Tuesday, September 22nd 2015
NVIDIA Releases Full-featured GeForce GTX 980 for Notebooks
NVIDIA released a reference board for a full-featured GeForce GTX 980 GPU for the notebook platform. This is different from the GeForce GTX 980M launched last October, which features just 1,536 of the 2,048 CUDA cores physically present on the GM204 silicon. The new GTX 980 for notebooks is targeted at large desktop-replacement gaming notebooks, and features all components present on the silicon.
The GeForce GTX 980 for Notebooks reference board features 4-8 GB of GDDR5 memory across the chip's 256-bit wide memory bus, a 4-8 phase VRM, and clock speeds which are close to the desktop reference board. The GPU is clocked around 1175 MHz, and the memory ticks at 7.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective). It's primed for overclocking beyond 1400 MHz core, and 7.50 GHz memory. It also offers fan-control for users, that adjusts clock speeds according to the fan-curve. Various gaming notebook makers are announcing variants of their premium notebooks featuring this board.
The GeForce GTX 980 for Notebooks reference board features 4-8 GB of GDDR5 memory across the chip's 256-bit wide memory bus, a 4-8 phase VRM, and clock speeds which are close to the desktop reference board. The GPU is clocked around 1175 MHz, and the memory ticks at 7.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective). It's primed for overclocking beyond 1400 MHz core, and 7.50 GHz memory. It also offers fan-control for users, that adjusts clock speeds according to the fan-curve. Various gaming notebook makers are announcing variants of their premium notebooks featuring this board.
39 Comments on NVIDIA Releases Full-featured GeForce GTX 980 for Notebooks
TITAN M anyone?
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Wonder if AMD could fit a R9 Nano into a laptop :rolleyes:
Not to mention we already have 980m sli and 970m sli, what role could this possibly fill?
If this was a Fury/X/Nano it would've been gold. And in case you missed it, this IS nVIDIA's Nano, same principle, harvested chips that achieve incredible performance per watt. And a much smaller form factor.
Once you un-plug them everything throttles down for battery. You aren't going to be pulling 100W+ off a battery. Drain it too fast and Tegra shield all over again..
wtf is the point then?
I does not consume more power then 970M SLI or 980M SLI. 970M SLI is 162W+, while 980M SLI is 200W+. The 980 "laptop edition" is around 100W because of the GPU binning process. So 35% more performance for about the same power consumption. The power bricks for these laptops are at around 160W, for the entire laptop.
Yogurt, where did you get that a single mobile 980 will be more power hungry than 980M SLI? Just curious. Many people such as myself don't want anything to do with potential SLI or CFX hassles. We'd rather pay for the most capable single gpu solution.
Speaking of which, a semi-mobile Titan X should be faster than mobile 980, and completely doable. But for 1920x1080 possibly mostly pointless.