NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

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 in 2007. Later it was renamed to Geforce GT 9800M GT.

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 at the end of 2007 and was later overtaken by the 9800M GTX. Curent games should run fluently with highest resolutions. Also DirectX 10 games from 2008 can be played in highest details for the very first time (Crysis not in the highest details). The memory equipment is 512 MB GDDR3. Compared to more modern GPUs, the 8800M GTX is on par with a GTS 360M with GDDR5.

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 power 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).

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce 8800M Series

GeForce 8800M GTX SLI 192@500MHz

GeForce 8800M GTX 96@500MHz

GeForce 8800M GTS 64@500MHz

CodenameNB8E-GTX
Pipelines96 - unified
Core Speed *500 MHz
Shader Speed *1250 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption65 Watt
Transistors754 Million
technology65 nm
Features1250 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 Sizelarge
Date of Announcement19.11.2007
InformationMXM Factor III
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_880...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 27368     avg: 34755.1 (57%)     max: 44085 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 28465     avg: 29983.1 (28%)     max: 31884 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 12761     avg: 14951.5 (46%)     max: 17856 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 8539     avg: 9194.3 (36%)     max: 9788 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: 5.8     avg: 5.8 (85%)     max: 5.8 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 3185     avg: 4587.4 (42%)     max: 6238 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 3028     avg: 3357 (10%)     max: 3686 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:
89.4 89.4 89.9 91.3 ~ 90 fps      Compare
med.:
44.9 55.1 55.1 56.2 ~ 53 fps      Compare
high:
27.9 35.7 37.2 37.2 ~ 35 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
101.2 102 102 104 ~ 102 fps      Compare
med.:
44.7 50.6 50.6 52 ~ 49 fps      Compare
high:
26.1 31.4 32.6 32.6 ~ 31 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
med.:
56 58 65 ~ 60 fps      Compare
high:
31 35 36 ~ 34 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Command and Conquer III (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
35 266 276 300 330 370 531 ~ 301 fps      Compare
med.:
31 155 172 222 232 243 263 ~ 188 fps      Compare
high:
31 114 114 115 115 115 116 ~ 103 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:
111.9 125 134.6 142.3 142.5 148.7 161 ~ 138 fps      Compare
med.:
112.7 125.4 135.9 142.4 142.9 146.3 152.3 ~ 137 fps      Compare
high:
111.2 124 135.1 140.4 141.5 147.8 149.8 ~ 136 fps      Compare
ultra:
110.3 123.4 132.7 138.8 138.8 143.5 151.2 ~ 134 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...

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

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Class 1
GeForce GTX 590
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 6870
GeForce GTX 470
Radeon HD 5850
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 4850
Radeon HD 5670
Class 2
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
Radeon HD 7590M *
Radeon HD 7660G
Radeon HD 5570
Radeon HD 7650M
Radeon HD 6550D *
Radeon HD 7640G
GeForce GT 220
Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Class 3
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
SGX543MP2 *
Mali-400 MP *
PowerVR SGX540 *
PowerVR SGX535
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2012-01-25)