Optimizing power delivery on mobile platforms, which often share cooling solutions a across the CPU and GPU, is a key component to maximizing performance. New AI algorithms have apparently been leveraged with Dynamic Boost 2.0, however, that enhance its accuracy. And the platform has also been graced with Advanced Optimus and support for Resizable BAR.ĭynamic Boost 2, like the original, dynamically shifts power between the CPU, GPU, and graphics memory sending it where it’s needed most depending on the workload. NVIDIA is introducing a couple of new or updated features with its 3rd Gen Max Q technologies, namely Dynamic Boost 2.0 and Whisper Mode 2.0. NVIDIA 3rd Gen Max Q And Additional Enhancements And there’s some new stuff coming as well.
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 LAPTOP SERIES
In addition to all of the benefits that come by way of Ampere, the GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs also offer support for other NVIDIA technologies, like Reflex, Broadcast, and NVIDIA’s Studio drivers.
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 LAPTOP SOFTWARE
We should also point out that NVIDIA has been at work on their software as much as their hardware. If you’d like a deeper-dive on Ampere, we suggest checking out some of our previous coverage. Since we’ve already covered the Ampere architecture in-depth, however, we won’t do so again here. The RT and Tensor cores are also newer and more capable. Versus the previous, Turing-based GeForce RTX 20-series mobile GPUs, the new 30-series offers higher CUDA core counts and faster memory. The RTX 3060 laptop GPU packs less memory (6GB) than the upcoming desktop GeForce RTX 3060 as well. That memory is of the GDDR6 variety and not GDDR6X, though. The mobile RTX 3080 has a narrower memory interface (by 64-bits), but includes either 8GB (less) or 16GB (more) of memory. The mobile RTX 3070 is right in-line with its desktop counterpart, with 8GB of GDDR6 attached over a 256-bit interface. The memory configurations are quite different, though. The boost clocks of the GPUs also differ between the laptop and desktop RTX 30 series, but they’re in the same ballpark. Desktop GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 series GPUs have 8,704, 5,888, and 3,584 CUDA cores, respectively, whereas these laptop offerings have 6,144, 5,120, and 3,840 – it is only the RTX 3060 laptop GPU that has more cores than its similar-branded desktop counterpart. The biggest difference between these various mobile GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs and their desktop counterparts, are their core counts. The entire lineup’s reference specifications are listed in the table above. Though they carry the same monikers as their desktop counterparts, these laptop GPUs are different in a number of ways.
The initial lineup of GeForce RTX 30-series laptop GPUs consists of the GeForce RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080. If you want to see what a retail-ready notebook with a GeForce RTX 30-series GPU can do, we’ve got some the goods from Alienware on tap for you as well (and you really should check it out).īefore we talk about our experience with this MSI machine and the GeForce RTX 3080 laptop GPU’s performance, however, we’ve got some technical stuff to get out of the way, first. This particular machine/configuration may or may not be offered for sale exactly as pictured here, but it was too interesting a prospect not to check out. In fact, the test vehicle we were lucky enough to evaluate for this article – an MSI GS66 Stealth with a GeForce RTX 3080 mobile GPU on board – features a gorgeous, 15.6” anti-glare, IPS panel with a native 2560x1440 resolution and 240Hz refresh rate, with G-Sync support. A number of upcoming notebooks will also be sporting 1440p, ultra-high refresh rate IPS displays. Thinner, higher-performance form factors aren’t the only features NVIDIA is touting. With the GeForce RTX 30 series, NVIDIA is targeting high-performance gaming notebooks in form factors as thin 16mm, even with the flagship GeForce RTX 3080. A wide range of notebook design wins were also showed off at various events, spanning a variety of form factors. NVIDIA unveiled its Ampere-based RTX 30 series mobile GPUs at a special GeForce Event during this year's virtual CES 2021 festivities.