San Francisco (CA) – Nvidia has introduced five GPUs for the mobile market. The processors are based on a new 40-nanometer manufacturing process and include 512MB to 1GB of on-board memory. In addition, the Windows 7 optimized chips reportedly offer “up to twice the performance” and longer battery life with “half the power.”
According to Nvidia, the new GPUs “run up to 20X faster than the CPU” with certain applications. The company also assured gamers that the G210M, GT 230M, GT 240M, GTS 250M and the GTS 260M were equipped with the “latest technologies” – including PhysX – for “ultra-realistic environments and virtual worlds.”
For example, Darkest of Days will feature “natual” environments, complete with realistic leaves, flowers, wind, creeping ground fog, smoke, choking volcanic ash and snow. Similarly, Dark Void will offer dynamic, accurate smoke effects, such as fuel trails generated by jetpacks, UFOs, and spaceships.
The GeForce 200M GPU series is also optimized for Microsoft’s drag-n-drop transcoding and DirectX Compute API – allowing Windows 7 users to quickly edit and transfer HD videos.
| GeForce 200M Series |
GeForce 100M Series |
GeForce 9 Series |
GeForce 8 Series |
|
| ENTHUSIAST | GTX 280M GTX 260M |
9800M GTX 9800M GT |
8800M GTX 8800M GTS |
|
| HIGH PERFORMANCE |
GTS 260M GTS 250M |
GTS 160M GTS 150M |
9800M GTS 9800M GS 9700M GTS 9700M GT |
|
| PERFORMANCE | GT 240M GT 230M |
GT 130M | 9650M GT 9650M GS 9600M GT 9600M GS 9500M GS 9500M G |
8600M GT 8600M GS |
| MAINSTREAM | G210M | G110M G105M G102M |
9400M G 9300M GS 9300M G 9200M GS |
8400M GT 8400M GS 8400M G |
| VALUE | 9100M G | 8200M G |
| CATEGORY | PRODUCT | Processor cores |
PhysX | Gaming Perfm. |
Playable Resolution |
PureVideo HD |
| ENTHUSIAST | GTX 280M GTX 260M |
128 112 |
Yes Yes |
60x 60x |
1920 x 1080 |
Yes Yes |
| HIGH PERFM. | GTS 260M GTS 250M GTS 160M |
96 96 64 |
Yes Yes Yes |
40x 40x 40x |
1920 x 1080 |
Yes Yes Yes |
| PERFM. | GT 240M GT 230M GT 130M 9600M GT |
48 48 32 32 |
20x 20x 20x 20x |
1680 x 1050 |
Yes Yes Yes Yes |
|
| MAINSTREAM | G210M G110M G105M 9400M G 9300M GS |
16 16 8 16 8 |
10x 5x 4x 5x 4x |
1280 x 720 |
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes |
|
| VALUE | 9100M G | 8 | 3x | 1024 x 768 |
Yes |
Source: NVIDIA.com