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    NVIDIA Launches GeForce 100M Series

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by dietcokefiend, Jan 8, 2009.

  1. dietcokefiend

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    NVIDIA just announced three new mobile GPUs based off the 100M series, the G105M, G110M, and the GT 130M. Each GPU offers a significant performance increase over the older chipset it is replacing, with the G105M being quoted as 55% faster than the 9200M GE, the G110M being 35% faster than the 9300M GS and the GT 130M being 17% faster than the 9600M GT before it. The new 100M series with NVIDIA CUDA technology will also support number of applications that make use of the multiple processor cores for more than just 3D graphics, in areas such as game physics and accelerated video conversion.

    NVIDIA provides a helpful chart to show how the new naming scheme works in comparison to the older 8 and 9-series chipsets which can be seen below:

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    Currently the Lenovo IdeaPad notebooks are scheduled to receive the new chips this March, with the GeForce GT 130M available inside the IdeaPad Y650, and GeForce G110M found in the IdeaPad Y550 and Y450.

     
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    Nice,but what about high-end cards?
     
    Xirurg, Jan 8, 2009
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  3. Quicklite

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    Can't wait until GT 150m or 170m turning up. The current generation has been around for long enough imo.
     
    Quicklite, Jan 8, 2009
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    i owned a Nvidia INNO3D GF8500GT graphics card and i want to have a hand on those new babies...
     
    waralex11, Jan 8, 2009
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  5. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    So why didn't Dell put one of these in the new XPS Studio 1340? People waited so long, and now they are getting old cards? :eek:
     
    Jayayess1190, Jan 8, 2009
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  6. pillowshot

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    Time reasons probably.. people would be p*ssed if they announced the Studio XPS for a March release..
     
    pillowshot, Jan 8, 2009
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  7. siLc

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    TBH the new naming scheme is confusing/unclear...or is it just yearning for the good old scheme :p But heck, they ran out of 4 digit numbers.
     
    siLc, Jan 8, 2009
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  8. Freakish123

    Freakish123 Notebook Consultant

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    Well Dell got stuck with a bunch of XPS with faulty Nvidia GPU's they just spent months trying to get rid off, then you notice that the 3670 is likely cheaper and just as fast and offers true 7.1HD audio via HDMI, something Nvidia only provides crappy 2.0 channel as an afterthought, and you also need to pay for PureVideoHD, For myself when i'm selling multimedia notebooks with HD 16.9 screens and 5.1 sound, Ati would simply be the best choice to solve those issues.

    To me Dell needed to use the 4xxx series Ati, but i'm guessing the thermal issues prevented it for the time being.

    It seems Nvidia are just renaming the 9650GT the GT130M ? If so what a pointless exercise in stupidity. Is there an actual difference, or Nvidia just want to pretend the 9xxx series is in line with the more powerful 260 and 280 desktop GPU's.
     
    Freakish123, Jan 8, 2009
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  9. r0ry

    r0ry Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do you think high-end cards are around the corner? I was thinking of buying a notebook with a 9800M GTS, but now I'm not sure if I should wait or what.
     
    r0ry, Jan 9, 2009
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    Looking at how the performance increase of the G130M over the 9600M is half the performance increase of the G110M over the 9300M, which is again roughly half the performance increase of the G105M over the 9200M, I'd have to make the scary guess that a G150M/G170M would probably be only an 8-9% increase over the 9800M GT and little to no increase over a 9800GTX.
     
    Phinagle, Jan 12, 2009
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  11. Huskerz85

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    GPUs aside, notebook tech. advances too fast for ya to wait. The best bet is to pick a target timeframe to buy and stick with it no matter what developments pop up or what else comes out :cool:
     
    Huskerz85, Jan 12, 2009
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    It will be interesting to see how these compare to the new offerings from ATI.
     
    mrXniick, Jan 12, 2009
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  13. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The 9800M GTS is supposed to use the 55nm process (or possibly only some of them) which is already a step over the supposedly new 100M series (all 65nm :()
     
    sgogeta4, Jan 12, 2009
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  14. Freakish123

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    My 9650GT (GT130) is 55nm.
     
    Freakish123, Jan 12, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    GT 130M (codename is NB9P-GS -> G96 core) is based on the 9600M GT which is 65nm. Only the 9650M GT (NB9P-GE1 -> G96b core) and 9800M GTS are 55nm.
     
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    These are only renamed 8000 series chips, just like the 9000 series were simply re-names and maybe a die shrink. These use none of the new technology present in the GTX 200 line.

    See, the difference between NVidia's high end mobile chips and ATI's high end mobile chips is that ATI's are actually the desktop's technology (RV770, RV740, etc) with slightly lower clocks, not just rebrands.

    Edit: Not to mention end of Q1 2009 NVidia is shipping 40nm.

    http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=378647
     
    Jlbrightbill, Jan 12, 2009
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  17. Freakish123

    Freakish123 Notebook Consultant

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    Hmmm, well at least Notebookcheck says that the 9650GT (NB9P) and GT130 (NBP10) are both based on 55nm.

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9650M-GT.10764.0.html

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-130M.13789.0.html

    "It is produced in 55nm and therefore the current consumption is similar to the 9600M GT which is produced in 65nm."
     
    Freakish123, Jan 12, 2009
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    Freakish123 Notebook Consultant

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    Well i think most the web in unreliable.... :) But have Notebookcheck been unreliable before? Thanks for the links you provided, however they do not seem to mention the GT130 as 65nm, or really provide anything i didn't already know or mentioned elsewhere, just more copy and pasted Nvidia stuff.

    The GT130 or 9650GT is the successor to the 9600GT, it's faster and lower fab process, so that makes it the successor, IMO. The GT130 is not the successor the 9650GT, because it IS the 9650GT. I guess we will have to just wait for the new GT130's to appear in notebooks.

    Cheers!
     
    Freakish123, Jan 13, 2009
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    Thanks for the link, interesting indeed... But from what i read in that link the only new model which will be 65nm is the GE.

    "Nvidia will transit all the G9x based mobile GPUs from 65nm to 55nm by quarter and it will be denoted by the suffix "1" behind their codename except for N10M GE1 which is still 65nm based. As for their marketing names, Nvidia is going to call them GeForce GTX 180M/170M, GTS 160M, GT 130M/120M, G 110M/105M."

    So to me it still saying the GT 130m is 55nm..... ?
     
    Freakish123, Jan 14, 2009
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  22. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hmm, I think you are correct and I misread it. Thanks for the correction!
     
    sgogeta4, Jan 14, 2009
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  23. Freakish123

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    Lol, No problems..... Thanks for the confirmation, i thought i was the one who was confused or had read it wrong, as that's usually the case. :) Just to make it worse my actual GPU-Z for my 9650GT says 65nm, and not 55nm, So it's hard to ever knows who's getting it right these days. :)
     
    Freakish123, Jan 14, 2009
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