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.
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Series | GeForce 9M |
| Codename | NB9P |
| Pipelines | 32 - unified |
| Core Speed * | 500 MHz |
| Shader Speed * | 1250 MHz |
| Memory Speed * | 800 MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR2, GDDR3 |
| Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB |
| Shared Memory | no |
| DirectX | DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 |
| Current Consumption | 23 Watt |
| Transistors | 314 Million |
| technology | 65 nm |
| Features | PCI-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 Size | medium sized |
| Date of Announcement | 04.06.2008 |
| Link to Manufacturer Page | http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_960... |
benchmarks
3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 22291, avg: 26039, max: 31580 Points ... More Details
3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 12348, avg: 14160, max: 17047 Points ... More Details
3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 5684, avg: 8852, max: 10982 Points ... More Details
3DMark 06:
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min: 3930, avg: 5036, max: 5860 Points ... More Details
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo: - highest 1024x768
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min: 337, avg: 445, max: 525 fps ... More Details
F.E.A.R.: - GPU min, CPU min 640x480
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min: 169, avg: 301, max: 403 fps ... More Details
F.E.A.R.: - GPU medium, CPU medium 800x600
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min: 29, avg: 53, max: 153 fps ... More Details
F.E.A.R.: - GPU: max, CPU: max 1024x768
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min: 27, avg: 40, max: 75 fps ... More Details
Doom 3: - Low 640x480
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min: 167.5, avg: 169, max: 169.7 fps ... More Details
Doom 3: - Medium 800x600
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min: 155.4, avg: 155, max: 155.4 fps ... More Details
Doom 3: - High 800x600
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min: 146.8, avg: 147, max: 146.8 fps ... More Details
Doom 3: - Ultra 1024x768
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min: 85, avg: 101, max: 117.9 fps ... More Details
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card - Average benchmark values for this graphics cardBased on 68 benchmarks
| 3DMark 05in comparison | ||
| Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 (min) | 234 | |
| ... | ||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M | 8450 | |
| ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 | 8530 | |
| ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT | 8769 | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT | 8852 | |
| NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M | 9075 | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT | 9102 | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS | 9212 | |
| ... | ||
| ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 (max) | 20115 | |
Gaming Performance
The gaming benchmarks below were conducted with a 9600M GT containing 512 MB GDDR3 graphics memory and a fast Core 2 Duo CPU. Using a slower CPU and / or slower memory, a slower performance has to be expected (e.g., 20% slower with GDDR3).
Crysis: 1024x768, med: 25 fps -> playable (only in low fully playable)
Unreal Tournament 3: 1280x800, Stufe 3/5 -> fully playable
Call of Duty 4: 1024x768, high Details: 50 fps -> fully playable
Supreme Commander (Gameplay, Multiplayer 2vs2): 1024x768, med -> playable
Race Driver Grid: 1024x768, med -> fully playable
Colin Mc Rae Dirt: 1024x768, med Details: 30 fps -> playable
Gothic 3: 1024x768, high Details: 35 fps -> fully playable
Lost Planet: 1024x768, med Details, DX10: 30 fps -> playable
Current games (08-2008) are all fully playable (but not at the hightest settings) with the 9600M GT. Older or less demanding games can be played with full settings enabled. Compared to the old 8600M GT, the 9600M GT shows a clearly better performance (also because of the faster CPUs).
Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card
Acer 5930G-944G32BN (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 15.4")
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Acer Aspire 7730G (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 17.0")
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Samsung Aura P8400 Madril (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 15.4")
» User Review: Samsung R560 Madril Notebook - Review
MSI Megabook GX620 (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 15.4")
» MSI Megabook GX620 - External Review
MSI Megabook GX720 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 17.1")
» MSI Megabook GX720 - External Review
HP Pavilion dv5-1011ea (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 15.4")
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HP Pavilion dv5-1032eg (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 15.4")
» Short Review HP Pavilion dv5-1032eg Entertainment Notebook - Review
» HP Pavilion dv5-1032eg - External Review
HP Pavilion dv5-1040eg (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv5-1040eg - External Review
HP Pavilion dv7-1050eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 17.1")
» Review HP Pavilion dv7-1050eg / 1045eg Notebook - Review
» HP Pavilion dv7-1050eg - External Review
HP Pavilion dv7-1070eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 17.1")
» HP Pavilion dv7-1070eg - External Review
HP Pavilion dv7t (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 17.0")
» HP Pavilion dv7t - External Review
HP Pavilion HDX18 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 18.0")
» HP Pavilion HDX18 - External Review
Samsung R560 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 15.4")
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LG S510 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 15.4")
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