NVIDIA introduced the company’s newest mobile graphics processing unit, the GeForce4 4200 Go GPU. Based on the well-known GeForce4 Titanium architecture, the GeForce4 4200 Go GPU delivers the same features and level of performance compared to the GeForce4 Ti 4200 GPU. Based on industry standard benchmarks, the GeForce4 4200 Go GPU is the unquestioned leader in mobile graphics performance, according to NVIDIA as well as AnandTech’s review here.

The former code-named NV28M GPU provides the support for all the DirectX 8 features and runs at 200/400MHz for core and DDR SDRAM memory. The clock-rates are scalable and the chip, as well as the memory can run at very low frequencies in order to lower the power consumption. The GeForce4 4200 Go requires an additional chip called the “output chip modulator” to run notebook displays since none analogue or digital transmitters are integrated. The novelty also supports the AGP 8x, what is a bit useless at the moment, since none of the mobile chipsets can offer AGP 3.0 these days.

Being indisputably more powerful compared to the rival’s Mobility RADEON 9000, the newcomer should also consume a lot of power. Unfortunately, NVIDIA does not provide the minimum power consumption of the new graphics chipset this time. We can be sure that the maximum power consumption of the solution is huge, but I do not think that anyone will utilise it unless the notebook is plugged to a power outlet.

All in all, the final verdict for the new mobile graphics solution from NVIDIA will be carried out only after the thorough testing by the acclaimed experts. Until now we can only conclude that the GeForce4 4200 Go is the best possible solution for those notebooks, that are intended to replace the desktop PCs.