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Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 | NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT | 15.40" | 2.5 kg
The Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT is a DirectX 10 graphics card for notebooks andsuccessor to the 8600M GT. Compared to the 8600M GT or 9500M GS, the 9600M GT was produced in 65nm (allows higher clock rates with the same current consumption) and features a new PureVideo HD video processor (VP3) and HybridPower support.
In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9600M GT supports Hybrid-SLI (only HybridPower). HybridPower is a technique to choose between the integrated and dedicated graphics core, if performance or battery runtime is needed. This works only in Windows Vista. Up to now the user has to use a tool to switch between the GPUs. Later Nvidia wants to switch automatically in the drivers. GeForceBoost is not supported with this card, as there would be no performance gain.
As the 8600M GT, the 9600M GT features 32 stream processors that do the graphic work of the vertex- and pixel-shaders.
The performance of the 9600M GT should be somewhere between the 9500M GS and the 8700M GT (depends if GDDR2 or GDDR3 memory chips are used).
Compared to desktop graphics cards, the 9600M GT is similar to the GeForce 9500GT (which also descends from the G96 core). The desktop CPU 9600 GT has a 256 bit memory bus and is therefore much faster.
GeForce 9600M Series
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Codename | NB9P-GS | |||||||||
Architecture | G9x | |||||||||
Pipelines | 32 - unified | |||||||||
Core Speed | 500 MHz | |||||||||
Shader Speed | 1250 MHz | |||||||||
Memory Speed | 800 MHz | |||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | |||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | |||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 1024 MB | |||||||||
Shared Memory | no | |||||||||
API | DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 | |||||||||
Power Consumption | 23 Watt | |||||||||
Transistor Count | 314 Million | |||||||||
technology | 65 nm | |||||||||
Features | PCI-E 2.0, 1250 MHz Shader Taktung, 400 MHz Speichertaktung bei GDDR2, 800 MHz bei GDDR3, PureVideo HD Technologie (VP3), Hybrid SLI mit HybridPower (mit aktuellen nVidia Chipsätzen). | |||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | |||||||||
Date of Announcement | 04.06.2008 | |||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.com |
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.
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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Anno 1404 | 91 | 14 | ||||
F.E.A.R. 2 | 82.1 | 38.48 | 19.35 | |||
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto | 30.83 | 22.4 | ||||
Left 4 Dead | 148 | 76 | ||||
Far Cry 2 | 18 | |||||
Crysis Warhead | 45 | 7 | ||||
Racedriver: GRID | 42.7 | 32.8 | 20.2 | |||
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare | 133 | 45 | 22 | |||
Supreme Commander - FA Bench | 24 | 17 | ||||
Crysis - GPU Benchmark | 62 | 25 | 14 | |||
Crysis - CPU Benchmark | 59 | 24 | 14 | |||
World in Conflict - Benchmark | 49 | 24 | ||||
Call of Juarez Benchmark | 9 | |||||
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion | 41 | |||||
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark | 133 | |||||
F.E.A.R. | 302 | 68 | 40 | |||
World of Warcraft | 250.5 | 82.6 | 20.2 | |||
Counter-Strike Source | 270 | |||||
Doom 3 | 188 | 189 | 173 | 133 | ||
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo | 456 | |||||
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 4 3 5 | 4 4 2 1 | 10 2 1 4 | 2 1 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
The gaming benchmarks below were conducted with a 9600M GT containing 512 MB GDDR3 graphics memory and a fast Core 2 Duo CPU. Using a slower CPU and / or slower memory, a slower performance has to be expected (e.g., 20% slower with GDDR3).
Crysis: 1024x768, med: 25 fps -> playable (only in low fully playable)
Unreal Tournament 3: 1280x800, Stufe 3/5 -> fully playable
Call of Duty 4: 1024x768, high Details: 50 fps -> fully playable
Supreme Commander (Gameplay, Multiplayer 2vs2): 1024x768, med -> playable
Race Driver Grid: 1024x768, med -> fully playable
Colin Mc Rae Dirt: 1024x768, med Details: 30 fps -> playable
Gothic 3: 1024x768, high Details: 35 fps -> fully playable
Lost Planet: 1024x768, med Details, DX10: 30 fps -> playable
Current games (08-2008) are all fully playable (but not at the hightest settings) with the 9600M GT. Older or less demanding games can be played with full settings enabled. Compared to the old 8600M GT, the 9600M GT shows a clearly better performance (also because of the faster CPUs).
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