HP HDX 18t - GeForce GT 130M Video Card???

Hello All,

Does anyone know which GeForce GT 130M card configuration this laptop comes with? The NVidia site says:

1) Memory Clock (MHz) = 500 (DDR2) or 800 (GDDR3) MHz
2) Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) = 16 (DDR2) or 25 (GDDR3)
Here is the NVidia link to this card - http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gt_130m_us.html

I went to the HP site but it doesn't say anywhere in the specs of what the Memory Clock is or the Memory Bandwidth of the included GeForce GT 130 card. For the Memory Clock and Memory Bandwidth, I really hope it's using both the GDDR3.

Thank You,
Phantasm1978

 

IIRC, HP only uses DDR2 versions of Nvidia cards.

 

I thought that HP's mainstream line only used DDR2, while the HDX line used GDDR3.

 

The new radeon 4650 comes with ddr3 so it might.

 

I got the 1GB 9600M GT two weeks ago, nVidia also originally listed it as using both...I was given the DDR2 version chip, even though I ordered 4GB DDR3 RAM.

 

What you ordered for the system RAM makes no difference to what type your graphics will have.

 

(Unless you have integrated graphics.)

 

All the HP 9600m's options used DDR2 (including the HDX models).

The new ATI 4650 in the refreshed DV7 uses DDR3 so I would guess that the refreshed dv6t also uses DDR3

What is unsure at this time (at least for me) is what the new Nvidia 130M uses... DDR2 or DDR3. I have not seen anyone in the HDX lounges post anything yet.

 

Yes they do have dd3 and it is being offered with GEFORCE gt 130 on the HDX 18, as Im building that very computer at costco right now. I wanted more info on the video card. I mean like how does it compare to the 9800 GT? any help? Good card? It sure looks good. Will compare price a HP and costco as costco gives two years tech support but buying straight from HP is probably the best.

 

Not even close. This GPU will perform close to the 9650M GT, which is about 5-10% faster than the 9600M GT.

 

We don't know that yet. I'm predicting the 130M will be a tiny bit better than the 9700M GT.

 

Yes we do. Look at nVidia's specification sheets for the 9650M GT, GT 130M and the 9700M GT and compare the clock speeds. The GT 130M falls right in between the two 9 series on clock speeds, and since its die is simply a G96 with a process shrink, it's not going to bring anything new to the table besides lower power consumption.

 

hmm... I find that Nvidia is not pulling its weight as it once did, It seems as if they're newer cards they keep pumping out are all just die shrinks with slight tweaks a re-label and reproduced.. It's sad that a 100 series card (is the gt130m classified as 10 or 100 series? ) is still relatively comparable to the higher up 8 series and middish 9.

Well when you think about it despite it being labelled as a completely new card, lesser power consumption on an 18" laptop would be nice for battery life but i doubt that anyone would be wanting to lug it about. do you think HP should have just stuck with the 9600m gt's or gone to Ati untill decent replacements (not slightly better rehashes) could be used??

 

gt 130m only comes with a system with ddr3. Per the benchmarks at notebookcheck it is almost even with 9700m gt. Since it can be overclocked further, you may expect to get great performance from this card.

 

the other thing is i think it can't do PhysX until it is paired as a hybrid SLI.....meaning can't do CUDA???..... i mean even the piddling 9600M GT can do physx on it's own, albeit with performance loss...but atleast you have "bragging" rights of PHYSX...

and TRF " the 5-10% better than a 9600mgt"...i think that is giving to much credit to all 9600mgt's , imo the ddr2 shouldn't be classed close to a GT130M, i think the 9650 and 9700 are close/ exceed the 130M card, i think a good 40% difference b/w it and the 96 MGT is more appropriate

 

The bandwidth of the GT130M is similar to those of 8600M GT and the 9600M GT. Seriously whom are Nvidia trying to fool?

 

People who don't know much about computers i.e. the average buyer

 

NVIDIA compares some of their notebook cards here at http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_m_series.html
In the first table there, the 130M is shown on the same level as a 9650M GT.

But can somebody clear up what's in the table bellow that?
The GT 130M and the 9600M GT have nothing under Physx.
Aren't these two cards PhysX-ready?
Also, their "Playable Resolution" is "1680 X 1050", not "1920 x 1080".
Is that talking about the best resolution you can get in a game?

 

The 130m is an updated 9600 basically. Its gpu is 600mhz compared to 9600m's 500mhz. The ram is 1GB where as the 9600 is 512mb. Its also got a smaller circuit die. All in all, the 130m is faster than the 9600m, but just a little.