| Driver CD, which includes: NVIDIA ForceWare unified graphics drivers and Full installation manual | |
Related reading: Review: NVIDIA (BFG) GeForce 9800 GTX. Got £200 for a graphics card?
Official press release: BFG TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GEFORCE 9800 GTX H2OC 512MB GRAPHICS CARD FEATURING THERMOINTELLIGENCE WATER COOLING SOLUTION
Official product page: BFGtech.com
