NVIDIA Drops Pascal Desktop GPUs Into Laptops With Mobile GeForce GTX 10-Series (hothardware.com)

MojoKid writes: NVIDIA's new Pascal core graphics architecture is being driven throughout the company's entire product portfolio, as is typically the case. Today, NVIDIA brings Pascal to notebooks with the introduction of the NVIDIA Mobile GeForce GTX 10-Series. What's interesting is that the first laptop-targeted GPUs are actually quite similar to their desktop counterparts. In fact, all three of the Mobile GeForce GTX 10-Series graphics processors NVIDIA is announcing today come sans the traditional "M" tacked on the end of their model numbers. As it turns out, the migration to a 16nm manufacturing process with Pascal has been kind to NVIDIA and the Mobile GeForce GTX 1080 and Mobile GeForce GTX 1060 have nearly identical specs to their desktop counterparts, from CUDA core counts, to boost, and memory clock speeds. However, the Mobile GeForce GTX 1070 actually has a few more CUDA cores at 2048, versus 1920 for the desktop GTX 1070 (with slightly lower clocks). By tweaking boost clock peaks and MXM module power requirements, NVIDIA was able to get these new Pascal mobile GPUs into desktop replacement class machines and even 5-pound, 15-inch class standard notebook designs (for the 1060). In the benchmarks, the new Mobile GeForce GTX 10-Series blows pretty much any previous discrete notebook graphics chip out of the water and smooth 4K or 120Hz gaming is now possible on notebook platforms.

Comments

The Jensen and Wirth book is still handy!

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a good thing I still have my Pascal User Manual and Report. After all these years it may come in handy again!

Re:Where am I being shafted?

[jawtheshark]

... on battery life, mostly ;-)

NVIDIA Next Gen Pascal Architecture

[Anonymous Coward]

will be called Turbo Pascal

Re:NVIDIA Next Gen Pascal Architecture

[K. S. Kyosuke]

I want it to be called Modula. Then, Oberon or bust.

they need to change the name

[slashdice]

It's like when somebody names their daughter Chlamydia because it sounds nice and they have no idea it might mean something else.

Re:Where am I being shafted?

[EndlessNameless]

With most graphics cards, you can cut power consumption by 30%-50% if you're willing to lose 10%-20% performance. Just drop the frequency and voltage a bit.

Desktop parts are tuned toward the higher end of what the hardware can handle. You've got the power and cooling to support it, and you need to win the performance.

Most people are interested in overclocking, further showing that the chip and board designers are right in choosing to sacrifice efficiency for more performance. For the desktop market.

If they tune down a bit instead, they can probably fit into the massive gaming laptops without too many compromises. Gaming laptops usually have larger fans, thicker chassis, heatpipes for CPU and GPU, and extensive ventilation.

These full-sized GPUs will never fit into an ultrabook, but I know for a fact that the MSI and Asus gaming laptops move a lot of air. I think they move more than the Founder's Edition cooler, although they are cooling more than just the GPU and VRAM.