Design and Performance Perfected: NVIDIA Introduces Max-Q for Gaming Laptops

Design and Performance Perfected: NVIDIA Introduces Max-Q for Gaming Laptops

3x Thinner, 3x More Performance than Previous Generation Laptops

TAIPEI, TAIWAN—COMPUTEX—MAY 30, 2017—NVIDIA
today introduced Max-Q, a new design approach
that redefines gaming laptops from the ground up — making them thinner, quieter
and faster. They will be available from all major OEMs worldwide, starting on
June 27.

Max-Q, an
integral part of NASA’s mission to launch man into space, is defined as the
point at which the aerodynamic stress on a rocket in atmospheric flight is
maximised. Thus, the design of the rocket is precision-engineered around Max-Q.
NVIDIA has applied a similar philosophy to designing gaming laptops, enabling
OEMs to build laptops that are 3X thinner with up to 3x more performance of
previous generation products.

The results: a high-performance
gaming platform, that is as small as 18mm thick – as thin as a MacBook Air –
with up to 70 percent more gaming performance than what is currently available.

The Marvels of
Max-Q

At the
heart of this performance is NVIDIA Pascal™, the world’s most efficient gaming
GPU architecture. To deliver more performance to thin laptops, NVIDIA has
further optimised and configured Pascal for even higher efficiency. And with
Max-Q, everything in the design is precision engineered — including the laptop,
the GPU, the drivers, and the thermal and electrical components — to ensure
peak efficiency.

With its
blend of rocket science and exacting design, Max-Q pushes PC gaming on laptops
into another stratosphere:

•       
Powerful
GPUs at Max Efficiency: Based on the NVIDIA Pascal GPU architecture, GeForce GTX 1080 is manufactured on
the leading-edge FinFET 16nm process, and features cutting-edge GDDR5X memory.
Max-Q combines a new way of operating the GPU for peak efficiency, with
optimisations such as a low voltage optimised clock curve that wrings out
gaming performance while reducing power.

•       
Optimal
Playable Settings: In addition to efficient GPUs operating at max
efficiency, the Game Ready drivers
have been tuned to deliver optimal system efficiency while delivering a great
gaming experience for every game on every system.

•       
Advanced
Thermal Solutions and Optimal Regulator Efficiency: To squeeze
even more performance out of a system,
these Max-Q designed laptops are engineered with sophisticated thermal and
electrical design. New advanced thermal solutions, along with unprecedented
regulator efficiency, enable dramatically higher performance and quieter
operations in thin gaming laptops than in anything else currently available.

The Ultimate
Gaming Laptop

With Max-Q
designed laptops, gamers can experience high-fidelity gaming and
high-resolution entertainment whenever and wherever they want it. Max-Q
designed laptops support the entire GeForce gaming platform, which includes the
latest gaming technologies, Game Ready
drivers, NVIDIA G-SYNC™ display technology, VR,
4K gaming, and more.

Max-Q
designed laptops are also ready for NVIDIA
GeForce Experience, a complete software platform that provides
automatic game profiles to ensure gamers are playing with the right settings
out of the box, ensuring an optimal gaming experience every time.

Introducing
NVIDIA WhisperMode Technology

NVIDIA also introduced its silent
NVIDIA WhisperMode technology, which makes laptops run much quieter while
gaming. WhisperMode intelligently paces the game’s frame rate while
simultaneously configuring the graphics settings for optimal power efficiency.
This reduces the overall acoustic level for gaming laptops. Completely user
adjustable and available for all Pascal GPU-based laptops, WhisperMode will be
available soon through a GeForce Experience software update.