NVIDIA NVS 2100M
The Nvidia Quadro NVS 3100M is a business graphics card that is based on the GT218 core (e.g. GeForce G210M / NVS 3100M) but with drivers that are optimized for stability and compatibility in business applications). Compared to the NVS 3100M, the NVS 2100M features a lower clock rate and therefore a bit slower performance.
Therefore, it is an entry level graphics card with low 3D performance that should be sufficient for low end games and demanding games in very low detail settings and resolutions. For example the old FEAR ran on a (faster) G210M in medium to high details fluently. Still, because of the "business drivers", the gaming performance of the NVS2100M may be worse.
The NVS 2100M supports PureVideo HD (with Video Processor VP4) to decode HD videos in the formats H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP using the GPU. This helps reducing the CPU load and should lead to higher battery runtimes when viewing HD videos.
The chip should also support CUDA and DirectX Compute to access the computing power of the graphics card for general tasks (like encoding a video).
The power consumption of under 14 Watt (TDP of G210M) is relatively high for a business notebook, but compared to integrated graphic cards, the NVS 2100M should still provide more 3D performance.
NVS Series
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| Architecture | GT2xx | |||||||||
| Pipelines | 16 - unified | |||||||||
| Core Speed | 535 MHz | |||||||||
| Shader Speed | 1230 MHz | |||||||||
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | |||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | |||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR3, DDR3 | |||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 512 MB | |||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | |||||||||
| API | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 | |||||||||
| Man. Technology | 40 nm | |||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 07.01.2010 | |||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.com | |||||||||
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
* 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.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | 26 | 12 | ||||
| Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare | 93 | 30 | ||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
Notebook reviews with NVIDIA NVS 2100M graphics card
Toshiba Tecra S11-124: Intel Core i5-520M, 15.60", 2.5 kg
External Review » Toshiba Tecra S11-124
Toshiba Tecra A11-S3540: Intel Core i7-620M, 15.60", 2.6 kg
External Review » Toshiba Tecra A11-S3540
Toshiba Tecra S11-11H: Intel Core i5-520M, 15.60", 2.6 kg
External Review » Toshiba Tecra S11-11H
Toshiba Tecra A11-S3530 : Intel Core i5-520M, 15.60", 2.6 kg
External Review » Toshiba Tecra A11-S3530

