NVIDIA Introduces GeForce GTX 10 Series GPUs For Notebooks In Singapore

NVIDIA today introduced its GeForce GTX 10 series GPU for gaming notebooks in Singapore, alongside its partners ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, Aftershock, Acer, which its upcoming GeForce GTX 10 series GPU powered gaming notebooks will be on display during Singapore COMEX 2016 IT Show Exhibition @ Suntec Singapore 8 - 11 Sep 2016.

Unlike all the company's previous generation GPUs for gaming notebooks, the GeForce GTX 10 series GPUs for gaming notebooks overshadowed its predecessor, the Maxwell architecture GPU, in every aspect, capable of offering not only the same performance as the desktop Pascal GPUs, but also NVIDIA' exclusives such as Simultaneous Multi-Projection that greatly enhanced VR performance, NVIDIA's revolutionary screenshot technology Ansel, greatly improved overclocking performance, and more.

A series of GeForce GTX 10 series GPU powered gaming notebooks from 6 of NVIDIA's partners - HP, Clevo, Acer, ASUS, Gigabyte/AORUS, MSI displayed during the launch event meant to show just how capable these gaming notebooks are and how it can benefit gamers who is always on the go, to the attending medias.

“The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series for notebooks empowers mobile gamers in Singapore with more power, performance and features compete better. Together with NVIDIA’s gaming technologies, they will enjoy an immersive and engaging gaming experience,” said Simon Tan, Director, Consumer Business, APAC South, NVIDIA.

“Acer’s new Predator gaming notebooks and desktops deliver premium gaming and an uncompromising combination of power and portability”, said Lishi Chia, Director, Marketing, Acer.

“The New Aftershock line of gaming notebooks powered by the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series graphics cards offer an unprecedented performance leap in the mobile form factor, for FHD gaming and beyond” said Marcus Wee, Managing Director, Aftershock.

“AORUS has unveiled our highly anticipated full GeForce GTX 10-Series GPU lineup – the 13.9-inch X3 Plus v6, 15.6-inch X5 v6, and 17.3-inch X7 DT v6 and X7 v6. Our aim is to give gamers superior gaming experience,” said Jason Wu, Sales Manager, SEA Region, AORUS.

“The ASUS ROG GX800, G800, G752 and Strix GL502 gaming laptops now feature NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series graphics which deliver incredible performance and energy-efficiency, and feature NVIDIA G-SYNC technology,” said Leo Tseng, Singapore Country Manager (Systems), ASUS

“Driven by a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics, the HP Omen gaming laptop equips gamers with powerful weapons to take on any challenge,” said Kendrick Koh, Marketing Development Manager, HP

“MSI spares no effort in delivering amazing gaming experience to enthusiastic gamers. That’s why we have updated our entire gaming notebook lineup with the new GeForce GTX 1080, 1070 and 1060 GPUs,” said Green Lin, Regional Marketing Manager, MSI.

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G Review

As soon as NVIDIA announced the availability of its GeForce GTX 10 series graphics cards, AIB partners are seen to offer their own custom design of the GPU equipped with custom coolers, custom PCB design, metal backplate, etc. MSI too, as one of the renowned partners of NVIDIA, is offering several different variants of the GPU such as the Gaming series, Sea Hawk series, Aero series and Armor series that comes in different designs, cooling solutions and clock speeds.

We'll be looking at the GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G from MSI today, special thanks to MSI Malaysia for sending over the sample unit for this review. The Pascal GPU based GTX 1080 from MSI come in 3 variant with different clock speed, Gaming, Gaming X and Gaming Z.

(The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G is available at RM3449)

Specifications

Graphics Processing	GeForce GTX 1080
Core Clock	1847 MHz / 1708 MHz (OC Mode) 1822 MHz / 1683 MHz (Gaming Mode) 1733 MHz / 1607 MHz (Silent Mode)
Memory Clock	10108 MHz (OC Mode) 10010 MHz (Gaming Mode) 10010 MHz (Silent Mode)
Process Technology	16 nm
Memory Size	8 GB
Memory Bus	256 bit
Card Bus	PCI-E 3.0 x 16
Memory Type	GDDR5X
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.5
PCB Form	ATX
Digital max resolution	7680x4320 (requires 2*DP1.3 connectors)
Analog max resolution	4096x2160
Multi-view	4
Output	Dual-link DVI-D *1 HDMI-2.0b*1 (Max Resolution: 4096x2160 @60 Hz) Display Port-1.4 *3 (Max Resolution: 7680x4320 @60 Hz)
Recommended PSU	500W
Power Connectors	6 pin*1, 8 pin*1
Card size	H=42 L=279 W=140 mm

Unboxing

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G ships in a fancy packaging with the actual card depicted at the front of the box, along with some of its features highlighted in the form of an icon. 

Accessories wise, the GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G is supplied with a drivers CD, Quick User's Guide and stickers only. 

The GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G is equipped with MSI' latest Twin Frozr VI cooler; TORX 2.0 Fan design with double ball bearing that operates silently and capable of generating 22% more air pressure, as well as the SuperSU heatsink that utilizes 6 copper heat pipes with 8mm thickness to maximize the cooling performance. 

LED can be controlled individually by choosing any of the animation effects available in the MSI Gaming App, ranging from responding to your game sounds or music to steady light, breathing and flashing.

While it will run just well with a 500W power supply, MSI, like any other AIB partners with their own custom design requires a 6pin that supplies an additional 75W power for extra overclocking performance, and the main 8pin PCIe power connector to power up its GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G. 

At the back of the card, you'll find a metal backplate with a matte finish, glossy MSI Gaming Dragon printed on. The metal backplate here does pretty much the same as most metal backplate for graphics card, which is to enhance the overall rigidity of the card to prevent PCB sagging that usually occurs on graphic cards with a large heat sink. 

SLI fingers are still available on the card, but as NVIDIA discourages any setup beyond 2-way SLI. NVIDIA and its partners have released a new SLI bridge that is supposed to support only 2-way SLI and improved performance compared to the older version of SLI bridge that used to come along as an accessory with motherboards.

The display output option is pretty common nowadays, 1 x DVI-I connector, 3 x DisplayPort and 1 x HDMI port.

Performance Test

Test Rig Configuration
CPU Cooler	Raijintek Triton 240
CPU	Intel Core i7 4790K @4.6GHz
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus Hero VII
Memory	G.Skill TridentX 2400MHz
Primary Hard Drive	Intel 520 series 240GB
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Straight Power 10 600W
Chassis	Vector Bench case

We mounted the GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G on our test bench as above and each and every benchmark is conducted in a room of about 30C° ambient temperature.

Performance 
We ran a few graphically demanding games and synthetic benchmarks in our possession on a selected settings at 1080p, which is considered as high for much of our test as usual.The final result of each benchmark is presented in the form of the graph below:

Performance Comparison With NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
We've done a performance comparison with a Founders Edition of the GeForce GTX 1080 and the result of the clash between the two beasts of a card is as following:

Overclocking

We ran the same graphically demanding games and synthetic benchmark on 1080p with the highest achievable clock speed for both its memory and GPU that is stable enough to be able to complete each benchmark with the following values:

• 146MHz raise on the GPU core clock
• 566MHz raise on the memory clock
• Extra 21% gain on the power

That isn't much due to the card has been highly overclocked by MSI, but we managed to hit a beefy 2136MHz GPU clock speed on boost during our benchmark session. 

Performance Comparison With NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
We've done a performance comparison with a Founders Edition of the GeForce GTX 1080, both overclocked and we're seeing a quite near results as following:

Temperature

Temperature wise, the TwinFrozr VI cooler is doing its job very well as we've observed a very decent temperature record of 42°C during idle and 70°C on load while running on default clock speed when the card is stressed with the FurMark burn-in test for an hour. Bumping up the GPU core clock with an extra 146 MHz results in a slightly higher temperature of 76°C for the FurMark burn-in test.  

Verdict

As one of the best looking GTX 1080 around, the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G packs quite a punch too when it comes to its performance. It comes factory overclocked and can easily outperform a GTX 1080 Founders Edition or any of the previous high-end Maxwell GPU powered GTX 980, GTX 980Ti and Titan X with ease. Extra performance can be delivered with ease you need more performance out of the card; we're able to squeeze an extra 148MHz on the GPU clock for a whopping 2136MHz. It can do more of course, with the early version of the custom BIOS already available on the enthusiast's community forum, we're looking forward to seeing the true potential of the Pascal GPU as soon as the stable version of the custom BIOS being released to the public.

The cooling performance can be described as pure awesomeness, with the temperature topped only at 72°C on default clock and 74°C after overclocked without having to ramp the fan up to its maximum speed. Better performance can be achieved with the fans running at 100% without sacrificing too much of its acoustic performance as the TORX 2.0 fan design and the heatsink with 6 pieces of 8mm thick copper heat pipes is doing its job really well.

Price wise, the SRP of RM3449 isn't a friendly price, to begin with, as there are lower cost alternative from other of NVIDIA' AIB partners. Yet, based on what MSI has to offer with its GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G in terms of aesthetics, build quality, as well as both gaming and cooling performance, paying that amount of money can still be considered as a fair deal that is worthy to be recommended.

Pros

• Solid build quality and good aesthetics
• Good overclocking headroom
• Excellent cooling performance
• Near silent operation even when the fan spins at its maximum speed

Cons

• Costly
• Requires an extra 6pin PCIe power connector

Tech Armory Announces Its NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10 series GPU Powered Commandos Gaming Notebooks

Tech Armory® Malaysia, a tech enthusiast company located at Subang Jaya SS15 is a company who emphasize in design and provide high-performance gaming and heavy duty workstation laptop and desktop is proud to present its Commandos Gaming Notebooks, the first Malaysia brand Gaming Notebook to embrace the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10 series GPU.

Just in case if you're not aware of the existence of Tech Armory, the has been doing custom gaming notebooks for their customers for quite a long while, utilizing bare chassis from Clevo to house the components selected by the customers. 

Technical Specifications

	Light but Powerful			Ultimate & Heavy Duty
Size	15.6"	17.3"		15.6”	17.3”
Model	S15EX	S17EX		W15EX	U17X
Resolution	Full HD IPS G-Sync UHD IPS 3840x2160	FHD IPS 1920x1080   FHD IPS 1920X1080 GSYNC		UHD IPS 3840x2160 FHD IPS 1920x1080 GSYNC
Memory Slot	4 x DDR4 (Max 64G)
Processor	6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor  6700HQ / 6820HK			6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor  6700K
Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 8G GDDR5		NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 8G GDDR5	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 8G GDDR5
	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6G GDDR5		NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6G GDDR5
Keyboard	Full RGB Keyboard

With NVIDIA officially announced the availability of its Pascal GPU for gaming notebooks and a list of participating partners, Tech Armory as one, is making its move by introducing 4 new Commandos gaming notebooks housing desktop grade NVIDIA's latest Pascal architecture based GPU to deliver the best gaming performance for those who always wanted a portable gaming powerhouse, especially the gamers who is always on the go.

Slim, Light & Powerful - S15EX and S17EX Series

Specially tailored for gamers who seeks for the balance point between performance and mobility, both the Commandos S15EX and S17EX series houses the latest 6th-Gen Intel Core i7 6700HQ / 6820HK processors, the powerful yet efficient GeForce GTX 10 Series GTX 1060 / GTX 1070 in a slim chassis for that very purpose. 

The Gaming Powerhouse With Unprecedented Performance - W15EX and U17X Series
Packs with a desktop grade 6th-Gen Intel Core i7 6700K processor, GeForce GTX 10 Series GTX 1080 that fuels modern days 4K gaming and VR experiences, the W15EX and U17X series gaming notebooks are the true gaming powerhouse that offers both the performance of a gaming desktop and mobility of a notebook.   

Pricing & Availability

The latest NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10 Series powered  Commandos™ gaming notebooks can be ordered at http://www.techarmory.my with stock ready to be shipped out starting from August 17th onwards.

NVIDIA Brings Desktop Graphics Performance To Gaming Notebooks With Pascal GPU

When NVIDIA announces its Pascal GPU as the new king of consumer graphics, we were already been given a hint that the mobile Pascal GPU is already on its way to the gaming notebooks and will be available by the mid of August, which is today.

Instead of going with the mobile GPU as usual, NVIDIA went full force with desktop Pascal GPU for all the latest gaming notebooks equipped with a NVIDIA GPU to deliver the best possible gaming performance for the gamers on the go. 

Desktop GPU Performance On Gaming Notebooks

The Pascal GPU to be available on all the upcoming gaming notebooks consists of the existing Pascal GPU with a slightly lower GPU boost clock over its desktop counterpart. The GTX 1070 however, appears to have a slightly higher CUDA cores count of 2048 compared to its desktop counterpart with 1920 CUDA cores count. NVIDIA did not disclose the reason behind the different CUDA cores count but we are assuming that out of all the Pascal GPU for gaming notebooks, the GTX 1070 for gaming notebooks will offer the closest performance to its desktop counterpart with that extra CUDA cores.

According to NVIDIA, the Pascal GPU is capable of up to 3 times more performance that the previous generation Maxwell mobile GPU, claiming that a GTX 1080 on a gaming notebook can easily beat a GTX 980M on SLI. All these Pascal GPU powered gaming notebooks comes with dual-FET power supply for increased power efficiency and power delivery to give higher peak current to deliver up to 95% of the performance you're experiencing on a gaming desktop. 

NVIDIA also confirmed to allow overclocking on the Pascal GPU for gaming notebooks, where it is equipped with a multi-phased power controller to deliver better power density for better overclocking performance just in case if you're one of those enthusiasts who wanted more performance from overclocking. As we're all aware that not everyone will attempt to overclock the GPU of their gaming notebook, we can expect most of the NVIDIA partner to offer their own Pascal GPU gaming notebooks with higher clock speed.

With the now refined BatteryBoost and better power efficiency of the Pascal GPU, NVIDIA boasts not only a 30% better battery life on Pascal GPU powered gaming notebooks but also improved unplugged performance that promises near to zero stutters caused by CPU interruptions as well as controlling the overall frame rates at the seemingly playable 30 fps.  

To further leverage your gaming experience, these upcoming Pascal GPU powered gaming notebooks will not only come as thin as 18mm and las light as 4lbs, some of the gaming notebooks will come also with G-SYNC panel capable of 120Hz for a ultra-smooth gaming experience, as well as display resolution of at least 2560 x 1440 and in some case, up to 4k display. 

NVIDIA unveiled some benchmark result of few AAA titles from its test lab as well, showing that the Pascal GPU for gaming notebooks are indeed capable of 120HZ gaming and 4K gaming with a very decent fps count on high settings. 

Just like its desktop counterpart, the Pascal GPU for gaming notebooks grant these upcoming gaming notebooks with Pascal GPU the ability to support all the upcoming VR titles with NVIDIA VRWorks integrated i.e: Poolnation VR, Everest VR, Unreal Tournament, Obduction, ADridt, Raw Data, etc. 

The revolutionary in-game screen capturing technology, NVIDIA Ansel too will be supported on the Pascal GPU powered gaming notebooks for the upcoming updates for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Epic Games' Fortnite, Paragon and Unreal Tournament, Cyan Worlds' Obduction, Thekla’s The Witness, Boss Key Productions’ Lawbreakers, Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s The Division, and the highly-anticipated No Man’s Sky from Hello Games.

With the Pascal GPU for gaming notebooks going official starting from today, we can expect to see more of these gaming notebooks with Pascal GPU from involving partners such as Sager, Gigabyte, Lenovo, Clevo, EVGA, Alienware, ASUS, MSI , HP, Acer, Razer, Origin, XMG, etc from now and onward.

ZOTAC Introduces New GeForce GTX 1080 With ArcticStorm Waterblock

ZOTAC International, a global manufacturer of innovation, is pleased to introduce the ArcticStorm Waterblock, a high-performance cooling for enthusiasts. Equipped with a GeForce® GTX 1080, powerhouse graphics meets fearless cooling.

ArcticStorm uses innovative designs and the best materials to deliver the best cooling performance. The lightweight aluminum waterblock uses a direct copper cold block contact with precision 0.3mm micro-channels for maximum heat extraction throughput.

The sleek water block is crafted with acrylic and laid with a thin metal plate to finish its appeal. The waterblock covers the full length of the card, providing full board coverage for a fluid design and slim profile.

Compatibility with major third party liquid cooling systems is ensured with standard G1/4 threaded fitting, and allows users to bring their own liquid cooling hardware much more easily.

SPECTRA lighting shines through the translucent acrylic and is customizable through the FireStorm fine-tuning utility. Adjust color, brightness and lighting style with a few simple clicks.

The ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1080 ArcticStorm is VR Ready and game ready, yet it still provides room for users to stretch its legs.

Kindly visit the product page to learn more about the GeForce GTX 1080 ArcticStorm:
https://goo.gl/Tk1917

Early Benchmark Result Shows NVIDIA Titan X Pascal is 51% Faster Than GTX 1080 On Triple 4K Setup

The earlier leaked benchmark from videocardz.com showing that the NVIDIA Titan X Pascal is 29% better in performance over the GTX 1080 appears to be untrue as the latest Unigine Heaven benchmark result from TweakTown is showing a massive 51.4% better in performance. 

TweakTown's attempt to push the Titan X Pascal to its limit with a triple 4K monitor setup with a total resolution of 11520 x 2160. With the Titan X Pascal already taking the lead at such mammoth resolution, we can now set our expectation high on the irresponsible performance which NVIDIA has promised to deliver.

(Source: TweakTown)