We knew that Nvidia's flagship GeForce 8800 Ultra's days were numbered after the graphics manufacturer released the GeForce 8800 GT late last year. A single GeForce 8800 GT can't outperform an Ultra, but two GTs will, and the two cards can be had for less than the price of a single Ultra. AMD also added pressure on the Ultra with the release of its dual-GPU ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2. Nvidia has today responded with a new flagship card, the GeForce 9800 GX2.

The GeForce 9800 GX2 promises top performance thanks to its two onboard GeForce 9800 GPUs, featuring a combined total of 256 processing cores clocked at 1.5GHz. In comparison, the GeForce 8800 Ultra has only 128 processing cores at the same clock speed. The GX2 also comes with an equally large price tag, with an estimated retail price ranging from $599 to $649. Our XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 came with Company of Heroes and an "I'm gaming, Do not disturb" doorknob hanger.