NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M videocard review

GeForce GTX 280M 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 - 1463 MHz. Texture fill rate - 38 billion / sec. Pipelines - 128. Floating-point performance - 374.5 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 754 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 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

38534

576

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

153

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

1876 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

1876.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	576
PassMark - G2D Mark	153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1876 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1876.000 Fps

Games performance

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

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

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x600	59.80
Medium, 1024x768	54.80
High, 1280x1024	38.84

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x768

121.20

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

High, 1280x1024

78.80

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	54.90
High, 1024x768	46.03

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	122.00
Medium, 1024x768	65.95
High, 1024x768	45.00

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Medium, 1024x768	77.00
High, 1024x768	46.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

144.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	161.00
Ultra, 1024x768	160.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

695.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G92
Launch date	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1263
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1463 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	374.5 gflops
Gigaflops	562
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million

Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-IV
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
SLI