28 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2021NEWS NVIDIA WOOS MAINSTREAM GAMERS
(go.pcworld.com/2dls), with Freddy’s
wrapping in real-time ray tracing as well.
Phew.GEFORCE RTX 30-SERIES
FOR LAPTOPS
Let’s start with the mobile GeForce RTX
30-series GPUs, which will likely be found
inside many of the gaming laptops
announced at CES alongside AMD and
Intel’s (go.pcworld.com/hl35) newly
unveiled notebook processors. Nvidia
revealed three mobile chips based on the
company’s next-gen Ampere GPU
architecture: The GeForce RTX 3080, 3070,
and 3060, mirroring what’s available in
desktops.
The 6GB GeForce RTX 3060 may be the
most modest offering, but Nvidia’s JeffFisher says it’s still faster than any gaming
laptop currently available, besting the
previous RTX 2080 Super flagship. Nvidia
says the mobile chip is 30 percent faster
than Sony’s new PlayStation 5 console,
capable of hitting 90 frames per second
during 1080p gaming.
Modern graphics cards are outpacing
1080p resolution, however. Nvidia says it’s
been working closely with panel and
laptop makers to make 1440p screens
more readily available (go.pcworld.com/
bl4k). The two graphics cards already
announced in late 2020 were designed to
scratch that itch. The 8GB GeForce RTX
3070 is to up 50 percent faster than the
RTX 2070 mobile chip it replaces,
achieving 90 fps at 1440p. The flagship
RTX 3080 hits a claimed 100 fps at 1440p,