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NVIDIA GeForce G 105M

NVIDIA GeForce G 105M

The Nvidia GeForce G105M is a higher clocked GeForce 9300M G and therefore a DirectX 10 capable graphics adapter for small and thin notebooks.

Compared to the 9300M G, the GeForce G 105M features only 8. To overcome this downside, it features a higher clockspeed. Furthermore, it integrates the new VP3 video processor (8400M, 9300M G had VP2) with more video features and better hd-video decoding support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G / 9400M integrated graphics, the G 105M supports Hybrid-SLI (HybridPower and GeForceBoost). 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 uses the integrated graphics core of the 9100M G and the dedicated of the G 105M in SLI-Mode to achieve better frame rates.

As the 8400M G, the 105M G features 8 stream processors that do the work of the former dedicated Pixel- and vertex-shaders. The unified shaders of Nvidia are 1-dimensional (AMD has 5-dimensional shaders which leads to the higher number of shaders).

Modern DirectX 10 games will run only in low details and resolutions. Older DirectX 9 games, like HalfLife 2 or Far Cry run fluently in medium to high details.

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the upcoming 9300 GE / GS should be similar, as it will also stem from the G98 core. Still the desktop counterparts are usually higher clocked and therefore faster.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce G 100M Series

GeForce G 110M 16@400MHz

GeForce G 105M 8@640MHz

GeForce G 103M 8@640MHz

GeForce G 102M 16@450MHz

CodenameN10M-GE1
Pipelines8 - unified
Core Speed *640 MHz
Shader Speed *1600 MHz
Memory Speed *700 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption14 Watt
technology65 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.1, GeForce Boost, kein PhysX Support, Unterstützte Auflösungen (wenn vom NB Hersteller unterstützt): HDMI: 1920x1200, DisplayPort: 2560x1600, VGA/LCD: 2048x1536, PCI-E 2.0, 7.1 Sound over HDMI (wenn vom Hersteller unterstützt), 23x23mm Package
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement08.01.2009
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/object/product_gef...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 10430     avg: 13678 (31%)     max: 16121 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 5010     avg: 6626 (11%)     max: 8146 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 3243     avg: 4214 (18%)     max: 5459 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 1447     avg: 2409 (13%)     max: 3089 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 2423     avg: 2739 (22%)     max: 3063 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU
0% 100%
min: 3.4     avg: 3 (50%)     max: 3.4 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games
0% 100%
min: 4.7     avg: 5 (69%)     max: 4.7 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 1110     avg: 2330 (30%)     max: 2976 Points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 788     avg: 788 (6%)     max: 788 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 646     avg: 646 (5%)     max: 646 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
0% 100%
min: 3.9     avg: 4 (57%)     max: 4.7 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
0% 100%
min: 5.4     avg: 5 (75%)     max: 5.5 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:
26 36.5 ~ 31 fps      Compare
ultra:
4.2  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Sims 3
Sims 3 (2009)
low:
97.8 109.9 ~ 104 fps      Compare
med.:
23.5 25.8 ~ 25 fps      Compare
high:
13.2  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Racedriver: GRID
Racedriver: GRID (2008)
low:
39.3 46.6 ~ 43 fps      Compare
med.:
12 19.2 ~ 16 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
24.4 28.2 ~ 26 fps      Compare
med.:
10.9 13.8 ~ 12 fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
23.5 33.5 ~ 29 fps      Compare
med.:
10.7 15.1 ~ 13 fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
med.:
14  fps      Compare
high:
7  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Command and Conquer III (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
341  fps      Compare
med.:
76  fps      Compare
high:
27  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (2005)
low:
50.9 147 ~ 99 fps      Compare