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NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT is a video card and capable of DirectX 10. Technically, it has 32 Stream Processors like the 8600M GT, but the core-, shader- and memory clock is higher. Therefore the performance is somewhat above the 8600M GT (according advertisements of NVidia clearly better) and should be sufficient for all current games.

The particularity of this video card are the "Unified Shaders". Pixel- and vertex-shaders do not exist any more but 32 of the so called Stream processors do the graphic work (which up to now pixel- and vertex shaders did).

3DMark benchmarks show a promising performance on the level of a 7900 GTX. Because of the small 128 Bit memory bus, the performance looks worse in games (especially in high resolutions). Modern DirectX 10 games like Crysis can not be played in the highest resolutions.

The PureVideo video processor enables the chip to help decode HD videos in H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and WMV9.

Some drivers called the 8700M GT NB8E-SE (880M GS).

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce 8700M Series

GeForce 8700M GT SLI 64@625MHz

GeForce 8700M GT 32@625MHz

CodenameNB8E-SE
ArchitectureG8x
Pipelines32 - unified
Core Speed *625 MHz
Shader Speed *1250 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption29 Watt
Transistors289 Million
technology80 nm
FeaturesShader clock frequence 1250 MHz, PureVideo technology (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 decoding acceleration), MPEG2, WMV9 decoding acceleration), HDCP-capable, PowerMizer 7.0 power management (dynamic switching between performance and energy economizing), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed for Windows Vista, 16x full screen AA, 16x AF independent of angles, 128-Bit HDR illumination with AA, Dual-Link DVI-D exits for resolutions of TFT up to 2560x1600, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread technology
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement12.06.2007
InformationSlot MXM-III und aufwärts, 80nm Herstellungsprozess
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_870...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 2026     avg: 2026 (6%)     max: 2026 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 1694     avg: 1694 (5%)     max: 1694 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 4222     avg: 4716.8 (16%)     max: 5410 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 8484     avg: 9102.3 (25%)     max: 9945 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 13340     avg: 14816.3 (10%)     max: 16577 Points
3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 24463     avg: 26597.7 (43%)     max: 30359 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 3586     avg: 3586 (33%)     max: 3586 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU
0% 100%
min: 5.9     avg: 5.9 (87%)     max: 5.9 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games
0% 100%
min: 5.6     avg: 5.6 (82%)     max: 5.6 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
74.9  fps      Compare
med.:
27.5  fps      Compare
high:
15.3  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
69.8  fps      Compare
med.:
26.8  fps      Compare
high:
14.2  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
med.:
31  fps      Compare
high:
20  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Command and Conquer III
Command and Conquer III (2007)
high:
30  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
30 134 308 479 ~ 238 fps      Compare
med.:
25 31 95 169 ~ 80 fps      Compare
high:
28 30 51 53 ~ 41 fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
World of Warcraft (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
108.8 132.2 164.6 197.8 ~ 151 fps      Compare
med.:
109 139 158.1 200 ~ 152 fps      Compare
high:
108.2 116.8 150 167.1 ~ 136 fps      Compare
ultra:
86.1 86.2 123.6 126.2 ~ 106 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
424.1 470.3 561.5 ~ 485 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT graphics card

Asus G2SG: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 17.1", 4.1 kg
  Review » Review Asus G2SG Gaming Notebook

Toshiba Satego X200-20O: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 17.1", 4 kg
  Review » Review Toshiba Satego X200 Notebook

Toshiba Satego X200-21D: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 17.1", 4 kg
  Review » Review Toshiba Satego X200-21D notebook

Asus G2SG: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 17.1", 4.1 kg
  External Review » Asus G2SG

Medion Extreme X7810: Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800, 17.1", 4.2 kg
  External Review » Medion Akoya Extreme X7810

Toshiba Satego X200: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 17.1", 4 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satego X200

Toshiba Satego X200-20O: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 17.1", 4 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satego X200-20O

Toshiba Satego X200-21D: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 17.1", 4 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satego X200-21D

Toshiba Satellite X200-191: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700, 17.1", 3.8 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satellite X200-191

Toshiba Satellite X200-203: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 17.1", 3.8 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satellite X200-203

Toshiba Satellite X200-20s: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 17.1", 3.8 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satellite X200-20s

Toshiba Satellite X205: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 17.1", 3.9 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satellite X205

Toshiba Satellite X205-S9359: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 17.1", 3.9 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satellite X205-S9359

» Comparison of GPUs
Detailled list of all laptop GPUs with a short description. Classified and sorted by performance.

» Benchmark List
Sortable and restrainable list of all GPUs with benchmarks (e.g. 3DMarks).

» Notebook Gaming List
Which game can be played with my graphics card.

Class 1
Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
GeForce GTX 590
GeForce GTX 680
Radeon HD 7970
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Radeon HD 7870
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 6870
Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 7770
Radeon HD 7770
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
GeForce GTX 760M *
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Class 2
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 4850
Class 3
Radeon HD 5670
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
Radeon HD 5570
GeForce GT 220
Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Class 4
Class 5
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
PowerVR SGX554MP4 *
Mali-T604 *
Class 6
PowerVR SGX543MP4 *
Adreno 320 *
PowerVR SGX543MP3 *
PowerVR SGX543MP2 *
PowerVR SGX545
PowerVR SGX544 *
Adreno 305 *
Adreno 225 *
Vivante GC4000 *
Mali-400 MP4 *
VideoCore-IV *
Adreno 220 *
Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core
Mali-400 MP2 *
PowerVR SGX540 *
Adreno 205 *
Adreno 203 *
GC800 *
PowerVR SGX535
PowerVR SGX531
PowerVR SGX530
Adreno 200 *
Mali-200 *
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2013-01-16)