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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M SLI is a graphics solution that combines two Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M with an SLI connection. As not every game supports SLI efficiently, the performance increase compared to a single card is only about 0-40%. The most frequently used technique is Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR), where each card take turns rendering a frame in an alternating manner. Therefore, the SLI solution may suffer from noticeable micro stuttering at frame-rates between 20-30 fps (due to display irregularities between each rendered frame).

Each of the two GeForce GTX 285M is based on the G92b core and is therefore produced in 55nm. It features the full 128 pipelines of the G92b core and is therefore comparable to the desktop 9800M GTX+ and not the desktop GTX 280.

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M SLI in laptops with Core 2 Duo CPUs is bundled with the GeForce 9400M G chipset and therefore supports HybridPower (if the manufacturer enables it). With HybridPower, both GTX cards can be disabled and only the chipset graphics core can run, leading to improved battery life (and possibly less fan noise). Modern Core i7 laptops are using an Intel chipset and do not support HybridPower.

Since there are two GTX 285M cards active in SLI, the electrical current consumption and exhumed heat are about twice as much as what a single GTX 285M can produce. Due to the large power and cooling requirements, this SLI combination can only be found in large DTR laptops (like the Alienware M17x).

GeForce GTX 200M Series

GeForce GTX 285M SLI 256 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1020 MHz
GeForce GTX 280M SLI compare 256 @ 0.59 GHz256 Bit @ 950 MHz
GeForce GTX 260M SLI compare 224 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 950 MHz
GeForce GTX 285M compare 128 @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 1020 MHz
GeForce GTX 280M compare 128 @ 0.59 GHz256 Bit @ 950 MHz
GeForce GTX 260M compare 112 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 950 MHz
CodenameN10E-GTX
ArchitectureG9x
Pipelines256 - unified
Core Speed576 MHz
Shader Speed1500 MHz
Memory Speed1020 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory2048 (2x1024) MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption150 Watt
Transistor Count1.5 Billion
technology55 nm
FeaturesHybridPower, PureVideo HD, CUDA, PhysX ready
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement02.03.2009
InformationMXM 3
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 4418     avg: 4616     median: 4482 (3%)     max: 4949 points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 29.33     avg: 30.7     median: 30.7 (11%)     max: 32.04 fps
- 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.

high 1366x768
81.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
50.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
med. 1024x768
118.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
113.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
84.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Risen

Risen

2009
med. 1024x768
103.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
84.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
58  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
med. 1024x768
86.2  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
85.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
79.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
med. 1024x768
127.1  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
103.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
69.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
high 1280x1024
127.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
87.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
74.2  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
62  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
26.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
73.9  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
59.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Battlefield: Bad Company 281.550.6
CoD Modern Warfare 2118.1113.984.3
Risen103.584.758
Need for Speed Shift86.285.379.8
Colin McRae: DIRT 2127.1103.769.9
Anno 140489.4
F.E.A.R. 2127.587.7
Crysis - GPU Benchmark74.26226.9
Crysis - CPU Benchmark73.959.324.9
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