Laptop graphics cards are DEAD

**Nvidia's Latest Gaming Laptop Offerings**

At the recent event in London, Nvidia showcased its latest gaming laptop offerings, which promised to deliver desktop-grade graphics on-the-go. The laptops were equipped with various Nvidia GeForce GTX 10-series GPUs, including the 970, 1070, 1080, and 980 models. However, there was a twist - the TDP (Thermal Design Power) of these GPUs would be the same as their desktop counterparts.

For instance, a 970m laptop would have the same TDP as a desktop 970, while an 1070 laptop would match the TDP of a desktop 1070. Similarly, an 1080 laptop would have the same TDP as a non-Gaming Desktop 980, and vice versa. This was made possible by the use of dual-FET power supply multiphase power controllers in these laptops.

The laptops were also equipped with Factory Overclocks, but unfortunately, there was no over-voltage or under-voltage control on the cards at all. Additionally, Nvidia's VR capabilities were showcased, with all the laptops being VR ready. However, it's worth noting that the availability of these features may vary depending on which card is used.

The laptops were also equipped with a range of features that would be suitable for high-refresh-rate gaming on-the-go. Specifically, the use of G-Sync technology had been improved, allowing for 120Hz refresh rates on 1440p panels and 12Hz refresh rates on 1080p panels.

**Benchmarking Results**

After returning to Canada, I was able to sit down and analyze some benchmarking results gathered from the laptops at the event in London. Unfortunately, there were two main issues that arose during this process. Firstly, Nvidia did not allow me to test any of the laptops equipped with a GTX 1060, which was frustrating given their thin-and-light design.

Secondly, the games used for testing - BioShock Infinite and Shadow of Mordor - proved to be somewhat unimpressive in terms of providing meaningful results. The former game resulted in frame rates of 181 FPS on an i7-6820HK processor, while the latter yielded a lower figure despite being paired with a higher-end processor.

**Benchmarks**

The performance numbers were gathered at 1080p resolution due to the limitations of the Asus laptop's display. To mitigate this, I used the highest presets available for each game, which resulted in some impressive scores.

For Tomb Raider, the laptops proved to be quite fast, with frame rates exceeding 100 FPS on high settings.

**The Future of Gaming Laptops**

In conclusion, Nvidia has made significant strides in delivering desktop-grade graphics to gaming laptops. With a range of GPUs available across different form factors and architectures, there is something for everyone. Whether you're interested in the GTX 1060's thin-and-light design or the more powerful GTX 1080s, these laptops promise to deliver impressive performance.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso Nvidia has brought us to London and there's been a lot of speculation as to why some people thought it was 1080 TI I really hoped that it wasn't too many desktop cards in the last little while some people thought it was 1080m I was in that camp and we were all wrong it was 1080 1070 and 1060 all in a laptop without the M nomenclature and for a good reason Mast drop is currently featuring their exclusive k7xx red headphones built by AKG learn more and purchase one today at the link in the video description down below Nvidia is claiming to have a 20 million user install base for gaming notebooks that it's increased by 30% over 2015 alone and that it's 9x in The Last 5 Years gaming notebooks are becoming a big deal compared to before where everyone is just like they're just really large clunky objects they're becoming much more streamlined things like the razor blade which I'm actually getting my notes off for this video are actually really really fast and there's going to be a new one coming out with a 1060 in it and that's impressive there will be laptops with desktop grade GTX 1060s in them that are as thin as 14 mm and as light as 4 lb and that's coming with more features as well like more power efficient Graphics which should give you 30% more battery life over their previous Maxwell editions and while the thin and light 1060 equipped laptops cater to me you might want to play with a little bit more power and that would be fine we saw a live demo on stage where they overclocked a 1080 inside of a laptop got it to like 2062 mahz and it was only at like I think 73° C something like that we're going to have to test this in office and we're going to have to compare them against their desktop equivalents but it is pretty exciting nonetheless now Nvidia does seem to be ditching the M all together they're just calling them desktop edition cards but they are slightly different what they're going to be looking for in terms of B is going to be different and in the case of the 1070 the specs are actually different but Nvidia is saying that they should be within 10% of the perceived performance of their desktop variants the laptop Edition 1060 has 6 GB of memory 1280 cacor and a 1670 boost clock the 1070 is a little weird with 8 GB of memory but 2048 Cuda cores and 1645 on the Boost clock then the 1080 is more like its desktop Edition brother with 2560 caor 8 GB of memory and 1733 boost clock in regards to TDP they wouldn't give us any actual numbers but what they would tell us is that the 1060 should be basically the same TDP as a 970m the 1070 should be the same TDP as a 980m and then the 1080 should be the same TDP as a 980 nonm the desktop class 980 now they'll be equipped with a dual fet power supply multiphase power controllers and some laptops will come with Factory overclocks but do note that there's no over voltage or under voltage control at all on the card and unfortunately we weren't able to play with overclocking at the event so that style of video will have to come later on now in terms of tech you get all the same stuff as the desktop side does you're going to be able to have anel in your games you have Invidia VR works if you're into that all of these different graphics cards are VR ready quote unquote that will mean more or less depending on which card you get and there's been some improvements to g-sync the main one is 120 HZ so you're going to have 12 HZ 1080p panels and 120 HZ 1440p panels although we didn't see any of those today that's pretty exciting if you're into high refresh rate gaming on the go which has not been a huge thing in the past okay so I'm back in Canada now and I was able to sit down and pour over some of the benchmarking results that I gathered from the laptops at the event in London there were two rather unfortunate things to note here one is that Nvidia did not allow me to test any of the laptops that were equipped with a GTX 10 60 this was frustrating as those were what I was most excited for the thin and lights oh well the second unfortunate thing is that the games they allowed us to use for testing were weird why they had BioShock Infinite and Shadow of Mordor there I have no idea getting results of 181 is frames per second in BioShock for the 1080 is sweet but not very impactful or useful I would have rathered seeing more modern games that actually could really push the platform and see what it's capable of tomor does that but it's pretty cherry-picked that being said here's the performance numbers they were all ran at 1080p due to the resolution limitations of the Asus laptop and then I paired that with the highest presets I could throw at it now this wasn't a great comparison Not only was 1080p not a challenge for either of these cards or laptops as a whole but the Asus laptop had an i7 6820 HK and the cevo had an i76700 desktop Edition processor so was not the same on either end but there you go it's fast sure both myself and the venerable lonus Sebastian himself will have benchmarking comparisons and whatnot for you guys in the future as we get some laptop samples in the office but that's actually all for now I don't have a ton to say on those benchmarking numbers as they're on kind of older not as relevant games but we can look at the Tomb Raider number and know that these things are going to be quite fast and I'm very happy that they have desktop grade Graphics in laptops in a full range instead of just on the 980 exciting for the future brain tree is code for simple online payment so if you're building a mobile app and searching for a simple online payment solution check out brain tree with the brain tree v.0 SDK which is just one small snippet of code you're all set up in less than 10 minutes they even have support staff ready to walk you through the process over the phone if you do need them their code supports Android iOS and JavaScript clients and they have sdks in seven different programming languages they make it easy to offer multiple Mobile payment types including PayPal Apple pay Bitcoin venmo Android pay cards and more all with a single integration to learn more and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee free go to brain Tre payments.com Linus all right guys thanks for watching hopefully you liked this video that was in two different locations if you liked that hit the like button and get subscribed if you were like no you're only allowed filming a video in one country at a time it's rude if you do it in more than one country at a time hit the dislike button that's fair I don't really understand the argument but you could do that if you want to buy a shirt like this one you can click the link the video description down below if you want to buy a product that I may or may not have mentioned in this video you click the Amazon Link in the video description down below as well check out this video which is on the 980 in a laptop that I shot in a third country so basically whatever I'm just screwing with you at this point but I'll see you next timeso Nvidia has brought us to London and there's been a lot of speculation as to why some people thought it was 1080 TI I really hoped that it wasn't too many desktop cards in the last little while some people thought it was 1080m I was in that camp and we were all wrong it was 1080 1070 and 1060 all in a laptop without the M nomenclature and for a good reason Mast drop is currently featuring their exclusive k7xx red headphones built by AKG learn more and purchase one today at the link in the video description down below Nvidia is claiming to have a 20 million user install base for gaming notebooks that it's increased by 30% over 2015 alone and that it's 9x in The Last 5 Years gaming notebooks are becoming a big deal compared to before where everyone is just like they're just really large clunky objects they're becoming much more streamlined things like the razor blade which I'm actually getting my notes off for this video are actually really really fast and there's going to be a new one coming out with a 1060 in it and that's impressive there will be laptops with desktop grade GTX 1060s in them that are as thin as 14 mm and as light as 4 lb and that's coming with more features as well like more power efficient Graphics which should give you 30% more battery life over their previous Maxwell editions and while the thin and light 1060 equipped laptops cater to me you might want to play with a little bit more power and that would be fine we saw a live demo on stage where they overclocked a 1080 inside of a laptop got it to like 2062 mahz and it was only at like I think 73° C something like that we're going to have to test this in office and we're going to have to compare them against their desktop equivalents but it is pretty exciting nonetheless now Nvidia does seem to be ditching the M all together they're just calling them desktop edition cards but they are slightly different what they're going to be looking for in terms of B is going to be different and in the case of the 1070 the specs are actually different but Nvidia is saying that they should be within 10% of the perceived performance of their desktop variants the laptop Edition 1060 has 6 GB of memory 1280 cacor and a 1670 boost clock the 1070 is a little weird with 8 GB of memory but 2048 Cuda cores and 1645 on the Boost clock then the 1080 is more like its desktop Edition brother with 2560 caor 8 GB of memory and 1733 boost clock in regards to TDP they wouldn't give us any actual numbers but what they would tell us is that the 1060 should be basically the same TDP as a 970m the 1070 should be the same TDP as a 980m and then the 1080 should be the same TDP as a 980 nonm the desktop class 980 now they'll be equipped with a dual fet power supply multiphase power controllers and some laptops will come with Factory overclocks but do note that there's no over voltage or under voltage control at all on the card and unfortunately we weren't able to play with overclocking at the event so that style of video will have to come later on now in terms of tech you get all the same stuff as the desktop side does you're going to be able to have anel in your games you have Invidia VR works if you're into that all of these different graphics cards are VR ready quote unquote that will mean more or less depending on which card you get and there's been some improvements to g-sync the main one is 120 HZ so you're going to have 12 HZ 1080p panels and 120 HZ 1440p panels although we didn't see any of those today that's pretty exciting if you're into high refresh rate gaming on the go which has not been a huge thing in the past okay so I'm back in Canada now and I was able to sit down and pour over some of the benchmarking results that I gathered from the laptops at the event in London there were two rather unfortunate things to note here one is that Nvidia did not allow me to test any of the laptops that were equipped with a GTX 10 60 this was frustrating as those were what I was most excited for the thin and lights oh well the second unfortunate thing is that the games they allowed us to use for testing were weird why they had BioShock Infinite and Shadow of Mordor there I have no idea getting results of 181 is frames per second in BioShock for the 1080 is sweet but not very impactful or useful I would have rathered seeing more modern games that actually could really push the platform and see what it's capable of tomor does that but it's pretty cherry-picked that being said here's the performance numbers they were all ran at 1080p due to the resolution limitations of the Asus laptop and then I paired that with the highest presets I could throw at it now this wasn't a great comparison Not only was 1080p not a challenge for either of these cards or laptops as a whole but the Asus laptop had an i7 6820 HK and the cevo had an i76700 desktop Edition processor so was not the same on either end but there you go it's fast sure both myself and the venerable lonus Sebastian himself will have benchmarking comparisons and whatnot for you guys in the future as we get some laptop samples in the office but that's actually all for now I don't have a ton to say on those benchmarking numbers as they're on kind of older not as relevant games but we can look at the Tomb Raider number and know that these things are going to be quite fast and I'm very happy that they have desktop grade Graphics in laptops in a full range instead of just on the 980 exciting for the future brain tree is code for simple online payment so if you're building a mobile app and searching for a simple online payment solution check out brain tree with the brain tree v.0 SDK which is just one small snippet of code you're all set up in less than 10 minutes they even have support staff ready to walk you through the process over the phone if you do need them their code supports Android iOS and JavaScript clients and they have sdks in seven different programming languages they make it easy to offer multiple Mobile payment types including PayPal Apple pay Bitcoin venmo Android pay cards and more all with a single integration to learn more and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee free go to brain Tre payments.com Linus all right guys thanks for watching hopefully you liked this video that was in two different locations if you liked that hit the like button and get subscribed if you were like no you're only allowed filming a video in one country at a time it's rude if you do it in more than one country at a time hit the dislike button that's fair I don't really understand the argument but you could do that if you want to buy a shirt like this one you can click the link the video description down below if you want to buy a product that I may or may not have mentioned in this video you click the Amazon Link in the video description down below as well check out this video which is on the 980 in a laptop that I shot in a third country so basically whatever I'm just screwing with you at this point but I'll see you next time\n"