Spare a thought for NVIDIA's GeForce
9M series of laptop GPUs, just announced this past summer and already being put to pasture by the newly announced G100M series. The first trio of members for the club are the G105M, G110M, and GT 130M. The G105M is intended to replace the 9200M GE and scores a 2177 in 3DMark Vantage compared to 1391 for the old one -- a tidy 56 percent boost. Meanwhile the G110M supersedes the 9300M GS, scoring 2481 and beating its predecessor by 35 percent, and the GT 130M beats the old 9600M GT's score by 17 percent. The chips are in production now and will be featured in Lenovo's upcoming
Y-series laptops. Meanwhile, for those looking for a little boost at home, EVGA's version of the
GTX 295 is now available for purchase -- if you have a spare $510 lying around.
Update: Sean just commented to let us know that there are other 295 flavors now available as well, some for a penny under $500.
[Thanks, Sean]
Read - 100M series announcement
Read - GTX 295 buy link
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TheGeektoriousBIG @ Jan 8th 2009 4:31PM
Yippie, can't wait!
Luis Neng @ Jan 8th 2009 4:33PM
Hope this time they won't die prematurely :)
kjb434 @ Jan 8th 2009 4:36PM
Yeah,
The other were put the pasture reduce legacy problems.
Hopefully they upped the QA/QC on these chips.
Blastar @ Jan 8th 2009 4:35PM
NVidia.. "The way it's meant to be played".. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Sean @ Jan 8th 2009 4:41PM
Just Checked and newegg has them now too. 4 types from 499 to 509.
kal326 @ Jan 8th 2009 4:59PM
And their gone....they have a banner add up about them, but when you click the Buy button nothing shows up for GTX 295 anymore.
nattys @ Jan 8th 2009 4:44PM
I feel sorry for those who may have pre-ordered a 17" MBP, its out of date after 2 days
kal326 @ Jan 8th 2009 4:54PM
I find it odd they kept the comparison details in the footnotes.
"The three new GeForce 100M Series GPUs each represent a significant performance increase in their respective segments. The GeForce G105M is over 55%i faster than the previous NVDIA product in its segment, while the GeForce G110M is 35%ii faster than NVIDIA’s previous mainstream GPU. The GeForce GT 130M is around 17%iii faster than its predecessor."
Footnote:
"iGeForce 9200M GE scores 1391 in 3DMark Vantage and is being replaced by GeForce G105M which scores 2177, a difference of 56%. Tests performed on a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Quad CPU with 2GB of RAM and an Intel Montevina chipset.
iiGeForce 9300M GS scores 1841 in 3D Mark Vantage and is being replaced by GeForce G110M which scores 2481, a difference of 35%. Tests performed on a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Quad CPU with 2GB of RAM and an Intel Montevina chipset.
iiiGeForce 9600M GT scores 5230 in 3DMark Vantage and is being replaced by GeForce GT 130M which scores 6154, a difference of 17%. Tests performed on a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Quad CPU with 2GB of RAM and an Intel Montevina chipset."
In otherwords, not of these are better then the existing M98xx series of chips. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Leo @ Jan 8th 2009 5:01PM
Care to explain?
fieldcar @ Jan 8th 2009 5:12PM
Marketing 101: If you compare it to something not even in the same competing range, kudos. I hate marketing.
If anything they should promote new features or lower power consumption.... I dunno... I'm happy gaming litley on my 9100
Kris120890 @ Jan 8th 2009 5:23PM
I sent this in nearly two weeks ago. I want to know what performance is like.
xB Owner @ Jan 8th 2009 5:54PM
Not even the same competing range? Nvidia states exactly which GPUs are being replaced with which. How is that not competing range? Unless you are referring to Kal's comment about the m98XX series GPUs.
I for one am anxious to see what manufacturers do with this new series of GPUs. Perhaps this is why Dell held out on the new Studio XPS 1640. The GT130M would be suitable for that notebook. And probably a better option than the current ATI offering.
I'm also curious to know if these use the same MXM standard as the GPUs they are replacing. Making it possible for manufacturers to quickly introduce notebook models running the latest graphics hardware.
reallynotnick @ Jan 8th 2009 6:01PM
As long as these don't die like the older 9600M in the MBP, I am pretty pumped, should be great for when I get my laptop come back to school season, but hey maybe something better will be out by then even!
Little disappointing the 130M only gained 17% when the others gained a lot more, but I suppose the 9600M was already way out of their league.
ops @ Jan 8th 2009 7:39PM
how soon before they say these overheat to much too?
Cassini @ Jan 9th 2009 2:02AM
Now HP just needs to upgrade the video cards in their HDX series laptops to these.