Aye, papi! When we broke the news last November that NVIDIA was gearing up for release of their GeForce 9 series in Q1 of ‘08, we were unaware that the series would include TWO new product releases. Rumor has it that NVIDIA will be dropping word of their two new 9xxx series cards soon; the top-notch GeForce 9800GX2 on 18th March and their second best 9800GTX on 25th March.

So, what does NVIDIA have in store for the 9800GTX? The leaked specs show the card offering 128 processor cores, a 675MHz core clock, a 1688MHz shader clock, 1100MHz memory clock, not to mention 512MB GDDR3 memory. The card will retail for an estimated $300-$350. — Andrew Dobrow

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Asus has announced its Aquatank graphics card. A new option for cooling an overclocked GeForce 8800GTX card with a water cooling method. The new Aquatank is said to run 12 degrees cooler then a reference thermal module.

The Aquatank clears out warm water from an overclocking 8800GTX, enabling the GeForce graphics to be up to 11 percent faster then when its running hot. Testing showed an increase in performance from 575 MHz to 630 MHz. Quite a jump for a GPU clock.

No pricing or release date have been announced, but the release should please some GeForce hardware fan boys who love working their cards to their maximum power. — Andrew Dobrow

Asus ‘Aquatank’ Cools GeForce 8800GTX [ExtremeTech]