22 PCWorld MAY 2020NEWS NVIDIA LEVELS UP GEFORCE GAMING LAPTOPS
originally. We’d expect GeForce RTX 2070
Super laptops to cost $1,500 and up, and
gaming notebooks with a GeForce RTX 2080
Super inside to go for north of $2,000.
The rest of the mobile GeForce laptop is
getting cheaper, though.
Starting at the bottom, Nvidia says we’ll
start to see laptops with the entry-level
GeForce GTX 1650 starting at $699. (As a
“GTX” GPU rather than an “RTX” GPU, this
chip lacks real-time ray tracing.) We’ve seen
GTX 1650 laptops selling for this price
before—even laptops with a more potent
GTX 1660 Ti inside (go.pcworld.com/60ti)—
but only on sale.
Moving another rung up the ladder,
Nvidia didn’t mention expected GTX 1660 Ti
laptop pricing. It must be getting cheaper,
though, because notebooks with the vaunted
GeForce RTX 2060 inside will start at $999,
bringing real-time ray tracing to the pricing
“sweet spot” for mobile gaming. Before, you
could expect
to spend
$1,200 or more
on an RTX
2060 laptop
unless you
found a
particularly
juicy deal.
Virtually all the
top notebook
makers alreadywith Intel and AMD’s latest notebook
processors.
Let’s look at the new GPUs and Nvidia’s
pricing changes first, then dive into the
Max-Q tweaks, since they’re worth deeper
explanation.
The Super-fied laptop incarnations
revolve around the same underlying hardware
as desktop GeForce RTX 2070 Super (go.
pcworld.com/70sp) and RTX 2080 Super
(go.pcworld.com/80su), but tuned for lower
clocks and power draw, per usual for Nvidia’s
modern laptop lineup. That should make the
GeForce RTX 2070 Super ideal for laptops
with 1440p or high refresh-rate 1080p
displays, and the RTX 2080 Super great for
4K or ultra-fast 1440p gaming. And yes,
they’re capable of real-time ray tracing in
games that support the cutting-edge tech.
Pricing-wise, Nvidia says that laptops with
the new GPUs will cost the same as the
non-Super versions of these graphics did