World’s Fastest Notebook GPU – GeForce GTX 480M

By Matt Wuebbling on May 25 2010 in Gaming, Notebook
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Today we introduced the new GeForce GTX 480M GPU for Notebooks and with it we’re achieving some very impressive milestones. First, this is DirectX 11 done right for notebooks. Tessellation is the most important new feature for the DirectX 11 API, and the GeForce GTX 480M is a true tessellation monster for the notebook platform. It offers a dedicated Tessellation engine for up to 5x more performance than any other GPU.

Second, with the power of the GeForce GTX 480M GPUs, notebook manufacturers can set new records for notebook performance. Put simply: If a notebook maker wants to build the fastest possible system on the planet, they will start with GeForce GTX 480M as its foundation.

Third, we’ve now brought the vaunted Fermi architecture to notebooks. GeForce GTX 480M delivers nearly three times more NVIDIA CUDA cores over previous generation Notebook GPUs, which means users get unbelievably fast video transcoding, upscaling from standard definition to high definition and real-time movie clean-up with the click of a button.

And finally, the GeForce GTX 480M not only delivers the world’s best gaming frame rates, it also gives added features that no other GPU offers, including NVIDIA 3D Vision technology for an immersive gaming experience, NVIDIA PhysX technology that brings games to life with dynamic, interactive environments and NVIDIA Verde Notebook Drivers for the most up-to-date performance from your notebook.

We’re happy to partner with Clevo to introduce the first system based on GeForce GTX 480M. Stay tuned for more systems in the future.

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FXi

Is it going to be able to SLI these in a notebook? Are they shipping (orderable)?
Have been looking for a chip like this Thank you.
Rocky Mountain

What’s the CUDA compute capability of this? 1.3? 1.4? 2.0?
James

Where are the technical specifications? How is the tessellation engine implemented, given desktop Fermi appears to use the Unified Shaders?
http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/ntersect-authors.html#Brian%20Burke Brian Burke @NVIDIA

Hi FXi
Yes, GeForce GTX 480M GPUs support SLI for combining the rendering power of two GPUs to take performance to new heights. And CUDA. And 3D Vision. And PhysX. And 3DTV Play.
Look for notebooks with GeForce GTX 480M in mid-June.
Thanks for the support.
http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/ntersect-authors.html#Brian%20Burke Brian Burke @NVIDIA

GeForce GTX 480M GPUs are based on the Fermi architecture. In fact, GeForce GTX 480M uses the same chip as the Desktop GF100. It is customized to fit into the notebook thermal budget, with tweaks to the cores and clocks to fit into the TGP envelope of notebooks.
So CUDA support is the same as the desktop parts.
CUDA Cores 352
Graphics Clock (MHz) 425
Processor Clock (MHz) 850
Texture Fill Rate (billions/sec) 18.7
Memory Clock (MHZ) 1200
Standard Memory Configuration GDDR5
Memory Interface Width 256 bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 76.8
CUDA gigaflops 897
Ronak

It’s nice to see that the mobile market also gets fast GPUs, but what I want to know is how long will a notebook with a 480M run without reloading the battery?
I can’t belive that a 480M will be mobile, when I’m looking at the power consumption of the desktop version.
And by the way, how can you say “vaunted Fermi architecture”? Wouldn’t “disappointing” be a more eligible word?
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I dont understand how the unusually inefficient GF100 can be a viable laptop chip.
Maybe these are hand-picked low-voltage chips that nvidia has been building a stockpile of for months.
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Dennis

Will you be able to upgrade another notebook with one of these? I have an asus g73 with an ati 5870m but would love to put one of these into my asus.
JC

And I was just about to buy a Samsung R780 from bestbuy.com
Brian Burke @NVIDIA

In this catagory of notebook battery life is less important than total performance.
Briane Burke @NVIDIA

Sorry Dennis, you can’t plug in new GPUs to notebooks. Time to up grade?
Brian Burke @NVIDIA

Correction:
CUDA gigaflops 598
Sorry
: )
Rocky Mountain

?? On nvidia website it says CUDA gigaflops 897.
Jake

Any comment on which laptop manufacturers are interested in implementing these bad boys? I’d love to see them in the alienware M15x. Is that even possible or would it have to be the 17x?
Jonathan

Any real world benchmark results testing games such as fallout 3, dawn of war 2or crysis for this card? Also heat, power consumption and noise vaues?
faraz

hi
will toshiba qosmio give these gpus in its nw model in future??
Bhinder
donskoy81

Included with the notebook will be sold with a heat-resistant gloves, so that hands do not burn )))))
Kristoffer

On the product page for gtx 480m at nvidia.com I see pictures of very small (thin) and elegant notebooks (like macbook pro or hp envy). Is these any spesific modells that will feature gtx 480m or are they just for show?
I would assume a notebook featuring gtx 480m to be large, bulky, noisy, loud and hot..
AJ

Whats the size of the card, compared to the GTX280M?
I’d really like to get one of these if they’d fit in my laptop.
Philip Kane

Will Alienware’s notebook especially the M15x and M17x able to drive the nvidia 480M. If yes, when will it be.
Fadhel

I have Asus G51j with GTX 260M on it
can i upgrade GPU to this one?
http://news.softpedia.com/news/TSMC-Will-Move-to-28nm-Process-in-Early-2010-94593.shtml Chopin

The news says TSMC Will Move to 28nm Process in Early 2010. I hope 480M can catch this and reducing the total power consumption not by sacrificing its clock rate.
TTech

Is the GTX 480M an MXM Chip? If so, can I swap out an GTX 260M for the 480M in an Asus G72GX RBBX05 Notebook?