Best graphics card on laptop that can run Starcraft 2: Part 2

Posted by Crazy Max on Tuesday 13 March 2012 / Labels: / Comments: (0)

The list of best graphics card on laptop that  can run starcraft 2

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M best laptop starcraft 2

The most powerful graphics card that can run starcraft 2

Previous article, we present a version of the graphics card that can play starcraft 2, which is enough to play and good run. This time, we would like to present the most powerful graphics card that can run starcraft 2 on high setting or ultra setting. Of course, it will be priced higher, but some model have only a moderate price. First, we are talking about a new graphics card as NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M that someone may have never heard of before or also don’t know about details how it has performed well.

1. NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

  • Pipelines: 144 - unified
  • Core Speed: 675-753 MHz
  • Shader Speed: 1350-1505 MHz
  • Memory Speed: 785-900 MHz
  • Memory Bus Width: 128/192 Bit
  • Memory Type: DDR3/GDDR5
  • Max. Amount of Memory:1536 MB
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M is really a fast middle-class graphics card for laptops and is technically a renamed GeForce GT 555M. It is due to the Fermi generation and supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0. Shader 5.0. The GT 635M can transfer Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstream-wise to a HiFi receiver without quality reduction, presents PureVideo HD technology for video decoding, fully decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 ASP, DivX or Xvid), VC-1/WMV9, and H.264. This will free up processing time in the CPU, producing better multitasking functionality.

The performance with the GeForce GT 635M is dependent around the version in the card used. The 3DMark 06 benchmark with the similar GT 555M, as an example, ranges from 8857 points (Lenovo Ideapad Y570) to 13000 points (MSI GX780R). Therefore, modern games should run in medium to high settings in 1366x768.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M Benchmark.

  • 3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720 = 1534
  • 3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720 = 1411
  • 3DMark 06 = 12119
  • Windows 7 Experience Index – Graphics = 5.7
  • Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics = 6.8
The performance of GeForce GT 635M can play starcraft 2 on high or ultra setting as well.

2. NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

  • Codename: Fermi
  • Pipelines: 240 - unified
  • Core Speed: 450 MHz
  • Shader Speed: 900 MHz
  • Memory Speed: 625 MHz
  • Memory Bus Width: 256 Bit
  • Memory Type: GDDR5
  • Max. Amount of Memory: 2048 MB
The NVIDIA Quadro 3000M is really a master workstation graphics card in line with the Fermi architecture (probably GF104 much like the GeForce GTX 470M). When compared to the 5010M, the 3000M doesn't support ECC memory and DP floating point calculations. support DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 OpenGL 4.1 for graphic rendering.

The Quadro series provides certified drivers which can be optimized for stability and performance in professional software like CAD or visualisation areas. The OpenGL performance as an example must be significantly much better than similar particular GeForce graphics cards. A result of the new Fermi core, the 3000M should present you with a high end generally purpose calculations.

NVIDIA Quadro 3000M Benchmark.

  • 3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720 = 1742
  • 3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720 = 1539
  • 3DMark 06 = 14220.5
  • 3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024 = 7941
The performance of NVIDIA Quadro 3000M can play starcraft 2 on high or ultra setting as well.
best graphics card that can play starcraft 2

3. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

  • Codename: GF106
  • Pipelines:192 – unified
  • Core Speed: 675 MHz
  • Shader Speed: 1350 MHz
  • Memory Speed: 1250 MHz
  • Memory Bus Width: 192 Bit
  • Memory Type: GDDR5
  • Max. Amount of Memory: 1536 MB
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M is often a high-end laptop graphics card launched this year. It truly is in line with the GF106 core as part of the Fermi architecture. As a result, the GPU supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0. the GTX 460M  offers  the many 192 shader cores with the GF106. The GTX460M presents PureVideo HD technology for video decoding, support for Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) output via HDMI.

For the reason that GeForce GTX 460M includes a new architecture, the performance seriously isn't just like older chips with a similar core count. Unlike the Radeon HD 5850, which could optionally use DDR3 memory, the 192 Bit memory bus with the GTX 460M is combined with GDDR5.  In addition, the Fermi based chips offer a better Tessellation performance than DX11 chips with the Radeon HD 5000 series. the performance was better than a HD 5850 with GDDR5 on the average.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M Benchmark.

  • 3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720 = 1813.6
  • 3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720 = 1627.7
  • 3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024 = 7616.9
  • 3DMark 06 = 13367.9
  • 3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768 = 20171.4
  • PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768 = 7588.5
  • Windows 7 Experience Index – Graphics = 6.9
  • Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics = 7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M play starcarft 2
  • Low setting: 194 fps
  • Mid setting: 74 fps
  • High setting: 63 fps
  • Ultra setting: 35 fps
follow about nVidia GeForce GTX 560M, nVidia GeForce GTX 580M or AMD Radeon HD 6990M next article part 3.