NVIDIA rolls out GeForce 8800M GTX / GTS notebook GPUs

It looks like Alienware's decision to announce its latest laptops today was hardly an arbitrary one, as it just so happens that NVIDIA has also chosen the date to get official with its new GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS laptop GPUs, which the Alienware systems are based on. Described as the "World's Fastest Notebook GPU," the 8800M GTX and GTS are each largely identical, with the notable exception of 96 stream processors in the GTX model, as opposed to 64 in the GTS. Otherwise, you can expect full DirectX 10 support from each, along with NVIDIA's PureVideo HD engine for your HD decoding needs, up to 512MB of dedicated memory, and NVIDIA's trademark "PowerMizer technology," which promises to "intelligently" balance battery life and performance. According to NVIDIA, in addition to Alienware, you can also expect Eurocom, Gateway, and Sager to offer laptops equipped with the GPUs in North America before too long, with a handful of other companies also set to trot out systems in other parts of the world.

[Via Laptoping]

[David Warren @ Nov 19th 2007 4:32PM]

So...ahhh.....what's the chance that we might see one of these in an iMac or MBPro?

[Ekauq @ Nov 19th 2007 4:41PM]

not much...if any

[Ayle @ Nov 19th 2007 4:53PM]

between 0 and 0... Mac have never been about ownning the latest video card on the block... Too bad...

[tom @ Nov 19th 2007 4:44PM]

and still not good enough for crysis.

[dustandechoes91 @ Nov 19th 2007 4:53PM]

These use the G92, right?

[Zeus the God @ Nov 19th 2007 5:06PM]

Wow, so now they will be more like the full blown cards with this dedicated memory? Impressive. I just wonder why they never thought of this before- or have they?

To the poster above, if these perform the way they should with the dedicated memory, then they most certainly will run Crysis.

[Ayle @ Nov 19th 2007 5:10PM]

My 8600m gt is using dedicated memory.... OR were you using sarcasm?

[Patuxentbball @ Nov 19th 2007 5:14PM]

You do realize that mobile gpu's have been able to have dedicated memory for a while, right?

[Zeus the God @ Nov 19th 2007 5:28PM]

No, I never knew that. I always assumed they went off the system's memory. I'm also not that into laptops, so thats a reason as to why I wouldn't know any better.

Oh well, I learn something new every day. Either way, these should be able to play Crysis- amirite?

[Ekauq @ Nov 19th 2007 5:51PM]

yeah it should be able to, from the read link:

"With the new GeForce GPUs, NVIDIA is bringing gamers the ultimate gaming experience available on a notebook," said Cervat Yerli, CEO of Crytek. "For gamers wanting to experience the advanced visual realism of Crysis the new GeForce 8800M powered machines are the ones to get."

probably overstating a pinch, but it should play Crysis just fine...especially in an SLI setup :) (which is also possible in some of today's more expensive notebooks)

[roach @ Nov 19th 2007 6:23PM]

Same gpu as the new alienware laptops.

[wickedpheonix @ Nov 19th 2007 7:07PM]

what, no Voodoo PC/Falcon NW/etc love? Not that I care, I can't afford one anyways, but I do like to configure them when I'm bored :P

And if these run Crysis at Very High settings DX10 and 1920x1200 (stably, let alone at 60 FPS) then the end is nigh. Especially since there isn't any SLI support in Crysis yet (although that'll probably be in by the time these are released in the Alienware lappies in Q1'08... w/e).

[Ayle @ Nov 19th 2007 8:56PM]

they won't even the desktop 8800 struggle with crysis with that kind of setting...

[Keebler Rockwell @ Nov 19th 2007 7:29PM]

Just so you know Sager said Dec 6th for preorder on notebooks with the 8800GT/GTX mobile video

[Paulmichael @ Nov 19th 2007 7:38PM]

Hey, wtf? I really hope I can upgrade my mALX, which I spent a good fortune on!

[Good_Bytes @ Nov 19th 2007 9:11PM]

Would be cool for Nvidia to create a dual GPU video card for laptop.
1 GPU that is very powerful that gets engage when you plug wall power, or play a game. And a second GPU that is very slow like an a Geforce 6150, for Vista Aero and video watching, so that you save a lot battery life, and don't need to sacrifice battery life for a powerful video card.

I think Sony did something like this.

[hjb1000 @ Nov 19th 2007 11:31PM]

You don't need two physical GPUs to do this, rather it's done through intelligent programming (such as Nvidia Powermizer) that reduces the GPU and Memory frequency when computing say, 2D, while going back up to full power when you need 3D computation.

[shoman24v @ Nov 19th 2007 9:46PM]

I'd like to SLI that in my desktop if I could get a pair for $300.

[zombieweekly @ Nov 19th 2007 10:19PM]

Probablly, in about 4-5 years or so.

[zombieweekly @ Nov 19th 2007 10:19PM]

Now the real question is, how much?

[Sousapro @ Nov 25th 2007 10:02AM]

if you have to ask, it's probably too much. lol.