NVIDIA GeForce G 210M

The Nividia GeForce G210M or G 210 M is a DirectX 10.1 graphics adapter for notebooks based on the GT218 core. As its predecessor, it features 16 shaders but the clock rates have been greatly increased and also the shaders were improved (different core). Because of the 40nm process (compared to the 55nm process of the G110M) the maximum power consumption stays the same. The later announced GeForce 310M for Arrandale laptops is just a renamed GeForce G210M.

The core of the G210M is internally called GT218 and according to Nvidia based on the current high-end desktop architecture (GTX 200 series). Furthermore, Nvidia has improved the micro-architecture for further power saving and performance increases. Therefore, the performance per shader unit should be slightly improved compared to the previous generation.

As the G 110M / 8400M GT, the G 210M features 16 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).

The GeForce G210M also supports CUDA, DirectX Compute and OpenCL to use the shaders for other tasks than rendering images (like encoding videos or mathematical tasks). For these special tasks, the GPU can be noticeably faster than current CPUs. PhysX is not supported by the G210M because of too less shaders (for rendering and PhysX).

The mobile graphics card has a built in video decoder called PureVideo HD with VP4. The Video Processor 4 (VP4) supports the full decoding of H.264, VC-1, and now also MPEG-4 ASP (e.g. DivX or XviD). MPEG-1 still wont be supported, but the decoding of this codec is quite trivial on a CPU.

In conjunction with a chipset from Nvidia with integrated graphics (e.g. 9400M), the G 210M 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 (and possibly Windows 7). 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 Nvidia chipset (e.g. 105M) and the dedicated of the G 210M in SLI mode to achieve better frame rates.

The performance of the entry level G 210M is on a level with the older GeForce 9500M G. Therefore, older or less demanding games should run fluently with medium to high details. Demanding DirectX 10 games, like Crysis, are playable only in low detail settings and low resolutions. Some games like GTA4 or NFS Shift wont even run in the lowest settings fluently. See below for a list of games we tested with the G 210M and the framerate we achieved.

Depending on the the used type of graphics memory (GDDR2, GDDR3 or perhaps even DDR2/DDR3) the performance may differ noticeably.

The power consumption of the mobile graphics card is - like the 110M - 14 Watt (TDP). Furthermore, according to Nvidia, the new improved core does only need half of the power in Idle mode.

Manufacturer	NVIDIA
Series	GeForce G 200M
Codename	N10M-GS
Pipelines	16 - unified
Core Speed *	625 MHz
Shader Speed *	1500 MHz
Memory Speed *	800 MHz
Memory Bus Width	64 Bit
Memory Type	GDDR2, GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory	512 MB
Shared Memory	no
DirectX	DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Current Consumption	14 Watt
technology	40 nm
Features	DirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, HybridPower
Notebook Size	small and light
Date of Announcement	15.06.2009
Information	72 Gigaflops
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://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
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min: 17585, avg: 17682, max: 17779 Points ... More Details

3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 9881, avg: 10333, max: 10923 Points ... More Details

3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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min: 6449, avg: 6690, max: 6855 Points ... More Details

3DMark 06:
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min: 3047, avg: 3307, max: 3453 Points ... More Details

Cinebench R10: - Shading
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min: 2284, avg: 2573, max: 2811 Points ... More Details

3DMark Vantage: - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
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min: 1008, avg: 1023, max: 1039 Points ... More Details

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 19 benchmarks

3DMark 05 in comparison
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 (min)	137
...
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX	6600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M	6666
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS	6669
NVIDIA GeForce G 210M	6690
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700	6729
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550	6749
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570	6755
...
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.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010)

low:

27 28 ~ 28 fps

med.:

15 fps

high:

9 fps

ultra:

4 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009)

low:

56 fps

med.:

18 fps

high:

16 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Risen (2009)

low:

35 fps

med.:

15 fps

ultra:

6 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

Need for Speed Shift (2009)

low:

24 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009)

low:

28.9 fps

med.:

21.7 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

Anno 1404 (2009)

low:

51 fps

ultra:

9 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Sims 3 (2009)

low:

129 fps

med.:

51 fps

high:

14 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)

med.:

33 fps

high:

19 fps

ultra:

9 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...

Left 4 Dead (2008)

high:

36 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Far Cry 2 (2008)

low:

49 fps

high:

17.9 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Crysis Warhead (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...

Racedriver: GRID (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

low:

124 146 ~ 135 fps

high:

34.9 38.8 ~ 37 fps

ultra:

16.4 fps

» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

med.:

31 fps

high:

17 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

low:

34.3 fps

med.:

19.6 fps

high:

14.8 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

low:

45 fps

high:

5.6 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)

low:

48 fps

med.:

19.1 fps

high:

5.2 9.4 ~ 7 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

low:

89 fps

med.:

29 fps

high:

18 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Command and Conquer III (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...

Call of Juarez Benchmark (2006): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...

The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion (2006): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

high:

105 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

F.E.A.R. (2005)

low:

212 fps

med.:

98 fps

high:

34 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

Quake 4 (2005)

ultra:

51 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

World of Warcraft (2005)

low:

159 fps

med.:

67 fps

high:

16 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

Counter-Strike Source (2004)

high:

80 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Doom 3 (2004)

low:

123 fps

ultra:

74.8 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

high:

294 301.3 ~ 298 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

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

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