Nvidia's R-TX Laptops Are Here at CES 2019

You heard it correctly, Nvidia is finally bringing their R-TX graphics to laptops at CES 2019. According to Nvidia, starting January 29th, we'll have laptops with R-TX graphics inside us, and let's discuss the moment we're looking at our TX 2060, the desktop version of which is launching on January 15th. Our TX 2070 and 2080 graphics will be available in laptops in about three weeks' time from the 29th of January.

Nvidia said that there will be 40 different laptop models available with R-TX graphics, not counting different configurations of the same model. And out of these, 17 will likely feature max-Q designs, which are expected to result in thinner machines. However, it was not stated directly that there will also be non-max-Q versions available in the other 23 models, but based on their sizes, it is pretty safe to assume that they will also have some non-max-Q options.

Nvidia mentioned that there appears to be a trend towards thinner and lighter laptops featuring max-Q graphics. This is already evident in 2019, where we've seen more such designs coming out than any other year. Nvidia specifically listed three laptops which will be available with R-TX graphics: the MSI Ge62 by Terror, Aces' new Predator Triton 500, and an RT X version of the Scar-Hero, along with a new laptop called the Rog Mothership. Unfortunately, my Australian contacts were unable to hook me up with Soos at CES, so hopefully I can track them down.

The Triton 500 was listed with R-TX 2060 graphics, while the GS 6-5 and Arrow laptops are expected to have R-TX 2080 graphics. It's unclear what other options will be available for these models, but it's likely that they'll vary depending on the specific design of each laptop. The R-TX 20/80 performs similarly to a 1080 TI, so if we're able to get non-max-Q versions of this graphics card in laptops, it should provide a nice performance boost over what's currently available at the top end.

The first hour or more of the presentation at CES was dedicated to our R-TX demos, and while this is cool technology, they demonstrated real-time gameplay on the new RT X 2060. This is apparently coming in at $349 U.S. dollars. However, I'm still pretty skeptical based on what I've seen so far with desktop cards and max-Q designs, and I'll have to play it myself to believe it. It will also be very interesting to test and compare these R-TX models against the older GTX 10 Series versions, to see how well the cooling holds up or if the heat pipes need to be upgraded as a result.

I'm going to be checking out as many new laptops and other hardware as I can while here at CES 2019. If you're not already subscribed, get it done so that you don't miss anything specifically tomorrow. I've got appointments with both MSI and Gigabyte, so we'll be looking at the new Edge and hopefully the GS 65 and more models. Let me know what you'd like to see from those videos, keeping in mind that I'll probably be limited in what I can test for in their suite the day after.

I also have plans to meet with Dell, so I should see what they've got going on. I found a Lenovo suite today while walking around, and I'll try to hustle them about getting some review units – everyone was just getting set up today, so I wasn't filming anything even without detailed testing. If you were considering buying a laptop now, I'd at least wait a few weeks so that we can see how these R-TX laptops actually perform and find out their prices relative to the 10 Series models. Full detailed performance will of course have to wait until I get my hands on these new models for testing.

I've already got confirmation that I'll be receiving some Stinger, including Gigabyte's new Edge, so you should get subscribed as well and get your body ready for all sorts of laptop RTX testing to come.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyep you heard correctly nvidia r-tx laptops are here at CES 2019 Nvidia announced that starting January 29th will have laptops with r-tx graphics inside so let's discuss at the moment we're looking at our TX 2060 the desktop version of which is launching January 15th our TX 2070 and 2080 graphics becoming available in laptops in about three weeks time from the 29th of January Nvidia said that there will be 40 different laptop models available with our TX graphics and that's not counting different configurations of the same model and 17 of these will make use of max-q most likely the thinner machines it wasn't stated directly but I can only assume that this means that there will also be non max-q versions in the other 23 models most likely available in thicker laptops with more power Nvidia mentioned that there appears to be a trend towards thinner and lighter laptops featuring max-q graphics with 2019 already having the most available per year despite only just having started during the presentation Nvidia specifically listed three laptops which will be available with our TX graphics and these included the msi ge62 by terror and aces new predator triton 500 I also found on Twitter that a soos mentioned they will have an RT X version of the scar - hero - and a new laptop called the rog mothership unfortunately my australian contacts weren't able to hook me up with a soos at CES so hopefully I can track them down the triton 500 was listed with 2060 graphics while the GS 6 5 and arrow were mentioned as having 2080 graphics I'm not sure what other options they'll be available with at this stage but most likely it will vary the 2080 graphics seem pretty crazy given in the 10 series we had 1070 max-q at the highest end in these models while none of invidious slides actually specified these thin laptops would have max-q I think it's pretty safe to assure given their sizes they're most likely three of those 17 new max-q laptops no actual raw specs were detailed either so I can't speculate too much here on the desktop side of things at least the r-tx 20/80 performs similarly to a 1080 TI so if we're able to get non max-q 20/80 graphics in the laptop then that should hopefully be a nice performance boost over what we've got available today at the top end in the laptop that being the GTX 1080 then of course there's ray tracing itself the first hour or more of the presentation at CES was our TX demos and while a cool technology they did demonstrate real-time gameplay on the new RT X 2060 which is apparently coming in at 349 u.s. dollars by the way I'm still pretty skeptical based on what I've seen so far with the desktop cards ad max-q into the mix and I'm not so sure I'll have to play it myself to believe it it will of course also be very interesting to test and compare these RT x models against the older GTX 10 Series versions to see how well the cooling holds up or if the heat pipes have otherwise needed to be upgraded as a result again no specs were revealed for the laptop graphics at the stage so I'm not sure what TDP we're looking at but definitely expect some future videos on these topics I'm going to be checking out as many new laptops and other hardware as I can while here at CES 2019 so get subscribed if you're not already so you don't miss anything specifically tomorrow I've got appointments with both MSI and gigabyte so we'll be looking at the new error and hopefully the GS 65 and more models let me know what you'd like to see from those videos keeping in mind I'll probably be limited in what I can test for in their suite the day after that I've also got plans to meet with Dell - so should see what they've got going on and I found a Lenovo suite today while walking around so he'll try to hustle them about getting some review units - everyone was just getting set up today so I wasn't filming anything even without detailed testing if you were considering buying a laptop now I'd at least wait a few weeks so we can see how these r-tx laptops actually perform and find out their prices relative to the 10 series models full detailed performance will of course have to wait until I've got these new models in my hands for testing but don't worry I've already got confirmation that I'll be receiving some sting including gigabytes new error so get subscribed and get your body ready for all sorts of laptop RTX testing to comeyep you heard correctly nvidia r-tx laptops are here at CES 2019 Nvidia announced that starting January 29th will have laptops with r-tx graphics inside so let's discuss at the moment we're looking at our TX 2060 the desktop version of which is launching January 15th our TX 2070 and 2080 graphics becoming available in laptops in about three weeks time from the 29th of January Nvidia said that there will be 40 different laptop models available with our TX graphics and that's not counting different configurations of the same model and 17 of these will make use of max-q most likely the thinner machines it wasn't stated directly but I can only assume that this means that there will also be non max-q versions in the other 23 models most likely available in thicker laptops with more power Nvidia mentioned that there appears to be a trend towards thinner and lighter laptops featuring max-q graphics with 2019 already having the most available per year despite only just having started during the presentation Nvidia specifically listed three laptops which will be available with our TX graphics and these included the msi ge62 by terror and aces new predator triton 500 I also found on Twitter that a soos mentioned they will have an RT X version of the scar - hero - and a new laptop called the rog mothership unfortunately my australian contacts weren't able to hook me up with a soos at CES so hopefully I can track them down the triton 500 was listed with 2060 graphics while the GS 6 5 and arrow were mentioned as having 2080 graphics I'm not sure what other options they'll be available with at this stage but most likely it will vary the 2080 graphics seem pretty crazy given in the 10 series we had 1070 max-q at the highest end in these models while none of invidious slides actually specified these thin laptops would have max-q I think it's pretty safe to assure given their sizes they're most likely three of those 17 new max-q laptops no actual raw specs were detailed either so I can't speculate too much here on the desktop side of things at least the r-tx 20/80 performs similarly to a 1080 TI so if we're able to get non max-q 20/80 graphics in the laptop then that should hopefully be a nice performance boost over what we've got available today at the top end in the laptop that being the GTX 1080 then of course there's ray tracing itself the first hour or more of the presentation at CES was our TX demos and while a cool technology they did demonstrate real-time gameplay on the new RT X 2060 which is apparently coming in at 349 u.s. dollars by the way I'm still pretty skeptical based on what I've seen so far with the desktop cards ad max-q into the mix and I'm not so sure I'll have to play it myself to believe it it will of course also be very interesting to test and compare these RT x models against the older GTX 10 Series versions to see how well the cooling holds up or if the heat pipes have otherwise needed to be upgraded as a result again no specs were revealed for the laptop graphics at the stage so I'm not sure what TDP we're looking at but definitely expect some future videos on these topics I'm going to be checking out as many new laptops and other hardware as I can while here at CES 2019 so get subscribed if you're not already so you don't miss anything specifically tomorrow I've got appointments with both MSI and gigabyte so we'll be looking at the new error and hopefully the GS 65 and more models let me know what you'd like to see from those videos keeping in mind I'll probably be limited in what I can test for in their suite the day after that I've also got plans to meet with Dell - so should see what they've got going on and I found a Lenovo suite today while walking around so he'll try to hustle them about getting some review units - everyone was just getting set up today so I wasn't filming anything even without detailed testing if you were considering buying a laptop now I'd at least wait a few weeks so we can see how these r-tx laptops actually perform and find out their prices relative to the 10 series models full detailed performance will of course have to wait until I've got these new models in my hands for testing but don't worry I've already got confirmation that I'll be receiving some sting including gigabytes new error so get subscribed and get your body ready for all sorts of laptop RTX testing to come\n"