Graphics card giant, Nvidia, announces its new product line, the Nvidia GTX 980 gaming laptop series sporting the latest ultra-high grade GeForce GTX 980 video graphics card found only in desktop computers. The up and coming Nvidia gaming laptop is described as a new gaming rig with huge power boost optimized for VR (virtual reality) and overclocking (tweaking the processor-the GPU in this case-to aggressively increase speed and performance).
The GTX 980 gaming laptop series is set to trail-blaze a plethora of extremely fast portable gaming rigs that is, according to Nvidia, made for enthusiasts. Hayley Wiiliams of Gizmodo Australia further discloses that overpowered Nvidia gaming laptops will carry these unique jaw-dropping and eye-popping qualities, to wit: VR compatibility, unlocked GPUs, overclocking enthusiast controls, fan control, and water cooling.
Williams also added that the Nvidia GTX 980 will run at an astounding 1190MHz with overclocking capability and allowing speeds of up to screamingly fast 1400Mhz. GPU overclocking, Wiiliams noted, is highly dependent on the gaming laptop's cooling. Another special feature that is exclusive to the Nvidia GTX 980 gaming laptop is it allows users to overclock the base memory and likewise increase its performance from 7.0Gbps to a whopping 7.5Gbps.
The Nvidia GTX 980 gaming laptop series is strongly geared towards VR gaming. According to Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell, the GTX 980 gaming laptop offers great portable option for the Oculus Rift. "We're excited to see high-performance notebooks powering virtual reality," Mitchell said.
Moving on with the Nvidia GTX 980 series, this ultra-high performing gaming laptop is powered by the GeForce GTX 980 that delivers superior graphics prowess to desktop computers. The GeForce GTX 980 is a dedicated desktop-only based graphics card that incorporates the following qualities; to wit, Nvidia MAXWELL architecture, Multi-Frame sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA), Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR), Voxel Global Illumination (VGI), and many other state-of-the-art improvements and innovations. All of these are incorporated into the new Nvidia GTX 980 gaming laptop series making it truly best in laptop/notebook gaming that beats the competition hands down.
The pricing of the Nvidia GTX 980 gaming laptop series is still undisclosed but be prepared to shell out a ton of currency to acquire this speed behemoth according to Chris Wood of gizmag. Chris also added that a slew of other notebook models from different makers will be taking advantage of Nvidia GTX 980; namely, Aorus X7 DT, Clevo P870DM, Clevo P775DM, MSI GT72, MSI GT80, and Asus GX700VO, respectively.
The Nvidia GTX 980 gaming laptop is Nvidia's response to gamers' clamor for a more robust, more sophisticated, and more customizable gaming rig. If Nvidia does this right, then its new gaming laptop will set a trend for the development of overpowered portable gaming machines using only dedicated desktop computer video graphics hardware as core GPU.
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