“It’s a quantum leap in performance,” Nvidia product manager Mark Aevermann said. “It clocks in at 76 percent leap.”
Being a full-fledged Geforce GTX graphics chip with no compromises, players can expect the same type of features on notebooks as they would on PCs. Laptops with GTX 10-series of chips will handle virtual reality and support G-Sync. Some original equipment manufacturers will ship notebooks that include Scalable Link Intervace built in. That’s the feature that lets two Nvidia graphics cards connect to each other to push higher frame rates and lusher visuals. There will even be an option for factory overclocking.
Part of the reason, Nvidia has been able to replicate its graphics card in a smaller form factor is that it has included dual-field-effect transistor power supply and increased energy efficiency with multi phased power controllers. Despite being more powerful, Aevermann says the GTX 10-series chips get 30 percent more battery life compared to the Maxwell notebook predecessors.
Aevermann says players can expect to see the most affordable notebooks with the GTX 10-series chips featuring a GeForce GTX 1060 selling for $1,300.
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