NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI vs vs Intel Extreme Graphics 2
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI
► remove from comparisonTwo Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX cards are combined in SLI. With this setup, users should be able to play DirectX 10 PC games on high detail settings and resolutions. Nonetheless, not every game supports SLI efficiently. As a result, only an increase of 0-40% is obtainable over a single 8800M GTX, depending on the application and driver support. Overall performance should still be similar to a 9800M GT SLI combination.
A particular feature of the GeForce 8800M GTX SLI is Unified Shaders. Dedicated pixel and vertex shaders have been replaced with 2x96 Stream Processors, which have now taken over much of the graphics rendering work. The Shader units are also clocked higher than the core chip itself (1250 MHz versus 800 MHz).
The performance of an 8800M GTX in SLI is much better than an 8700M GT in SLI and even the GeForce 7950 GTX in SLI.
The current consumption (about 2x35 Watt TDP) and created heat of dual 8800M GTX cards are much higher compared to the 8700M GT in SLI. This reserves the 8800M GTX SLI setup for larger laptops with more powerful (and possibly louder) cooling solutions.
Intel Extreme Graphics 2
► remove from comparisonThe Intel Extreme Graphics 2 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on the Intel 852 / 855 GM, GME, GMV chipsets for Centrino, Pentium 4 and Celeron based laptops. The 3D performance is very low and therefore the graphics card is not suited for 3D games. For example the 3D Mark 05 does not start due to the lack of pixel shader support. Furthermore, the card does not support Windows Aero in Vista and Windows 7.
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI | Intel Extreme Graphics 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Codename | NB8E-GTX | Montara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | G9x | Gen. 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 192 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 500 MHz | 133 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shader Speed | 1250 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 800 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 512 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 | DirectX 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 130 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 1.5 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 65 nm | 150 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | 1250 MHz Shader frequence, probably: PureVideo Technology (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 Decoder acceleration), HDCP-capable, PowerMizer 7.0 energy management (dynamic switching between performance and energy saving), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed for Windows Vista, Dual-Link DVI-D exits for resolutions of TFT up to 2560x1600, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread technology | GDI und DirectX / DirectDraw mit Overlay Unterstützung, XFree86, XAA, Xv Unterstützung für Linux, Multi-Monitor Unterstützung, Dual Monitor Support, bis zu 96 MB vom Hauptspeicher (dynamisch) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 19.11.2007 | 03.12.2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Information | 2 graphic cards combined by SLI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.com | www.intel.com |