9200 GS review!

I see so many questions on this. Hope it helps. Got it from.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9200M-GS.9453.0.html




NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

The Nvidia GeForce 9200M GS is a slower clocked 9300M GS chip and therefore also DirectX 10 capable.

Compared to the old 8400M series or the 9300M G, the 9200M GS features only 8 unified shaders and is produced in 65nm. Furthermore, it integrates the new VP3 video processor (8400M, 9300M G had VP2) with more video features and better hd-video decoding support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9200M GS supports Hybrid-SLI (HybridPower and GeForceBoost). HybridPower is a technique to choose between the integrated and dedicated graphics core, if performance or battery runtime is needed. This works only in Windows Vista. Up to now the user has to use a tool to switch between the GPUs. Later Nvidia wants to switch automatically in the drivers. GeForceBoost uses the integrated graphics core of the 9100M G and the dedicated of the 9200M in SLI mode to achieve better frame rates.

As the 8400M G, the 9200M GS features 8 stream processors that do the work of the former dedicated pixel- and vertex-shaders. The unified shaders of Nvidia are 1-dimensional (AMD has 5-dimensional shaders which leads to the higher number of shaders).

Compared to the old 8400M G, the 9200M GS has a higher core speed and is therefore faster. Modern DirectX 10 games will run only in low details and resolutions. Older DirectX 9 games, like HalfLife 2 or Far Cry run fluently in medium to high details.

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the upcoming 9300 GE / GS should be similar, as it will also stem from the G98 core. Still the desktop counterparts are usually higher clocked and therefore faster.





To answer the most common question 8400 vs 9200

3DMark 06in comparison

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 1365

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 1400

 

That's a low score for the 8400M GS. You can get alot higher with better drivers.

 

I am sure the same is true with the 9200 once its been out long enough.

 

Id take my ATi 3200 over that card.

 

It consumes nearly half the power of the 9600 GT, 13W vs 23W.

Love the thing

 

Therefore, the 9200m GS is actually sufficient for moderate gamers. I mean it could theoretically play COD4 on low settings.

 

i know it's a shot in the dark here, but what about using this to play Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3?

HD video editing?

 

I don't know about the games, but for video edition the graphics card doesn't matter much.

 

Yep...just decoding is where the discrete might help from a hardware perspective, not encoding which is usually what you do after you are done editing

CPU is where its at for video

 

Cod4 is playable on the 8400GS, just don't go on those epic huge servers lol.