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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

NVidia GeForce 8400M G is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower and reduced 8400M GT video card with halved memory connection and only halve as much stream processors. The performance is slightly above the 7400 and therefore it can represent DirectX 9 games fluently with reduced details / resolutions. It is too weak for modern DirectX 10 games (at least for higher details). For people who play occasionally, it may be sufficient.

The particularity of this video card are the "Unified Shader". Pixel- and vertex-shaders do not exist any more but 8 of the so called stream processors do the graphic work.

Compared to the faster GS and GT model, the 8400M G does only accellerate MPEG-2 videos with its PureVideo engine. > PureVideo Comparison

Currently there is no desktop graphics card that can be compared to the 8400M G. The 8400 Pro is much faster and compareable to the 8400M GS card.

GeForce 8400M Series

GeForce 8400M GT compare 16 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M GS compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M G 8 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
CodenameG86M
Pipelines8 - unified
Core Speed400 MHz
Shader Speed800 MHz
Memory Speed600 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3 / GDDR2
Max. Amount of Memory256 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption10 Watt
Transistor Count210 Million
technology80 nm
Features800 MHZ Shader-Taktfrequenz, HDCP-fähig, PowerMizer 7.0 Energieverwaltung (dynamisches umschalten zwischen Leistung und Energiesparen), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed für Windows Vista, 16x Vollbild AA, 16x winkelunabhängiges AF, 128-Bit HDR Ausleuchtung mit AA, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread Technologie
Date of Announcement09.05.2007
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 7492     avg: 7600     median: 7560 (8%)     max: 7778 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 2597     avg: 2849     median: 2923 (2%)     max: 2954 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 894     avg: 1684     median: 1754.5 (2%)     max: 1994 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +
3DMark 06
min: 1021     avg: 1116     median: 1112 (1%)     max: 1217 points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 +
3DMark 06
min: 1029     avg: 1165     median: 1071 (1%)     max: 1545 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
15.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
5.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Additional Benchmarks
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1280x800
8.4
11.9
Medium 0xAF 0xAA 1280x800
4.1
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1440x900
7.9
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
13.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
5.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Additional Benchmarks
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1280x800
7.3
10.9
Medium 0xAF 0xAA 1280x800
4.1
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1440x900
6
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
60 176 181 188 189 ~ 159 fps    + Compare
med. 800x600
22 32 32 34 37 ~ 31 fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
10 11 11 12 12 ~ 11 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
59.9 60.7 65.5 ~ 62 fps    + Compare
med. 640x480
46.3 59.6 60.4 ~ 55 fps    + Compare
high 800x600
38.7 40.5 44.6 ~ 41 fps    + Compare
ultra 1024x768
20.9 25 27.2 ~ 24 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
123 125.8 126 140.4 ~ 129 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Crysis - GPU Benchmark15.275.14
Crysis - CPU Benchmark13.555.1
F.E.A.R.1593111
Doom 362554124
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo129
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Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G graphics card

 

Review Acer Aspire 7520G-602G40 Notebook

Attractive Multimedia Notebook with enormous Storage Capacity. In this review the Acer Aspire 7520G, a 17 inch notebook with modern look, proves a good performa...
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G | 17.00" | 3.8 kg
 

Review Asus Pro31S (F3SC) Notebook

Old Friend. At a closer look the Asus Pro31S, offered by MediaMarkt, turned actually out to be a F3SC, a well sold model of the well-known Asus F3 series. Obvio...
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G | 15.40" | 2.9 kg
 

Review Asus F3SC Notebook

Allrounder. Asus also little by little utilizes the new Intel Santa Rosa technology. The F3 series, a 15.4 inch multimedia series, which is very popular, becaus...
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G | 15.40" | 2.9 kg

One B4390: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 15.40", 2.7 kg
  External Review » One B4390

Asus U3S: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.30", 1.8 kg
  External Review » Asus U3S

HP Pavilion dv2800t: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 14.10", 2.3 kg
  External Review » HP Pavilion dv2800t

Asus U2E: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 11.10", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Asus U2E

Asus F9Dc: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56, 12.10", 1.9 kg
  External Review » Asus F9Dc

Asus F9S: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 12.10", 1.9 kg
  External Review » Asus F9S

LG E500-S APCBG: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.40", 2.7 kg
  External Review » LG E500-S APCBG

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa2548: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64, 15.40", 2.9 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa2548

Benq Joybook R56: Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 15.40", 2.9 kg
  External Review » Benq Joybook R56

Asus U3S: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.30", 1.8 kg
  External Review » Asus U3S

Samsung Q70: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.30", 2 kg
  External Review » Samsung Q70

Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook E8410: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 15.40", 2.7 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu-Siemens LifeBook E8410

Asus W7S: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 13.30", 2 kg
  External Review » Asus W7S

Asus F3SC: Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 15.40", 2.8 kg
  External Review » Asus F3SC

Asus A8SC: Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 14.10", 2.4 kg
  External Review » Asus A8SC

Asus A7S: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 17.10", 4 kg
  External Review » Asus A7S

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