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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

NVidia GeForce 8400M GT is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8600M GS video card. The performance is slightly above the 7400 and therefore it can represent current games fluently with reduced details / 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 graphics adapters, the 8400M GT is a bit slower than the 8500 GT (because of the lower memory speed).

ManufacturerNVIDIA
SeriesGeForce 8M
CodenameG86M
Pipelines16 - unified
Core Speed *450 MHz
Shader Speed *900 MHz
Memory Speed *600 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3 / GDDR2
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption14 Watt
Transistors210 Million
technology80 nm
Features900 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 03: - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
      min: 6640, avg: 6640, max: 6640 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 2086, avg: 3587, max: 4235 Points
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3DMark 06:
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      min: 1033, avg: 1033, max: 1033 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 6 benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
95.7 114.2 ~ 105 fps
med.:
99.5 113.8 ~ 107 fps
high:
70.1 89.7 ~ 80 fps
ultra:
38.3 59.8 ~ 49 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.

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 GT graphics card

Sony Vaio VGN-AR41L (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 17.1")
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR41L - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-AR51E (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 17.1")
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR51E - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-AR51J (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 17.1")
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Sony Vaio VGN-AR51M (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 17.1")
» Review Sony Vaio VGN-AR51M Notebook - Review
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR51M - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-AR61 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 17.1")
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR61 - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-AR630E (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 17.1")
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR630E - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-AR71J (Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370, 17.0")
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR71J - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-AR730E (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, 17.1")
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR730E - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-AR830E (Intel Core 2 Duo T8300, 17.1")
» Sony Vaio VGN-AR830E - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11L (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11L - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11M (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 15,4")
» User Review Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11M - Review
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11M - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11Z (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11Z - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ180 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ180 - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ18G (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ18G - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ18M (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ18M - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.4")
» Review Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E Notebook - Review
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21E - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21M (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21M - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ280E (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ280E - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ470E (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ470E/B - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-FZ485U (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-FZ485U - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NR21S (Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NR21S - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NR21Z (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NR21Z - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NR31J/S (Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NR31J/S - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NR38Z/S (Intel Core 2 Duo T5750, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NR38Z/S - External Review

 

Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2009-09-24)