NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS videocard review

GeForce 9800M GS videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 November 2008. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G94.

Core clock speed - 530 MHz. Texture fill rate - 16 billion / sec. Pipelines - 64. Floating-point performance - 169.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 505 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 60 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 51.2 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38583

555

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

2414 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

2414.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2414 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2414.000 Fps

Games performance

1. GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
2. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
3. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

4. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
5. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
6. Doom 3 (2004)
7. Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x600

45.68

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	201.35
Medium, 1024x768	84.40
High, 1280x1024	46.85

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

High, 1024x768

36.06

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	88.20
Medium, 1024x768	48.75
High, 1024x768	30.01

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	57.00
High, 1024x768	34.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	129.10
Medium, 640x480	129.30
High, 800x600	128.30
Ultra, 1024x768	125.90

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

1122.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G94
Launch date	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1467
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops
Gigaflops	254
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt
Transistor count	505 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0