The Fastest Laptop Video Card (June 09)

June 17th, 2009 Jeremy Winter Tech Gadgets • Technology 2 Comments

Traditionally desktops have been leading the way in gaming performance, but now there are many different mobile versions of video cards. Hands down the fastest card is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M.

Power consumption is always a concern when using a laptops so Nvidia released the NVIDIA® HybridPower™ options with the GTX 280m. HybridPower switches to a integrated low-power GPU to conserve the battery life.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M Benchmarks

  1. 3DMark 06 – 11767
  2. Far Cry 2 SXGA very high – 40FPS
  3. Call of Juarez high XGA 4xAA – 33FPS
  4. Crysis XGA high – 44FPS

Not too bad for a laptop! The system used in the test was the following.

  • Clevo M980NU 18.4“ barebone (pre-production sample)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M with 1024 GDDR 3
  • Intel Core 2 Duo X9100 3.1 GHz CPU
  • 2 Gigs DDR3
  • 320 GB 5400 U/min HDD
  • Vista 64 Bit

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2 Comments

  1. Bob
    July 9, 2009


    i have been looking everywhere on the internet for the price of the nvidia geforce 280M video card and i can’t seem to find it anywhere. i even checked on the nvidia website (nvidia.com) and they don’t even have the prices listed and i was wondering if anyone can please tell me the price. and if anybody knows were to get a cheap laptop video card that would be able to play the latest games such as fallout 3 that would be helpful.

  2. cody
    April 19, 2011


    you can email me i can help you find what ever card you need or wont