26 PCWorld MAY 2020NEWS NVIDIA LEVELS UP GEFORCE GAMING LAPTOPS
requires deeper communication with the CPU
to function, and that’s possible only with the
Comet Lake-H 10th-gen Core processors Intel
announced at the same time as Nvidia’s
announcements, as well as laptops with AMD’s
Ryzen 4000 CPUs, which launched earlier that
week. (It could theoretically work with lower-
power U-class laptops, Aevermann said, but the
results would be limited because those CPUs
generally have only 15W going to the
processor.)
Systems will also need to be configured to
pass more power to the GPU and CPU than
the hard limits common in the pre-Dynamic
Boost era. You can’t just toss 15 percent more
power at a sensitive silicon chip without
planning for it.
On the plus side, Nvidia expects DynamicBoost to be supported in the vast majority of
newly designed Max-Q systems—not just
ones with the RTX 2070 Super or 2080 Super
inside. Dynamic Boost works with the entire
GeForce mobile lineup going forward,
including the GTX 1650.ADVANCED OPTIMUS
Here’s another new feature: Max-Q now
supports Advanced Optimus, an upgrade
that allows laptops to incorporate G-Sync
panels with less impact to battery life. Say it
with me: Hallelujah.
Nvidia’s G-Sync technology makes games
buttery-smooth while eliminating ugly
stuttering and screen-tearing, by
synchronizing the output of your GeForce
GPU with the refresh rate of your monitor. It’sDynamic Boost’s effect on frame rate in RTX 2080 Super-powered Acer Predator Triton 500.