NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

The Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX (partially also called nVidia GeForce Go 8800M GTX) is based upon the desktop G92 chip. It is the new top video chip of Nvidia for DirectX 10.

A particularity of the GeForce 8800M GTX are the "Unified Shaders". There don't exist any more dedicated pixel- and vertex shaders but 96 so called stream processors make the graphic work (which has been done by pixel and vertex shaders in former days). Further, the shader units are higher clocked than the chip (1250 MHz versus 800 MHz).

The performance of the 8800M GTX is higher than the performance of the 8700M GT due to the 256 bit wide memory bus and the high amount of Unified Shaders. The 8800M replaces the GeForce 7950 GTX at the top of the single graphic cards. Curent games should run fluently with highest resolutions. Also DirectX 10 games can be played in highest details for the very first time (Crysis not in the highest details). The memory equioment is 512 MB GDDR3.

An advantage of the GeForce 8000 series is the integrated PureVideo video processor. It is able to help with the decoding of H.264-, VC-1-, MPEG2- and WMV9 video material in HD quality and eases the CPU.

The current consumption and the waste heat are clearly higher than with the 8700M GT and therefore the chip (like the predecessor 7959 GTX) will only be availbale in big and heavy laptops. At moment, 35 Watts TDP are a rumour.

Compared with desktop graphic cards the performance should be at the level o the slightly faster clocked 8800 GS (8800GS 600/900 MHz clock, 192 bit memory
interface and 96 Unified Shaders).

Manufacturer	NVIDIA
Series	GeForce 8000M
Codename	NB8E-GTX
Pipelines	96 - unified
Core Speed *	500 MHz
Shader Speed *	1250 MHz
Memory Speed *	800 MHz
Memory Bus Width	256 Bit
Memory Type	GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory	512 MB
Shared Memory	no
DirectX	DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption	65 Watt
Transistors	754 Million
technology	65 nm
Features	1250 MHz Shader clock, PureVideo technologie (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 decoding acceleration), HDCP-capable, PowerMizer 7.0 energy administration (dynamic switching between performance and current consumption), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed for Windows Vista, Dual-Link DVI-D exits for TFT resolutions of up to 2560x1600, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread technology
Notebook Size	large
Date of Announcement	19.11.2007
Information	MXM Factor III
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_880...

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

benchmarks

3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 27368, avg: 34755, max: 44085 Points ... More Details

3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 28465, avg: 29983, max: 31884 Points ... More Details

3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 12761, avg: 14952, max: 17856 Points ... More Details

3DMark 06:
0% 100%
min: 8539, avg: 9194, max: 9788 Points ... More Details

Cinebench R10: - Shading
0% 100%
min: 3732, avg: 4695, max: 6238 Points ... More Details

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 69 benchmarks

3DMark 05 in comparison
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 (min)	137
...
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	14742
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	14869
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830	14938
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	14952
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850	15419
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M	15759
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI	16101
...
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI (max)	19268

Game Benchmarks

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

low:

89.4 89.4 89.9 91.3 ~ 90 fps

med.:

44.9 55.1 55.1 56.2 ~ 53 fps

high:

27.9 35.7 37.2 37.2 ~ 35 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)

low:

101.2 102 102 104 ~ 102 fps

med.:

44.7 50.6 50.6 52 ~ 49 fps

high:

26.1 31.4 32.6 32.6 ~ 31 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

med.:

56 65 ~ 61 fps

high:

31 36 ~ 34 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

F.E.A.R. (2005)

low:

35 266 276 300 330 370 531 ~ 301 fps

med.:

31 155 172 222 232 243 263 ~ 188 fps

high:

31 114 114 115 115 115 116 ~ 103 fps

» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Doom 3 (2004)

low:

111.9 125 134.6 142.3 142.5 148.7 161 ~ 138 fps

med.:

112.7 125.4 135.9 142.4 142.9 146.3 152.3 ~ 137 fps

high:

111.2 124 135.1 140.4 141.5 147.8 149.8 ~ 136 fps

ultra:

110.3 123.4 132.7 138.8 138.8 143.5 151.2 ~ 134 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

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

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