NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
The Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS is a graphics adapter for laptops and based on the G94 core with 64 shader processors. The chip is produced in 65nm (512 MB) and later in 55nm (1024 MB versions). Therefore, the boards current consumption stays the same (75 Watt) for both versions.
Because of the additional shaders and high clock speed, the 9800M GTS is noticable faster than the 9700M GTS (see benchmarks below). Therefore, DirectX 10 games of 2008 should all be playable in medium to high details.
As all cards with DirectX 10 capabilities, the GeForce 9800M GTS renders the 3D images using "Unified Shaders". There don't exist any more dedicated pixel- and vertex shaders but 64 so called stream processors make the graphic work (which has been done by pixel and vertex shaders in former days). Furthermore, the shader units are higher clocked than the chip (1500 MHz).
An advantage of the GeForce 9000 series is the integrated PureVideo HD 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.
In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9800M GTS 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 to combine the integrated GPU with the 9800M GTS.
Compared to desktop graphics cards, the 9800M GTS should be a bit slower than the GeForce 8800 GS (which has a higher memory clock rate).
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Series | GeForce 9000M |
| Codename | NB9E-GT |
| Pipelines | 64 - unified |
| Core Speed * | 600 MHz |
| Shader Speed * | 1500 MHz |
| Memory Speed * | 800 MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 |
| Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB |
| Shared Memory | no |
| DirectX | DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 |
| Current Consumption | 75 Watt |
| Transistors | 504 Million |
| technology | 55 / 65 nm |
| Features | PureVideo HD, HybridPower, |
| Notebook Size | large |
| Date of Announcement | 15.07.2008 |
| Information | MXM 3 |
| Link to Manufacturer Page | http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_980... |
benchmarks
3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 36940, avg: 36940, max: 36940 Points ... More Details
3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 29179, avg: 29830, max: 30480 Points ... More Details
3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 16430, avg: 16430, max: 16430 Points ... More Details
3DMark 06:
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min: 9320, avg: 9585, max: 9700 Points ... More Details
3DMark Vantage: - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
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min: 4060, avg: 4060, max: 4060 Points ... More Details
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card - Average benchmark values for this graphics cardBased on 9 benchmarks
| 3DMark 05 in comparison | ||
| Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 (min) | 137 | |
| ... | ||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M | 15759 | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI | 16101 | |
| ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 | 16349 | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS | 16430 | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX | 16638 | |
| NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI | 16942 | |
| ATI FirePro M7740 | 17192 | |
| ... | ||
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI (max) | 19268 | |
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.
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
Gaming Performance
These benchmarks were conducted with high end notebooks (quad-core desktop CPU). Therefore, the performance with slower laptops may decrease.
Crysis: 1280x1024, very high: 21 fps -> not playable (in high playable)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: 1600x1200: 76 fps -> fluently playable
Half Life 2 - Episode 2: 1600x1200: 64 fps -> fluently playable
Supreme Commander: 1600x1200: 53 fps -> fluently playable
World in Conflict: 1280x1024: 30 fps -> playable
- GeForce 9M Serie im Vergleich (Daten von Nvidia mit Desktop Q6600 CPU)
Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS graphics card
Gateway FX P-7805u (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 17.0")
» Gateway FX P-7805u - External Review
Gateway P-7801u (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 17.0")
» Gateway P-7801u - External Review
Gateway P-7805u (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 17.0")
» Gateway P-7805u - External Review
Gateway P-7808u (Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000, 17.0")
» Gateway P-7808u - External Review
Gateway P-7811FX (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 17.0")
» Gateway P-7811FX - External Review
Packard Bell iPower GX-M-002GE (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 17.0")
» Packard Bell iPower GX-M-002GE - External Review
Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300, 17.0")
» Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 - External Review
