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