Today we are going to take a look at the highest performance NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card in the XFX line-up. This video card is called the XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Edition and should the card to go for for all the hardcore gamers looking for just that extra more. And the XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Edition promises some serious performance and has a good bundle to go along with it. Meaning that this version is coming at a great overclocked setting for the both the core and memory which will increase the performance and provide the gaming boost we would be looking for. Though the question remains, is this the best performing GeForce 9800 GX2 out there? - I4U News

XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Graphics Board Review

The XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Edition has a memory clock of 2100MHz and a shader clock of 1700MHz. The core clock rate of the card is 700MHz and it uses the same 1GB of GDDR3 that other GeForce 9800 GX2's take advantage of. The card supports SLI, is HDCP ready and RoHS compliant. And XFX bundles the card with a full copy of Call of Duty 4. An excellent bundle as such with a card that will set it apart from the competition. Couple the game, the performance and the XFX double lifetime warranty and what you have here is currently the best GeForce 9800 GX2 around, though some others are coming very close.

There is no doubt that the XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Edition is one of the best performing video cards on the market. It outperformed all the stock GeForce 9800 GX2's we have tested and posted significantly better minimum frame rates on game tests. The XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Edition and the ASUS Extreme N9800 GX2 TOP version were a virtual tie performance wise. Both the cards also offer a nice game bundle. However, the XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Black Edition edges the ASUS card out in game quality and warranty.