Laptop Graphics Card

The latest info about video cards used in laptops, from integrated GPUs to dedicated high-end gaming graphics cards.


Nvidia GeForce GT 525M vs Intel HD 3000 Benchmark

We have finished a couple of benchmarks on a Dell Inspiron 17R laptop with the Nvidia GeForce GT 525M dedicated video card and Intel’s Core i3-2330M processor.

The notebook has both the 128-bit GT 525M 1GB GPU for more intensive graphics tasks and the Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics on the CPU for better power efficiency, so it’s pretty handy for comparison of these two. 3D Mark Vantage, PC Mark Vantage, and Crysis benchmarks we did on the system can help you decide if the Nvidia GeForce GT 525M is worth extra money when choosing between a more expensive laptop configuration with the 525M and a cheaper one with integrated Intel HD only.

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Rumor: Nvidia Discrete Graphics for Ultrabooks Coming

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According to Fudzilla’s sources, Nvidia prepares discrete graphics processors specially designed for ultra-thin laptops, also known as ultrabooks.

The ultrabook-use Nvidia graphics chips from their upcoming Kepler family will have low power consumption and thermal dissipation in order to meet requirements of thin laptop designs, but there are no specs or details available at the time of this writing.

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CoD: Modern Warfare 3, Crysis 2, Battlefield 3, Batman: AC on Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Crysis 2, Battlefield 3, and Batman: Arkham City are currently among the most popular 3D game titles for PCs. Youtube user SimonAllanSAS has uploaded gameplays of these titles, all made on a Clevo P170HM3 laptop with an overclocked Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M, the fastest single video card for notebooks.

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MSI GUS II External Graphics for Laptops Showcased

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MSI GUS II External GPU Solution (by The Verge)

MSI has showcased at the 2012 CES Show the GUS II, an external graphics card enclosure prototype, which adds dedicated desktop-class GPU power to laptops with a Thunderbolt port.

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Nvidia Outs GeForce GT 635M, GT 630M, 610M GPUs

Besides AMD, Nvidia has announced the new graphics processors for notebooks – the GeForce GT 635M, GT 630M and 610M.

These GPUs are just rebrands of the GeForce GT 550M, GT 540M, 520M, respectively, so there’s no peformace increase, nor new architecuture. The GT 635M, GT 630M and 610M are based on the 40-nanometer production process, just like the 500M series.

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AMD Radeon HD 7400M, 7500M, 7600M Laptop GPUs Launched

AMD has released the Radeon HD 7400M, 7500M, and 7600M discrete laptop video cards. Although the GPUs belong to the new Radeon HD 7000M series, they use the same architecture and 40-nanometer production technology as the HD 6000 series.

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AMD E-450 & AMD Radeon HD 6320 Review with Benchmarks

The AMD E-450 is a refresh of the E-350 Fusion Accelerated Processing Unit, both aimed at cheap full-size notebooks, netbooks, and small form factor desktop computers.

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AMD Radeon HD 6990M Notebook GPU Released

Here’s yet another World’s fastest laptop GPU announcement: AMD has released the Radeon HD 6990M which is “up to 25% faster than any other announced notebook enthusiast GPU”.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M Laptop Video Card Announced, Benchmarked

Nvidia has launched the long awaited GeForce GTX 580M top-of-the-line gaming video card for laptops.

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Leak: AMD to Release C-60 Turbo APU

AMDAccording to leaked specifications, Advanced Micro Devices will release the netbook- and low-end laptop-use AMD C-60 Accelerated Processing Unit which will add Turbo technology to the APU line.

The C-60 has dual CPU cores clocked at 1GHz by default, but the speed on one of the cores at the time can be increased to 1.33GHz using Turbo, depending on usage. The CPU shares the same die with the new AMD Radeon HD 6290 graphics with 276MHz and 400MHz clock speeds in standard and Turbo mode, respectively. Thermal Design Power of the C-60 remained at the C series standard 9W.

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Nvidia Launches Quadro 1000M, 2000M, 3000M, 4000M, 5010M GPUs

NVIDIA QuadroNvidia has launched new mobile workstation-class Quadro video cards, including the mid-range Quadro 1000M and 2000M, high-end 3000M and 4000M, and the ultra-high-end 5010M.

These Nvidia Fermi architecture-based laptop GPUs feature “twice the number of CUDA cores and twice the graphics memory over previous generation”, and Nvidia Optimus switchable graphics technology.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M Now Available in Gaming Notebooks

Nvidia GeForce GTX 485MProviders of custom gaming notebooks in the U.S. have started adding the Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M video card option to their Clevo-based laptops.

Nvidia’s new top-of-the-line notebook graphics can be found in the 17.3-inch Intel “Sandy Bridge”-based SAGER NP8170 (Clevo P170HM) and Intel desktop CPU-powered AVA Direct Clevo X7200, in single and up to dual GPU configurations, respectively.

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Nvidia GeForce 500M Laptop Graphics Series Officially Announced

Nvidia GeForce 500M SeriesNvidia officially announced today the GeForce 500M laptop graphics card series.

The new GPUs include the GeForce GT 540M, GT 550M, and GT 555M for performance notebooks and GeForce GT 520M and 525M for mainstream systems.

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AMD Unveils Radeon HD 6900M, 6800M, 6700M, 6600M, 6400M Laptop GPUs

AMD Radeon HD 6000M SeriesAMD has added the Radeon HD 6900M, 6800M, 6700M, 6600M, and 6400M series laptop graphics processors to the recently unveiled Radeon HD 6000M series.

The AMD Radeon HD 6900M and 6800M, providing “up to 1.3 teraFLOPS of compute power,” are aimed at high-performance gaming notebooks, while the 6700M and 6600M belong to the higher-end mainstream category. The lower-end 6400M is also designed for mainstream laptops.

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Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) Officially Launched

AMD Fusion APUAMD launched today the Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that integrate CPU, graphics processor, HD video decoder, and memory controller in a single die.

The first Fusion APUs are the E-Series “Zacate” units, designed for mainstream notebooks, all-in-one, and small form factor desktop PCs, and the C-Series “Ontario” for HD-capable netbooks and other emerging form factors. “Zacate” and “Ontario” belong to the “Brazos” mobile platform and are built upon “Bobcat” x86 CPU cores.

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