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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

The Nvidia Quadro NVS 150M is a business graphics adapater for notebooks. It is based on the GeForce 9300M GS consumer graphics card but features special drivers which are optimized for business applications. A short list of the applications which are certified for the NVS line can be found here (including MS Office, Exceed, Notes, McAffee, pcAnywhere, Bloomberg, Reuters, Tradestation).

The gaming performance should be similar to the GeForce 9300M GS and therefore only suited for less demanding games with low details. Still the business drivers are not optimized for games and may therefore show a worse performance (or some bugs). The memory is clocked either with 700 MHz (DDR3) or 400 MHz (DDR2) which is noticable slower.

Compared to the Quadro NVS 150M, the 160M features a higher clock speed and supports higher resolutions up to 1920x1200 (digital) or 2048x1536 (analog).

As the 9300M GS, the Quadro NVS 160M also supports PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics chip (and save current).

ManufacturerNVIDIA
SeriesQuadro NVS
Codename
Pipelines8 - unified
Core Speed *580 MHz
Shader Speed *1450 MHz
Memory Speed *700 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory256 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption12 Watt
technology65 nm
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement15.08.2008
InformationOpenGL 2.1, max. 1920x1200 (digital) bzw 2048x1536 (analog), max. 2 unabhängige Displays, PCI-Express x16, optionale Interfaces (des Chips): DP, VGA, DVI, LVDS, HDMI
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_nvs_...
* 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: 13740, avg: 13740, max: 13740 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 5278, avg: 5911, max: 6544 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 3250, avg: 3587, max: 3923 Points
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3DMark 06:
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      min: 1698, avg: 1939, max: 2278 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 2663, avg: 2864, max: 3006 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 11 benchmarks

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.

CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Risen (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Need for Speed Shift (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Anno 1404 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Sims 3 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Left 4 Dead (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Crysis Warhead (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
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): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Quake 4 (2005): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
297  fps
med.:
58  fps
high:
13  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World of Warcraft (2005): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Counter-Strike Source (2004): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
106.4  fps
med.:
106.6  fps
high:
78.5  fps
ultra:
49.8  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
210.7  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 Quadro NVS 160M graphics card

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2010-02- 4)