Maxwell
Earlier this month, NVIDIA quietly released the Maxwell-based entry-level GeForce MX130 and MX110, joining the earlier Pascal-based MX150. The MX130 and MX110 product pages were later updated to specify that they were Maxwell-based parts. These discrete mobile GPUs are OEM-focused, and fill out the very bottom of NVIDIA’s mobile GPU product stack. Officially, as with previous low-end GPU launches, NVIDIA is remaining tight-lipped on formal GPU specifications. In lieu of hard numbers on CUDA cores and clocks – the latter of which is variable among laptop designs due to power and cooling – NVIDIA is citing performance relative to the Intel UHD 620, the iGPU featured in the i5-7200U (and most other Intel 8th Gen Core CPUs). There the company has the MX110 listed as...
Razer Blade Pro Updated with GTX 960M and More Storage
I have to admit that the Razer Blade Pro has been a bit of an anomaly in my book, as it’s both larger and generally slower (for games) than...
16 by Jarred Walton on 3/12/2015
Acer Updates V Nitro Black Series with GeForce 960M
Like many OEMs Acer is updating their mainstream gaming notebooks with NVIDIA’s new GeForce GTX 960M mobile GPU. The V Nitro Black series is currently Acer’s highest performance gaming...
18 by Jarred Walton on 3/12/2015
NVIDIA Launches GTX 960M/950M and GeForce 940M/930M/920M
Today NVIDIA officially launched their latest mobile GPUs, the GTX 960M and 950M; on a quieter note, the 940M, 930M, and 920M also showed up. NVIDIA launched the high-end...
31 by Jarred Walton on 3/12/2015
Eurocom P5 Pro / Clevo P750ZM Review: True DTR
Some people look at notebooks as a way to cut the cord and go mobile for long periods of time, but others view the portability as a mere convenience...
74 by Jarred Walton on 3/10/2015
Gigabyte 17.3” P37X Gaming Notebook Now in North America
Gigabyte has an interesting line of gaming notebooks these days, including their own brand of P-series laptops as well as the AORUS brand. We’re in the process of reviewing...
9 by Jarred Walton on 2/26/2015
ASUS GPUs: Strix GTX 750 Ti 4GB and GTX 960 2GB DirectCU Mini Launched
When ASUS first launched their mini-ITX sized graphics cards, limited to 17cm for mini-ITX builds, my initial reaction was ‘why has no-one thought of this before?’. The idea has...
39 by Ian Cutress on 2/17/2015
GeForce GTX 970: Correcting The Specs & Exploring Memory Allocation
Over the weekend we reported on a statement released by NVIDIA regarding recent concern over unusual VRAM allocation and VRAM bandwidth performance from the GeForce GTX 970. In brief...
398 by Ryan Smith on 1/26/2015
NVIDIA Publishes Statement on GeForce GTX 970 Memory Allocation
On our forums and elsewhere over the past couple of weeks there has been quite a bit of chatter on the subject of VRAM allocation on the GeForce GTX...
93 by Ryan Smith on 1/24/2015
NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 960
Editor's Note: Due to personal matters we won’t have a GeForce GTX 960 review published today. But in lieu of that we wanted to go over the basics of...
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Hands On with Gigabyte Notebooks at CES
One of the notebook vendors that I’ve been really interested in visiting is Gigabyte, as their P-series offerings look quite promising. Aesthetics are of course a rather subjective topic...
8 by Jarred Walton on 1/8/2015
MSI Unveils GE62 and GE72 Apache Notebooks
After reviewing the GT72 Dominator Pro last year, I wondered how long it would take to see some of the updated industrial design elements make their way into other...
1 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2015
NVIDIA 344.75 Drivers - MFAA Arrives for Maxwell
When NVIDIA initially briefed us on their new GM204 GPUs (aka Maxwell 2.0), there were several new features discussed. Most of these are now publicly available – Dynamic Scalable...
28 by Jarred Walton on 11/18/2014
NVIDIA VXGI Apollo 11 Demo Available
When NVIDIA held their press briefing on the upcoming GM204 Maxwell GPUs back in September, one of the big new features for Maxwell 2.0 was VXGI – Voxel Global...
13 by Jarred Walton on 11/11/2014
MSI GT72 Dominator Pro Review: GTX 980M Reigns Supreme
When it comes to high-end gaming notebooks, there are only a few real competitors: Alienware, ASUS, Clevo (under various brand names), and MSI are the main options, with a...
57 by Jarred Walton on 11/11/2014
More GeForce GTX 980M/970M Notebooks
Continuing with our GTX 980M/GTX 970M coverage, I expect we'll see press releases and website updates from all of the major notebook vendors today or very soon, as all...
9 by Jarred Walton on 10/7/2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and GTX 970M: Mobile to the Maxwell
Every year NVIDIA launches quite a few new products; some are better than others, but they're all interesting. This fall, the big news is Maxwell 2.0, aka GM204. Initially...
68 by Jarred Walton on 10/7/2014
MSI Gaming Notebooks with GeForce GTX 980M and 970M
As noted in the conclusion of our GTX 980M/GTX 970M launch article, we're going to be covering some of the notebooks that are being announced today in separate Pipeline...
13 by Jarred Walton on 10/7/2014
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Review: Featuring EVGA
Last week we took a look at NVIDIA’s newest consumer flagship video card, the GeForce GTX 980. Today in the second part of our series on the GTX 900...
155 by Ryan Smith on 9/26/2014
Short Bytes: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 in 1000 Words
To call the launch of NVIDIA's Maxwell GM204 part impressive is something of an understatement. You can read our full coverage of the GTX 980 for the complete story...
41 by Jarred Walton on 9/19/2014
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Review: Maxwell Mark 2
At the start of this year we saw the first half of the Maxwell architecture in the form of the GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti. Based on...
274 by Ryan Smith on 9/18/2014
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