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NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

The Nvidia GeForce GT 130M is a DirectX 10 graphics card for notebooks and  technically a higher clocked GeForce 9650M GT with a lower current consumption . It is produced in 55nm and the current consumption is similar to the 9600M GT which is produced in 65nm. As the 9600M GT it features the PureVideo HD video processor (VP3) and HybridPower support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the GT 130M 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 9600M GT, the GT 130M features 32 stream processors that do the graphic work of the vertex- and Pixel-shaders.

The performance of the GT 130M should be somewhere near the 9650M GS. Therfore high end games like GTA 4 and Crysis wont run in high settings, but less demanding games (like Lef 4 Dead) should run fluently in high settings.

PhysX is only supported when two GeForce GT 130M are used in SLI-Mode (one GPU dedicated for PhysX) as the 130M is not powerful enough to calculate both graphics and PhysX. 

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the GT 130M is similar to the GeForce 9500GT or GT 120 (which also descend from the G96 core). The desktop CPU GeForce 130 has a wider memory bus and more pipelines.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce GT 100M Series

GeForce GT 130M 32@600MHz

GeForce GT 120M 32@500MHz

CodenameN10P-GE1
Pipelines32 - unified
Core Speed *600 MHz
Shader Speed *1400 MHz
Memory Speed *1066 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
technology55 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.1, 7.1 Sound over HDMI, PCI-E 2.0, 600 MHz GDDR2, 1066 MHz GDDR3, PureVideo HD Technologie (VP3), Hybrid SLI with HybridPower (with a supported Nvidia chipset, PhysX (in SLI-Mode), HDMI up to 1920x1200, Displayport theoretisch (if supported by the laptop) up to 2560x1600 
Notebook Sizemedium sized
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: 20959     avg: 26050 (59%)     max: 29892 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 15171     avg: 16538 (28%)     max: 18722 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 9692     avg: 10417 (44%)     max: 11836 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 4716     avg: 5610 (29%)     max: 6463 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 3133     avg: 3717 (30%)     max: 4379 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU
0% 100%
min: 4.1     avg: 5 (74%)     max: 5.9 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games
0% 100%
min: 3.8     avg: 5 (68%)     max: 5.5 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
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min: 3013     avg: 3287 (42%)     max: 3604 Points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 1595     avg: 1682 (12%)     max: 1821 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 1321     avg: 1379 (10%)     max: 1489 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:
97.4  fps      Compare
ultra:
14.8  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:
100.4 124.2 ~ 112 fps      Compare
med.:
40.3 43.4 ~ 42 fps      Compare
high:
21 27.5 ~ 24 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
low:
38.1  fps      Compare
med.:
26.1  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead (2008)
low:
98.8  fps      Compare
high:
63  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Far Cry 2 (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Racedriver: GRID
Racedriver: GRID (2008)
low:
65.9 74.6 ~ 70 fps      Compare
med.:
40.5 41.6 ~ 41 fps      Compare
high:
21.6 23.3 ~ 22 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
low:
132.6 229.4 ~ 181 fps      Compare
med.:
48.9 84.3 ~ 67 fps      Compare
high:
25 37.3 ~ 31 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Supreme Commander - FA Bench
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
med.:
30.3  fps      Compare
high:
21.4  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
51.2 51.3 61.1 79.6 ~ 61 fps      Compare