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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

NVidia GeForce 8400M GS is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8400M GT video card (because of the smaller 64 Bit memory bus). The performance is slightly above the 7400 and, therefore, it can represent current (not very demanding) games fluently with reduced details / resolutions. Demanding games like Crysis can only be run in very low details and resolutions. 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 16 of the so called stream processors do the graphic work.

One advantage of the GeForce 8000 series is the integrated PureVideo video processor. It can support the CPU in decoding H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, and WMV9 encoded videos in HD quality > PureVideo Product Comparison

Compared to desktop cards, the 8400M GS can be compared to the 8400 GS which has a 50 MHz higher core clock (and is therefore a bit faster).

ManufacturerNVIDIA
SeriesGeForce 8M
CodenameG86M
Pipelines16 - unified
Core Speed *400 MHz
Shader Speed *800 MHz
Memory Speed *600 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2 / GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory256 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption11 Watt
Transistors210 Million
technology80 nm
Features800 MHZ Shader-Taktfrequenz, PureVideo Technologie (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 Decodierbeschleunigung), 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
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement09.05.2007
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.de/page/geforce_8400M....
* 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: 10921, avg: 12724, max: 15120 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 4199, avg: 4798, max: 5434 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 1938, avg: 2671, max: 3213 Points
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3DMark 06:
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      min: 1066, avg: 1380, max: 1645 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 2056, avg: 2127, max: 2193 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 67 benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

Command and Conquer III
Command and Conquer III (2007)
high:
16  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
137 162 233 240 250 252 281 283 289 300 300 305 ~ 253 fps
med.:
46 47 48 49 52 52 52 54 55 55 56 57 ~ 52 fps
high:
12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 29 ~ 15 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
65.2 83.5 87 93.4 98.3 ~ 85 fps
med.:
63 65.1 67.9 82.1 100.3 ~ 76 fps
high:
44.2 50.9 57 59.8 65.1 ~ 55 fps
ultra:
27.6 27.6 32.8 36.5 40.8 ~ 33 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
107.4 122 127 143.8 175.4 192 199.1 221 223 231 234.2 ~ 180 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 8400M GS graphics card

Acer Aspire 7720G (Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, 17")
» Short Review Acer Aspire 7720G Notebook - Review

Dell Inspiron 1420 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 14.1")
» Dell Inspiron 1420 - External Review

Dell Inspiron 1520-PP22L (Intel Core 2 Duo T5250, 15.4")
» Review Dell Inspiron 1520 Notebook - Review
» Dell Inspiron 1520 - External Review

Dell Vostro 1400 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 14.1")
» Dell Vostro 1400 - External Review

Dell XPS M1330 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 13.3")
» Review Dell XPS M1330 Notebook - Review
» Dell XPS M1330 - External Review

HP dv6598eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» Review HP Pavilion dv6598eg Notebook - Review

HP Pavilion dv2699 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 14.1")
» HP Pavilion dv2699 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv2899 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5550, 14.1")
» HP Pavilion dv2899 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv2988eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 14.1")
» HP Pavilion dv2988eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv3000 (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 13.3")
» HP Pavilion dv3000 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6450eg (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6450eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6500z (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6500z - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6598eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6598eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6599eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6599eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6675us (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6675us - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6699eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6699eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6750ea (Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6750ea - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6880se (Intel Core 2 Duo T5550, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6880se - External Review

HP Pavilion dv9655ea (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 17.1")
» HP Pavilion dv9655ea - External Review

MSI Megabook EX700 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 17.1")
» MSI Megabook EX700 - External Review

Samsung Aura Damali (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 12.1")
» Review Samsung Q45 Notebook - Review

Samsung R70 Aura (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 15.4")
» Samsung R70 Aura - External Review

Samsung R700-A003UK (Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 17.1")
» Samsung R700-A003UK - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.3")
» Review Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C Subnotebook - Review
» Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 13.3")
» Review Sony Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C Subnotebook - Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SZ750N (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, 13.3")
» Sony Vaio VGN-SZ750N - External Review

Sony VAIO VGN-SZ791N (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 13.3")
» Sony Vaio VGN-SZ791N - External Review

Zepto Znote 3414W (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.4")
» Review Zepto Znote 3414W Notebook - Review
» Zepto Znote 3414W - External Review

 

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