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    9800m GT = ?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by steveninspokane, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    The 9800m GT is equivalent to what desktop graphics card?
     
    steveninspokane, Nov 19, 2008
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    Matrinix Notebook Consultant

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    Specs-wise, the desktop equivalent would be the 9600 GSO, probably performance-wise as well.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    laptop graphics cards are not really comparable to the desktop gpu's.
    Usually the mobile gpu's have stripped down cores, with many less pipelines, shaders, and lower clocks.
    The 9800mGT is probably more comparable to a desktop 8600GT

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Nov 19, 2008
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  4. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    I already know it is better than the 8600gt, I havethat card in my desktop.
     
    steveninspokane, Nov 19, 2008
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  5. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Should I lol at this, or did you mean 8800GT? A 128-bit, 32 stream processor card can't be what you're comparing the 256-bit, 96 stream processor 9800mGT to in all seriousness.

    Hey steven, here is a chart of 8xxx series desktop cards, if you're interested.
     
    Kevin, Nov 19, 2008
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  6. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    the 9800M GT (or 8800M GTX) is a high-end G92 videocard.

    the desktop equivalent (performance wise) will probably be a slower version G92 card like 8800 GT or a faster G80 card like 8800 GTS (320MB or 640MB versions)


    A 9800M GTX (and Quadro 3700M) will perform close to the desktop 8800 GT (G92)
     
    Gophn, Nov 19, 2008
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  7. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    Great, Thx Kev and Gophn, that is what I was wondering. +rep :)
     
    steveninspokane, Nov 19, 2008
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    JDELUNA Notebook Deity

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    I thought I read somewhere that the 8800M GTS is equivalent to a 9600 GT desktop card which I also believe uses 256bit Memory bus, so I would think that the 9800M GT would be around the same or a tad better. Hope this helps. God Bless :)
     
    JDELUNA, Nov 19, 2008
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  9. Pranalien

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    Even the 9800M GTX is slower than the Desktop 8800 GT. GPU's real performance is measured in its theoretical shader processing power which is measured in Gigaflops. So from wiki:

    9800M GTX--420 Gflops
    9800M GT--- 360 Gflops

    If we look at their comparative desktop cards' performance:

    9600 GT--- 312 Gflops
    9800 GT--- 504-576 Gflops depending on factory OCed.
    8800 GT--- 504 Gflops
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    GTX 280--- 933 Gflops(lol notebooks will need another 10 years to get that power)
     
    Pranalien, Nov 19, 2008
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  10. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm willing to bet in another two years that laptop GPUs will be capable of as much processing power as the GTX 280...
     
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    I think SLI 9800M GTX's is pretty good... especially when its coupled with a 3.00GHz+ quad-core. :)
     
    Gophn, Nov 19, 2008
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