NVIDIA intros GeForce GTX 280M / 260M and GTS 160M / 150M laptop GPUs

It's a big day here in Germany for NVIDIA, as it has chosen CeBIT to announce four new mobile GPUs. Without question, the biggest newcomer is the GeForce GTX 280M, which NVIDIA claims is "the fastest laptop GPU on the market, with up to 50 percent more performance than previous generation enthusiast laptop GPUs." The company is also pushing out the somewhat less exciting GeForce GTX 260M, GTS 160M and GTS 150M, all of which feature the company's own CUDA compiling architecture and support PhysX gaming effects. ASUS, Clevo and MSI are all showcasing lappies based on the new GeForce GTX 200M and GeForce GTS 100M Series GPUs here in Hannover, though there's no word on when any of those mysterious machines will ship to drooling consumers.

[Via HotHardware]

Gallery: NVIDIA intros GeForce GTX 280M / 260M and GTS 160M / 150M laptop GPUs

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[Bigjmaster14 @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:50AM]

awesome

[PCIV @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:50AM]

I'm guessing the iMac's GT 130 is based on this?

[eggothewaffle @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:55AM]

They're based on the 9500GT and 9600GT.

[Shattered Ice @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:57AM]

No the gt130 is a rebadged 9600 and the 120 is rebadged 9400/9500.
The 9600 is a rebadged 8800 and the 9400/were a rebadged 9400/9500 8800 entry level.

[Shattered Ice @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:59AM]

That last sentence got muddled up but you go it anyway.

[Rob @ Mar 3rd 2009 10:15AM]

The GT 130M is based off of the 9600 Mobile GT which is based off of the DESKTOP 9500GT, not the DESKTOP 9600GT. That is significant to note because the desktop 9600 is much more powerful than the 9500 and its reflected in the mobile chips. Counter to what Engadget thinks, the real stunners here will not be the 280M or the 260M since those will be primarily in large desktop replacement notebooks. The real show stopper is the 160M. It has a full 256-bit interface and will be able to actually take advantage of a gig of video memory, plus it's very fast. You'll see the 160M in all sorts of portable notebooks and it will have a small enough thermal envelope to fit into switchable graphics situations. So with these we could potentially see 13" or 14" laptops that have some real grunt to them (think Sony Z series on steroids).

[Ayle @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:38PM]

They are all die shrunk cards... The GTX280m and 260m don't have anything to do with their desktop counterpart... Also Rob you are wrong the GT160M will be at best a MXM-III card, at worst it will be a MXM-HE card, meaning that only 17" or monster 15.4" like the Clevo M860TU will carry that card.
Mainstream:
GT 110M = 9300m GT = the only desktop equivalent would be an IGP the 9300...
GT 130M = 9600m GT = desktop 9500 GT

Desktop replacement:
GTS 160M = die-shrunk 9800M GT = desktop 9600 GT
GTX 260M = mobile desktop 9800 GT
GTX 280M = mobile desktop 9800 GTX

Sigh, Nvidia: "The way to sell old as new". This time around they will be crushed by ATI as the mobile HD4xxx are the exact same thing as the desktop version, no branding trickery there. And seeing how beside for the GTX280, NV got spanked this time around, I doubt that it will be any different on the notebook market. All upcoming new gaming notebooks are using ATI chips, that says a lot.

[Brianyman @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:52AM]

nvidia is finally doing something good for the laptops

[Ayle @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:43PM]

Branding old gen as new is good since when?

[strider_mt2k @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:53AM]

Drool-worthy to be sure!

Jebus, the 280GTX is amazing.
Something APPROACHING that in a laptop...wow.

[Ayle @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:43PM]

It doesn't even come close to the 9800GX2 or even GTX for that matter, stop wasting your drool...

[NoAndThen @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:55AM]

Any specs vs 9400m?

[a @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:56AM]

i wonder how many arms and legs are those laptops gonna cost. i bought a laptop with 8600m for $1300 back in the day and it doesn't worth nearly as much now.

[cao_boy @ Mar 3rd 2009 9:57AM]

how does it compare to the 4870 x2 in the asus w90 xD

[Cosmo @ Mar 3rd 2009 10:49AM]

Very good question, I'd like to know the answer as well.

[Ayle @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:41PM]

How does the desktop 9800 GTX compare to the desktop HD4850x2?
You already have the answer.

[baipai @ Mar 3rd 2009 10:12AM]

We need these on the ion platform.

[cao_boy @ Mar 3rd 2009 10:21AM]

uh.. ion is 9400m .. so.. kinda like a gt120 already

[voodoo @ Mar 3rd 2009 10:21AM]

The GTX280M and GTX260M are just G92b rebadges (and die-shrinks), they are not related the desktop cards.

ie. they are basically rebadged 8800M/9800M series cards. Depending on the model you are comparing it to, they may have a slight clock increase, and a few extra shader cores, but basically they are the same old architecture.

[gambiting @ Mar 3rd 2009 2:25PM]

Yes,you may check that GTX280M is not related at all to the desktop version(GTX280). It's the same,old 8800GTX M architecture,just shrinked to a new technological process and with a different name. I don't think that NVIDIA is fair with these new names,it's more that confusing.

[TRAFFICBLOWS @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:53PM]

Hopefully these won't burn up my laptop like the 8400!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[loosely_coupled @ Mar 3rd 2009 4:08PM]

88xx GTX-> 98xx -> GTX2xx.. When will the re-badge ever end??

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[ranven82sk @ Mar 7th 2009 12:48PM]

If anyone is still researching this topic check out these two links.

NVIDIA

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_m_series.html

ATI

http://ati.amd.com/products/mobile.html

I hope these are helpful to someone else, as I have been using them for quite some time now. Been helpful when recommending laptops for family, friends, and customers.

[BrakTalk @ Mar 11th 2009 10:31PM]

In detail the following changes can be found compared to the 9800M GTX:

* More render pipelines of the G92 are enabled (128 like the Quadro FX 3700M)
* 17 to 19% higher clock rates (585/1463/950 versus 500/1250/800 = +17%/+17%/19%) when using a MXM 3 card (MXM 2 is limited to 800 MHz memory bus)
* Refined 55nm process (instead of the 65nm process of the 9800M GTX)
* Still the same maximum thermal dissipation power (TDP) of 75 Watt
* And therefore a better performance / watt ratio
* Faster Hybrid Power Switching (below one second versus 7 seconds)