NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT videocard review

GeForce 8700M GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 June 2007. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G84.

Core clock speed - 625 MHz. Texture fill rate - 10 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 80 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 289 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 29 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

124

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

1701 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

1701.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1701 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1701.000 Fps

Games performance

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	74.90
Medium, 1024x768	27.50
High, 1024x768	15.30

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	31.00
High, 1024x768	20.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	148.40
Medium, 640x480	148.55
High, 800x600	133.40
Ultra, 1024x768	104.90

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

470.30

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G84
Launch date	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1556
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt
Transistor count	289 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0