UPDATED - The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered

8800m GTX = 8600m GT * 2 + Bob Saget.

 

up to 3 times.

 

they can all play the same games. the 8800 will let you play the games with better resolutions/framerates.

 

I see the difference as, playing games at medium(8600/9500) or High (8800).

 

So the 2 cards are completely identical? Bob Saget?

 

You're not a math guy are ya?

 

lol no i mean I dont get the point of making 2 identical cards and just naming them 2 different things so there has to be a little difference right?

 

lmao. he was trying to tell you that the 8800 is about twice as powerful as the 8600 if you put bob saget in there. i think the 8800 is more than twice as powerful than 2 8600's though.

 

Means that the 8800 is better than 2 of the 8600's even if you added in the awsomeness of Bob Saget...though i have never actually heard anyone use Bob Saget as a quantifier in a math equation...its must be some of that "new learnin" that i keep hearing about

 

for pure spec
8800M GTX 96sp 256bit
8800M GTS 64sp 256bit
8600M GT 32sp 128bit
9500M GS 32sp 128bit

I don't think 8600M GT SLI would beat 8800Ms, consider you don't get 2X performance for SLI

 

i think you forgot bob saget. that's better than quadruple sli.

 

Just as a reminder:

* 2 != SLI; * 2 = Literally * 2.

 

Even SLI 8700m GT are nowhere close to a single 8800m GTX

 

At stock speeds two 8600M GT's in SLI aren't the fastest Horse in the stable, maybe 6700 -7000 in 3DMark06. I got a pretty good overclock out of mine. Without any tweaking and an overclock I was able to pull about 9150 3DMark06 points and I still don't think I could do battle with an 8800M GTX

You do have to remember that only newer games really make use of a multi-gpu/video card setup and even then SLI doesn't double your performance.

If you don't plan to overclock the 8800M series is the best way to go. I'm not even sure if two 8600M GT's overclocked will beat the 8800M GTS in real world situations.

 

And when you overclock the 8800M, the OVERCLOCKED 8600M SLI will perish... in real world situation as well.

 

FreddyFreak, with liquid nitro I might able to push my 8800m to 13K

 

i have seen some new laptops with this GPU, is it any good? anyone care to consider a guess as to what it compares to?

thanks

 

I've heard it compares to the 8600GT, so yes, it's a good card.

 

as title.

i can read between the lines on here, and see that the 8xxxx is obviously the better part, but is there THAT much of a difference?

comments and opinions welcome.

thanks for enduring my stupid' questions

 

It's a decent mid-range card comparable to the gddr2 version of the 8600m gt.

 

if the upgrade is for a laptop, good luck. because you probably can't do it.

 

Here is a great link to performance of mobile cards to give you a better idea:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Grafic-Cards.130.0.html

But yeah, I think that will be a quite noticeable upgrade for you. Have fun!

 

thanks for that, no its not for the laptop, its a general question

care to give me a proper answer?

 

just making sure. million laptop gpu upgrades questions everyday. there's only a few laptop that can be upgraded and even then they're limited. but to answer you question, depends on the games you play and if you want to play directx 10 games. if you play demanding current games, then it's probably worth the upgrade if the price is right. if you don't play many demanding games and have no desire to play the few directx 10 games out, then probably not.

 

It outperforms the GDDR3 8600m GT by a small margin. It's slightly slower than the 8700m GT.

 

Depending on the game it's probably an average of a 30% performance boost. A 8600m GT\HD2600 is where the performance really starts to pick up.

 

Are we talking about the same card here? The 3650 is slower than the GDDR3 8600m GT, it performs very similar as the GDDR2 8600m GT.

 

Care to back that up?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=260403

(XPS fanboys )

 

Check out the 3dmark benchmarks in this review. The 3650 scores about 3000 points while a 8600m gt with gddr3 scores anywhere between 4200 and 4500 points. I admit the 3dmark 06 isn't the most accurate benchmark but since the 3650 is still very new, that's all we have for now.

EDIT: I see there's another 3650 which scored 3800 points but then again it's still considerably slower than a gddr3 8600m gt.

 

GDDR3 means very little to me. There's a GDDR3 version of the 3650 too that has 256MB ram and it's bandwidth surpassed the GDDR3 8600m GT so there's no arguement from a bandwidth perspective or a raw power one.

 

i scored about 3500 stock and 4000 with some overclocking on this laptop gpu...and i have the 1gb ddr2 version

 

I don't think it's worth it. even 8600m gt isn't exactly a gaming card. mobile graphics cards are so much weaker than desktop ones as we all know(hd 4870 anyone?). a 8600m gs won't play any recent or future games at high settings or even medium now, the gt version won't fair much better either.
I didn't choose to upgrade the 8600m gs for 8600m gt(I know they are different cards as the OP mentioned, it's just a crude comparison). I think I'll wait for the next gen cards or build a desktop when I settle down. alternatively, go for a 8800m gts/gtx.

 

you wont see much difference

 

its a very nice card to tell you the truth, its a very awesome Mid range card. My Dad has got one in his lappy. it plays COD4 nicely

 

how is the nvidia 9500? .. i'm looking at the asus f8sn-b1 with the t8100 .. i'm looking mainly to run like cod4 and cs source. also i'm not sure if i should go w/ the 9300

 

Pick the 9500 if you want to play COD4, the extra power will be appreciated for that game. The 9500 is a more heat-efficient 8600 GT DDR2 which is the mid-range benchmark card.

 

256mb 8400m gt
256mb 8600m gt

Hey. I'm debating on getting a hp 6700t that can only get up to a 256mb 8400m gt or a refurbished xps with 256mb 8600m gt. The xps will be a little more expensive but both will be around 1000. I'm not looking for hardcore gaming, but i will be doing some, along with some video editing.

also, should the Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.10GHz) be sufficient? or should i go for 8300?

thanks a lot

 

8600M GT has more power than the 8400M GT.

8400M GT is still good for gaming though.

 

The T8100 is enough. 8400M GT is good enough for gaming. It should play games for the same amount of time (or near) as the 8600m gt

 

it looks like most of the 15.4in montevina notebooks will be equipped with the 9600M GT standard, how does this compare to the 8600GT? and should we expect a 9650 or 9700 GT in 15.4in notebooks also? if so, when, and how would they compare to the 9600?

 

8400M will allow only lower settings to start with, and will probably phase out sooner (games won't not work, but will work so poorly you won't be able to play them). Video editing is CPU-bound, not GPU-bound, but the slight bump from T8100 to T8300 won't be noticeable. I'd get the 8600M and T8100.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=260403 =)

 

This again? Go for the 8600M GT and the T8300, which is slightly more powerful for a marginal price difference.

 

If the price difference between the two systems isn't that great, I recommend you go for the 8600M GT. It will be better in the long run.

 

its a die-shrunk next gen part to the 8600GT, and offers better performance and cooling, and should be quite a noticeable upgrade

 

^^QFT (10 chars)

 

Well the 8600M GT have twice the SP vs 8400M GT (32sp vs 16sp), so it does make a difference in games

 

Where can I find a comparison chart/website between current and future models from both nVidia and ATi?

I'm thinking one of those charts where they show all the details like pipes and all that stuff

Cheers!

 

Notebookcheck.net lists them all by where the gpu's technically stand so should not be used to judge real world performance by how they're listed, but it has all the tech specs and loads of benchmarks for each card which is great.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Grafic-Cards.130.0.html

Keep it bookmarked, it's gold

 

Got a question for you guys- on Notebookcheck, it states that the 8800GTS is MXM III. Is this correct?