Tech Advisor - UK (2020-04)

APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 9

card stocked with the mobile CPU, RAM, chipset,

and storage. There’s PCIe x4 and x16 slots next to

the Compute Element, too, ready to accept discrete

graphics and storage add-in cards – handy preparation

for when Xe launches later.

Nvidia had a lower profile at CES 2020. It didn’t

release updated graphics cards, show off a new

Shield console, or (finally) launch GeForce Now out

of beta. But the company brought it when it came

tomonitors,showingoffface-melting360HzG-Sync

Esportsdisplays, and new mini-LED G-Sync Ultimate

monitors with 1,152 backlight zones capable of a

blazing 1,400 nits. We called the first wave of G-Sync

Ultimate displays the Holy Grail of gaming monitors,

and these look even better.

AMD showed off its 360Hz
G-Sync Esports displays at CES