Less than six months after the launch of its RTX 3000 series GPUs for desktop PCs, Nvidia is bringing the RTX 3060, RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 to gaming laptops. Nvidia is promising big energy efficiency gains here, thanks to its new Ampere architecture, along with the obvious performance improvements over previous RTX 2000 series laptops.
More than 70 gaming laptops will be available with the new RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 mobile GPUs on January 26, with RTX 3060 laptops on February 2. Prices start at $ 999 for RTX 3060 models.
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RTX 3060 laptops, which Nvidia claims are 1.3 times faster than the PS5, start at $ 999. RTX 3070 laptops will start at $ 1,299, and Nvidia says they are up to 1, 5 times faster than previous RTX 2070 systems and deliver 90 fps at 1440p.
RTX 3080 laptops start at $ 1,999 and can include up to 16 GB of GDDR6 memory – more than what is available on the RTX 3080 desktop GPU side. Nvidia claims that these laptops will deliver more than 100 fps at 1440p.
These laptops are using Nvidia’s third generation Max-Q. Designed for laptops for thinner and lighter games, Max-Q variants are designed to squeeze most of the GPU power from an RTX 3000 series card into a more thermally restricted chassis. Nvidia and laptop manufacturers adjust drivers and thermal and electrical components to make this a reality.
Nvidia says this latest generation of Max-Q laptops will offer twice the performance of the previous generation. Nvidia is using a new Dynamic Boost 2.0 technology on these laptops that uses artificial intelligence to balance the power between the CPU, GPU and GPU memory. It works on a per-frame basis, which means that a laptop can balance your power needs in real time.
These RTX 3080 laptops must also be powerful enough to handle Microsoft Flight Simulator, a demanding title. Nvidia demonstrated a Razer Blade 15 powering a full Flight Simulator rig during its CES lecture today.
Nvidia is also introducing WhisperMode 2.0 with these RTX 3000 series laptops. You will be able to choose different sound levels and the AI will manage fan speeds and game settings to remain at the desired sound level.
We hope to hear a lot more from manufacturers soon about new gaming laptop updates at CES 2021. Stay tuned at The Verge for all the latest gaming laptop ads.