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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

The Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT is a DirectX 10 graphics card for notebooks andsuccessor to the 8600M GT. Compared to the 8600M GT or 9500M GS, the 9600M GT was produced in 65nm (allows higher clock rates with the same current consumption) and features a new PureVideo HD video processor (VP3) and HybridPower support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9600M GT supports Hybrid-SLI (only HybridPower). HybridPower is a technique to choose between the integrated and dedicated graphics core, if performance or battery runtime is needed. This works only in Windows Vista. Up to now the user has to use a tool to switch between the GPUs. Later Nvidia wants to switch automatically in the drivers. GeForceBoost is not supported with this card, as there would be no performance gain.

As the 8600M GT, the 9600M GT features 32 stream processors that do the graphic work of the vertex- and Pixel-shaders.

The performance of the 9600M GT should be somewhere between the 9500M GS and the 8700M GT (depends if GDDR2 or GDDR3 memory chips are used).

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the 9600M GT is similar to the GeForce 9500GT (which also descends from the G96 core). The desktop CPU 9600 GT has a 256 bit memory bus and is therefore much faster.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce 9600M Series

GeForce 9650M GT 32@550MHz

GeForce 9600M GT 32@500MHz

GeForce 9600M GS 32@430MHz

CodenameNB9P-GS
Pipelines32 - unified
Core Speed *500 MHz
Shader Speed *1250 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption23 Watt
Transistors314 Million
technology65 nm
FeaturesPCI-E 2.0, 1250 MHz Shader Taktung, 400 MHz Speichertaktung bei GDDR2, 800 MHz bei GDDR3, PureVideo HD Technologie (VP3), Hybrid SLI mit HybridPower (mit aktuellen nVidia Chipsätzen).
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement04.06.2008
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_960...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 16887     avg: 26807 (61%)     max: 34297 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
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min: 11820     avg: 14889 (26%)     max: 17184 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 5684     avg: 9592 (40%)     max: 11344 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 3930     avg: 5163 (27%)     max: 6296 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
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min: 2487     avg: 3392 (27%)     max: 3905 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU
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min: 5.9     avg: 6 (87%)     max: 5.9 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games
0% 100%
min: 5.5     avg: 6 (81%)     max: 5.5 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
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min: 2765     avg: 3651 (46%)     max: 5177 Points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
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min: 1227     avg: 1472 (11%)     max: 1719 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
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min: 982     avg: 1192 (9%)     max: 1400 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.

Anno 1404
Anno 1404 (2009)
low:
91  fps      Compare
ultra:
14  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Sims 3 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)
low:
82.1  fps      Compare
med.:
38.5  fps      Compare
high:
19.4  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
low:
30.8  fps      Compare
med.:
22.4  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead (2008)
low:
148  fps      Compare
high:
76  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 (2008)
high:
18  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Crysis Warhead
Crysis Warhead (2008)
low:
45  fps      Compare
ultra:
7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Racedriver: GRID
Racedriver: GRID (2008)
low:
42.7  fps      Compare
med.:
32.8  fps      Compare
high:
20.2  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
low:
123.3 133.2 142 ~ 133 fps      Compare
med.:
40.2 46.9 49 ~ 45 fps      Compare
high:
18.2 25.7 ~ 22 fps      Compare