For VR to fight hard, Nvidia to prepare a desktop graphics card

TheVerge Chinese Station reported on August 17

For the first time last year, NVIDIA set out to migrate the desktop-level graphics chips used in desktops to laptops, using the Maxwell architecture's GTX 980 chipset. This shows that the company is working hard to develop this new technology, and now NVIDIA is porting its GTX 1000 series chipset to laptops. pay attention! This is not the previous M-series mobile graphics card or notebook dedicated graphics card, but the real GTX 1060, GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 graphics card installed on the laptop.

Mark Aevermann, NVIDIA's project manager, explained at the media briefing of the new graphics processor: “We have been planning this for many years.” In the past, NVIDIA did not implement this technology, but now the company can already The more efficient Pascal architecture graphics chipset is directly applied to laptops. Their use is almost identical to the desktop system, except that when the GTX 1060 graphics chipset is installed inside the notebook, the clock frequency will be slightly lower. To demonstrate the use of results, NVIDIA demonstrated the effect of running Gears of War 4 on a laptop equipped with a GTX 1080 graphics card with a resolution of 4K at 60 frames per second. Aevermann said: "This is very powerful and very advanced."

In the test system, GTX 1080 has 2560 CUDA display cores, running at 1733MHz and equipped with 8GB GDDR5X memory. The GTX 1070 graphics card, as an alternative to the 980M, has 2,048 CUDA cores built in, operating at 1645 MHz and equipped with 8GB of GDDR5 memory. GTX 1060 graphics card, used to replace the 970M display chipset, built-in 1280 CUDA cores, running at 1670MHz, with 6GB GDDR5 memory. NVIDIA's running sub-test compares performance of the GTX 1060, GTX 1070, and GTX 1080 graphics on desktop and notebook systems. The results are very satisfying, especially in some test projects. Desktop GTX 1080. The performance of these new notebook graphics chips is at least 150% better than previous M-series mobile graphics chipsets.

Obviously, NVIDIA has invested heavily in gaming notebooks, and the company is optimistic about the industry outlook and Pascal architecture's performance estimates. In NVIDIA's new graphics processor media campaign, Aevermann revealed that gaming notebooks have a base of 20 million installations, compared to a 52 million installation base for PlayStation 4 and an installed base of 29 million for Xbox One. NVIDIA expects sales of gaming notebooks will increase by 30% this year as console sales continue to increase. The company’s new GTX 1000 series of graphics cards will facilitate sales of gaming notebooks.

As we all know, NVIDIA's Pascal architecture graphics card power and performance are very good, and will be successfully ported to the notebook. Notebook gamers using the new architecture graphics will get 30% of the game life. NVIDIA has also adjusted the battery boost technology to improve the difference in the number of frames when there is no external power supply.

NVIDIA also promised that these new graphics chipsets are fully compatible with VR games. Of course, for the GTX 1080 chipset, support for VR is obvious, but it may be a bit far-fetched for the GTX 1060 chipset. At NVIDIA's event, I experienced the use of a laptop with the GTX 1060 chipset to connect a HTC Vive helmet to run VR games, and NVIDIA only demonstrated a fairly basic boxing game. However, when running a game that relies on a graphics chip for a stronger game, you need a higher-end graphics card to get a good gaming experience. Therefore, it is promised that the GTX 1060 graphics card can support VR games only for certain low-quality games, or it is considered to reduce the picture quality. At the same time, the ability of the GTX 1000 series chipset to support VR games is also achieved using external AC power. The company did not promise to run VR games smoothly when using batteries.

Regardless, NVIDIA's application of desktop graphics to notebooks is a big step forward. For years, we have been expecting that mobile devices will catch up with desktop devices. At the same time, Pascal's graphics chips are also a huge leap forward. Each major OEM and system manufacturer will introduce notebooks based on Pascal architecture graphics cards, including Lenovo, EVGA, Aliens, Asus, MSI, HP, and Acer. , Razer and many other companies. Pascal may not be the most suitable graphics architecture for gaming notebooks, but it can significantly increase graphics performance under limited conditions. NVIDIA expects that OEMs will produce 18mm thin, 1.8kg weight notebooks using the GTX 1060 graphics card, just like the 15-inch MacBook Pro has the perfect shape of the laptop, but NVIDIA did not suggest any new graphics chips Group association with Apple and Microsoft.

By using the GTX 1000 Series graphics card, OEMs will be able to easily create laptops that support 120Hz displays. And soon the GTX 1080 graphics card will unlock overclocking options, which is expected to increase by about 10%. After a few months, the overclocking capabilities of the GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 chipsets will also be unlocked. Notebook makers will be able to develop a monster-class laptop with SLI multi-card crossfire. At the same time, water-cooled devices will be introduced into laptops, and the volume of notebooks may change accordingly. Major manufacturers have begun to introduce laptops using the GTX 1080, GTX 1070 and GTX 1060 graphics cards, and will continue to upgrade hardware in the coming months, hoping to achieve sales breakthroughs at the end of the year. . (Original author: Tom Warren, the compiler: John King)

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