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00:00Hey, how's it going guys? This is Dave2D. When NVIDIA launched the GTX 1080, everyone was really impressed because it was such a big jump in performance from the previous generation.
00:17But I remember thinking that when the mobile chips launch, there's no way they're going to be as good as the desktop chips, right? They never are.
00:23I was wrong. NVIDIA just launched the GTX 10 series for laptops. Here are five things you need to know.
00:28So basically, every major laptop manufacturer is going in on this. They're all on board, except for Apple.
00:34A lot of rumors are saying that the next generation MacBooks are going to use the Polaris 11 chips from AMD.
00:39Still a very capable graphics platform, but if you're an Adobe user and you want CUDA cores for rendering, it's not looking good for MacBooks.
00:46These are the specs for the desktop GTX 10 series cards. Lots of fancy numbers, all good stuff.
00:52And then these are the specs for the laptop chips. Also a lot of fancy numbers, but I want to draw your attention to a few things.
00:58First, the clock speeds on the mobile variants are reduced a bit. Same with the boost clock speeds.
01:03But they have the same number of CUDA cores. Actually, the mobile 1070 has even more than the desktop version because of the drop in clock speed.
01:11But in previous generations, the mobile chips usually had like a 25 to 30% reduction in CUDA cores. Not this time.
01:18They've also dropped the M moniker at the end of the name, so it's a GTX 1070, not a 1070M.
01:24Now most of the other specs, including the memory speeds and bandwidth, are the same between the desktop and laptop version.
01:31Gaming laptop screens have always run at 60Hz, so if you had frame rates above 60 frames per second, you couldn't see it.
01:38But competitive gamers want higher refresh rates. On desktops, they'll run 120 or 144Hz panels to help with reaction time.
01:46And if you've never gamed on a 120 or 144Hz screen, you should try it. It's something special.
01:51So Nvidia has worked with manufacturers to bring out 1080p and even 1440p displays running at 120Hz on these new carts.
01:59You're going to get some very buttery visuals.
02:01I just got these updated drivers from Nvidia, but with preliminary testing on the GTX 1070, I'm getting around 15% better frame rates than the GTX 980M from the previous generation.
02:13Nvidia claims that the performance on these mobile chips will be within 10% of the desktop version.
02:18So if you're interested in the performance of a specific game, just look up the card that you're interested in, subtract 10% from the desktop card,
02:25and that should theoretically be the performance of the mobile card.
02:28They're very fast, and they can be factory overclocked.
02:31But with all this increased performance comes increased power consumption, and that's where things get a little interesting.
02:36The exact TDP of these chips haven't been announced, but Nvidia has said that they're supposed to be around these numbers.
02:42The TDP from the GTX 900 series were lower, and these are those numbers.
02:47You're getting better performance with Pascal, but it uses more power.
02:50And as an example, the 2016 Razer Blade is getting refreshed with Pascal chips,
02:55but Razer's actually replacing the 970M with a 1060, not a 1070, because thermally, the chassis that it's in can't dissipate more heat than that.
03:03And thermal performance is one of the reasons why Apple doesn't use Nvidia chips in their current laptops.
03:08The top-spec AMD chip that they use right now has a TDP of just 50 watts.
03:13Thermally, on the G752 running the GTX 1070, it never got super hot or anything, and the keyboard area stays cool, even during benchmarks.
03:21The exhaust does get hot.
03:23The fan is also pretty audible on load.
03:25It's not horribly loud or anything, but you will need headphones to play games.
03:28These new Pascal chips have great performance, but they don't come cheap.
03:32See, AMD is really the only competitor to Nvidia, and right now, AMD doesn't have an answer to Pascal, let alone mobile Pascal.
03:40So, Nvidia can charge whatever they want on these chips, and people will buy them.
03:44So right now, at the very base model for the GTX 1060 laptops, you're looking at $1,300 at a minimum,
03:50probably around $1,500 for the average gaming laptop that has one.
03:54This laptop here, the G752, is going to run you $2,500, so it's a very expensive investment.
04:00Overall, I'm very, very excited about these chips.
04:03I think they have an incredible performance boost from the previous generation, but they won't come cheap.
04:09I will be doing reviews as they come in.
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