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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
SeriesGeForce GT 100M
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, max: 29892 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 15171, avg: 16538, max: 18722 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
      min: 9692, avg: 10417, max: 11836 Points
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3DMark 06:
0% 100%
      min: 4716, avg: 5610, max: 6463 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 3013, avg: 3287, max: 3604 Points
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3DMark Vantage: - P Result 1280x1024
0% 100%
      min: 1595, avg: 1682, max: 1821 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 38 benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

Anno 1404
Anno 1404 (2009)
low:
97.4  fps
ultra:
14.8  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)
low:
100.4 124.2 ~ 112 fps
med.:
40.3 43.4 ~ 42 fps
high:
21 27.5 ~ 24 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
low:
38.1  fps
med.:
26.1  fps
high:
26.1  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead (2008)
low:
98.8  fps
high:
63  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Racedriver: GRID
Racedriver: GRID (2008)
low:
65.9 74.6 ~ 70 fps
med.:
40.5 41.6 ~ 41 fps
high:
21.6 23.3 ~ 22 fps
» 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
med.:
48.9 84.3 ~ 67 fps
high:
25 37.3 ~ 31 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Supreme Commander - FA Bench
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
med.:
30.3  fps
high:
21.4  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
51.2 51.3 61.1 79.6 ~ 61 fps
med.:
29 31.4 34 34.4 ~ 32 fps
high:
18 18.8 18.9 19.1 ~ 19 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
47.9 52.7 67.2 74 ~ 60 fps
med.:
29.7 29.8 32 32.8 ~ 31 fps
high:
16.4 16.9 17.2 17.7 ~ 17 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
high:
15  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Call of Juarez Benchmark
Call of Juarez Benchmark (2006)
high:
11.4  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
high:
125.6  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
253 417 ~ 335 fps
med.:
8 187 ~ 98 fps
high:
8 65 ~ 37 fps
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Quake 4
Quake 4 (2005)
low:
62.2  fps
med.:
62  fps
high:
59.4  fps
ultra:
56.7  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (2005)
low:
260.8  fps
med.:
89.5  fps
high:
21.6  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Counter-Strike Source
Counter-Strike Source (2004)
high:
207.3  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
172.3  fps
med.:
173  fps
high:
150.3  fps
ultra:
112.6  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
192.2 463.7 510.8 ~ 389 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

Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M graphics card

Acer Aspire 5935G (Intel Core 2 Duo T9550, 15.6")
» Review Acer Aspire 5935G Notebook - Review
» Acer Aspire 5935G - External Review

Asus Lamborghini VX5 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000, 16.1")
» Asus Lamborghini VX5 - External Review

Asus N51V (Intel Core 2 Duo T9550, 15.6")
» Asus N51V - External Review

Asus N51VF (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 15.6")
» Review Asus N51V Notebook - Review

Asus N51Vf (Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, 15.6")
» Asus N51Vf - External Review

Asus N70SV (Intel Core 2 Duo T9550, 17.3")
» Asus N70SV - External Review

Asus N90SV (Intel Core 2 Duo T9550, 18.4")
» Asus N90SV - External Review

HP HDX 16-1370us (Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, 16.0")
» HP HDX 16-1370us - External Review

LG P510-U.CPCAG Sambuci (Intel Core 2 Duo T9800, 15.4")
» LG P510-U.CPCAG Sambuci - External Review

MSI GX723 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 17.0")
» MSI GX723 - External Review

 

Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2009-11-19)