NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M videocard review

GeForce GTX 260M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 3 March 2009. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G92.

Core clock speed - 1375 MHz. Texture fill rate - 31 billion / sec. Pipelines - 112. Floating-point performance - 308 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 65 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 61 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38572

379

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3085 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3085.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	379
PassMark - G2D Mark	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3085 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3085.000 Fps

Games performance

1. StarCraft 2 (2010)
2. GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
3. Left 4 Dead (2008)
4. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
5. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

6. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
7. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
8. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
9. World of Warcraft (2005)
10. Doom 3 (2004)
11. Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	154.00
High, 1360x768	47.00

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x600	57.90
Medium, 1024x768	47.97
High, 1280x1024	36.74

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480	121.40
High, 1024x768	94.55

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	211.30
Medium, 1024x768	132.00
High, 1280x1024	72.55

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	53.40
High, 1024x768	49.20

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	107.85
Medium, 1024x768	57.20
High, 1024x768	38.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.20

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	59.50
High, 1024x768	40.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

158.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x1024

51.80

Doom 3 (2004)

Ultra, 1024x768

178.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

575.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G92
Launch date	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1452
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	308 gflops
Gigaflops	462
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	754 million

Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD