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.
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www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-reveals-maxwell-based-geforce-gtx-980m-970m-laptop-gpus-980m-benchmarked-tested/
I know notebook check lists the 980m at 100 watts and the sli at 200 watts but no one has seen that kind of draw. The most I've seen is 75 watts.
The 980 pulls a maximum of 190 watts and a peak draw of 184 watts. (according to this sites reviews)
That makes it over double the draw of a single 980m. (~75 watts peak)
According to notebookcheck's average of many reviews the 980m sli comes in at around 20% faster overall than a desktop 980.
Thus 980m sli has 18% less power draw, 20% more performance than a desktop 980.
Remind me again why a chip designed for a desktop needed to be slapped into a notebook?
@ the 1080p point, there are several 4k gaming laptops now. So more gpu power in laptops would be welcome. But shoehorning a desktop variant into one is not.
If you succeed in placing high performance parts in thermally and electrically constrained places, then why have the "premium" GPUs been so lackluster these last few years? Why can't you do more with better cooling and higher power tolerances?
Regards,
Someone who remembers when premium prices meant premium performance.
And we've been on this process node for so long that TSMC had time to perfected it, lowering power consumption. AMD used this opportunity to create the Nano, nVIDIA used it to create this mobile 980 (non-M).
nVIDIA has the upper hand here with their designs, their efficiency is superior to what AMD has to offer. It is not possible to have a Nano in a laptop even if some dream about that.
The peak power draw is about 283watts according to the watt meter. I got it for a sweat deal with the original 780m sli. I upgraded the cards to 970m sli for $152 after all of the ebay fees. For that I extended the life for this laptop for about 2 years, increased the performance about 20%, temps dropped 16C, and 45 watts less power draw vs the older gpus.
Some of us always like laptops with dual cards, its in our blood. The only thing I wont like about this laptop 980 is going to be the price of it. I see the price easily going over $1k.