NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

GeForce 8400M GS videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 May 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $14.99. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G86.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 3.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 16. Floating-point performance - 25.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 210 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 11 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR2 / GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 6.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38579
109
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
37
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
40 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
40.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 109
PassMark - G2D Mark 37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 40 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 40.000 Fps

Games performance

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x48087.00
Medium, 640x48067.80
High, 800x60057.00
Ultra, 1024x76832.80

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768192.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G86
Launch date 9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $14.99
Place in performance rating 1694
Price now $14.99
Type Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 7.22

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 11 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-I

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0