Gaming with NVIDIA GeForce MX130 – benchmarks and gameplay videos

We’ve already shown you that even the HD Graphics 620 is capable of running some games and while it’s not as popular as the Intel GPU, NVIDIA’s GeForce MX130 is another affordable solution which finds a place in many new ultra-portable or budget-mainstream laptops. That’s why we’ve decided to take a detailed look at which games are light or optimized enough to be run on MX130.

Meanwhile, you can check out all available laptops with GeForce MX130 here:

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Benchmarks comparison

Before the real gaming tests, let’s see how the MX130 fares against the other competitors in its price range in terms of synthetic performance. It looks like MX130 is pretty close to 940MX in terms of raw performance and 16% behind MX150, on average, considering the 4 benchmark tests.


Gaming Tests

Now let’s put the GeForce MX130 to the real test – gaming. Of course, we can’t expect much from this GPU so we chose the 768p HD resolution for our gaming benchmarks.

Looks like MX130 can be used for gaming too, after all, although you should put up with just HD (768p) resolution and Low/Medium graphics settings. Here’s how that looks in real-life…

Note: We used NVIDIA ShadowPlay to record the gameplay videos. The performance impact is negligible.

GTA V

GTA-V-benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5)HD 768p, Normal (Check settings)HD 768p, Medium (Check settings)HD 768p, Very High (Check settings)
Average FPS80 fps37 fps11 fps
Min. FPS40 fps26 fps4 fps

GTA V gameplay [768p, Normal settings]

Far Cry Primal

Far Cry PrimalHD 768p, Normal (Check settings)HD 768p, High (Check settings)HD 768p, Very High (Check settings)
Average FPS39 fps34 fps29 fps
Min. FPS35 fps30 fps26 fps

Far Cry Primal gameplay [768p, Low settings]

Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5HD 768p, Normal (Check settings)HD 768p, High (Check settings)HD 768p, Ultra (Check settings)
Average FPS29 fps25 fps22 fps
Min. FPS24 fps22 fps19 fps

TC Ghost Recon: Wildlands

TC Ghost Recon WildlandsHD 768p, Medium (Check settings)HD 768p, High (Check settings)HD 768p, Very High (Check settings)
Average FPS33 fps23 fps19 fps
Min. FPS28 fps19 fps15 fps

Ghost Recon: Wildlands gameplay benchmark [768p, Low settings]


Rise of the Tomb Raider

rise-of-the-tomb-raider

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)HD 768p, Lowest (Check settings)HD 768p, Medium (Check settings)HD 768p, Very High (Check settings)
Average FPS48 fps32 fps11 fps
Min. FPS22 fps17 fps1 fps

Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay [768p, Lowest settings]

Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay [1080p, Lowest settings]

CS:GO

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GOHD 768p, Low (Check settings)HD 768p, Medium (Check settings)HD 768p, MAX (Check settings)
Average FPS115 fps93 fps79 fps
Min. FPS20 fps17 fps17 fps

CS:GO gameplay [768p, Max settings]

Warframe

Warframe gameplay [Full HD (1080p), Medium settings]

DOOM

DOOM gameplay [768p, Medium settings]


FIFA 18

FIFA 18 gameplay [768p, High settings]

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