Monthly Archives: January 2021

Nvidia Unveils Mobile RTX 30-Series GPUs for Gaming Laptops

Today, during CES 2021, Nvidia's senior VP of GeForce, Jeff Fisher, unveiled its new generation of mobile GeForce RTX  processors, bringing the Ampere RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 GPUs to gaming laptops. The company provided a quick look at three laptops across the RTX range, starting with the Lenovo Legion Slim 7, powered by the new RTX 3060, which clocks in at 1.3x the power of the PS5. At 1080p, the laptop can reportedly achieve an average of 90 FPS on Ultra settings "across multiple popular graphics-intensive games." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nvidia-ces-2021-geforce-30-series-laptops&captions=true"] The next step up comes in the form of the ASUS G15, which is equipped with a 1440p panel and RTX 3070 mobile GPU. Nvidia states that its average performance at 1440p is 90 FPS. Finally, Nvidia's high-end example is the Alienware m15, which comes packed with the RTX 3080 mobile GPU and 16GB of GDDR6 memory, and is reportedly capable of delivering over 100 FPS on ultra settings across a range of games. Nvidia notes that this is the company's biggest launch ever; those examples are just three of more than 70 'gaming & studio' laptop models that are in production. The hardware will be available from January 26, with a starting price of $999 for the RTX 3060 models. The Alienware m15 will be priced at $1,999, with an Intel i7 CPU. The laptop range will feature the third generation of MAX-Q technology, including Dynamic Boost 2.0 - an AI that automatically routes power around your system - as well as WhisperMode 2.0 for thermal management and resizable BAR. Naturally, these being RTX-powered machines, DLSS will also be supported for applicable games. The presentation also noted that the devices are the lowest latency esports laptops thanks to Nvidia's Reflex technology. Average latency stats were provided for Overwatch (20ms), Rainbow Six Siege (17ms), Valorant (16ms), and Fortnite (17ms), with all games running at well over 250 FPS on a Razer Blade laptop at 1080p. For more from Nvidia's CES 2021 presentation, check out the announcement of the RTX 3060, which makes ray-tracing PC gaming relatively affordable (if the cards will stay in stock anywhere). [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Todd Howard May Have Teased Bethesda’s Indiana Jones Game Months Ago

Todd Howard may have teased Bethesda's newly-announced Indiana Jones game two months ago. Speaking to Geoff Keighley last November, Todd Howard seemed to have the Ark and Idol from Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark propped up on his bookshelf behind him (as you can see in the tweet below). It's reminiscent of how Phil Spencer recently appeared in interviews with the then-unannounced Xbox Series S sitting behind him. There's little chance anyone would have connected those dots, but it still feels like you missed a glaring clue all this time. Then again, it could be a coincidence - in a Bethesda blog, Pete Hines, SVP of Global Marketing said, “Todd is a lifelong Indy fan, and has been trying for over a decade to make this game. "He’s beyond excited to work with the award-winning MachineGames team, a perfect fit for Indy.” So maybe he just enjoys his Indiana Jones merch? The Indiana Jones game will be a standalone adventure set at the height of the character's career, and is being developed by MachineGames (Wolfenstein: The New Order). It's the first game announced as part of the revived Lucasfilm Games brand, which will collect games from multiple developers under one banner, covering games from the Star Wars galaxy and beyond. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Todd Howard May Have Teased Bethesda’s Indiana Jones Game Months Ago

Todd Howard may have teased Bethesda's newly-announced Indiana Jones game two months ago. Speaking to Geoff Keighley last November, Todd Howard seemed to have the Ark and Idol from Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark propped up on his bookshelf behind him (as you can see in the tweet below). It's reminiscent of how Phil Spencer recently appeared in interviews with the then-unannounced Xbox Series S sitting behind him. There's little chance anyone would have connected those dots, but it still feels like you missed a glaring clue all this time. Then again, it could be a coincidence - in a Bethesda blog, Pete Hines, SVP of Global Marketing said, “Todd is a lifelong Indy fan, and has been trying for over a decade to make this game. "He’s beyond excited to work with the award-winning MachineGames team, a perfect fit for Indy.” So maybe he just enjoys his Indiana Jones merch? The Indiana Jones game will be a standalone adventure set at the height of the character's career, and is being developed by MachineGames (Wolfenstein: The New Order). It's the first game announced as part of the revived Lucasfilm Games brand, which will collect games from multiple developers under one banner, covering games from the Star Wars galaxy and beyond. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

The Legion Slim 7 Is the Lenovo’s Thinnest and Lightest Legion Gaming Laptop

If you find yourself traveling a bunch or want a gaming laptop that is light and easy to transport, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 is well worth a look. Revealed at CES 2021, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 is the thinnest lightest gaming laptop in Lenovo Legion history and the world's lightest RTX gaming laptop with a 15.6-inch screen. The included AMD Ryzen processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX Laptop GPUs will bring Ray Tracing and Tensor Cores to the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 that provides a huge leap in AI features and graphics performance. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=lenovo-legion-slim-7&captions=true"] The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 can be purchased with a 15.6-inch 4K (3840x2160) IPS display with a 60Hz refresh rate and 100% Adobe RGB or a Full HD (1920x1080) IPS display with a 165Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB gamut. Both display options support Dolby Vision. Weighing in at 1.9 kg (4.2lbs), the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 features a one-piece glass trackpad with either Shadow Black or Storm Grey color schemes. It has a 71WHr battery capacity with Rapid Charge express, white keyboard backlight or optional Corsair iCUE RGB, a fingerprint reader, a 720p camera, an optional Wi-Fi 6 Killer AX1650 module, and a Coldfront 3.0 cooling system. The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 will be released in 2021 alongside the Lenovo Legion 7, which is the world's first 16-inch QHD gaming laptop. Make sure to check out our roundup of the biggest announcements at CES 2021 for more breaking news. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

The Legion Slim 7 Is the Lenovo’s Thinnest and Lightest Legion Gaming Laptop

If you find yourself traveling a bunch or want a gaming laptop that is light and easy to transport, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 is well worth a look. Revealed at CES 2021, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 is the thinnest lightest gaming laptop in Lenovo Legion history and the world's lightest RTX gaming laptop with a 15.6-inch screen. The included AMD Ryzen processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX Laptop GPUs will bring Ray Tracing and Tensor Cores to the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 that provides a huge leap in AI features and graphics performance. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=lenovo-legion-slim-7&captions=true"] The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 can be purchased with a 15.6-inch 4K (3840x2160) IPS display with a 60Hz refresh rate and 100% Adobe RGB or a Full HD (1920x1080) IPS display with a 165Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB gamut. Both display options support Dolby Vision. Weighing in at 1.9 kg (4.2lbs), the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 features a one-piece glass trackpad with either Shadow Black or Storm Grey color schemes. It has a 71WHr battery capacity with Rapid Charge express, white keyboard backlight or optional Corsair iCUE RGB, a fingerprint reader, a 720p camera, an optional Wi-Fi 6 Killer AX1650 module, and a Coldfront 3.0 cooling system. The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 will be released in 2021 alongside the Lenovo Legion 7, which is the world's first 16-inch QHD gaming laptop. Make sure to check out our roundup of the biggest announcements at CES 2021 for more breaking news. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

The Lenovo Legion 7 Is the World’s First 16″ QHD Gaming Laptop

The 16-inch Lenovo Legion 7 is Lenovo's new flagship gaming laptop that comes with a near-edgeless QHD display (2560x1600) that offers a 16:10 aspect ratio, HDR, 500 nits of brightness, 100% sRGB color gamut, and a 165Hz refresh rate. Revealed during CES 2021, The Lenovo Legion 7 also supports Dolby Vision and NVIDIA G-SYNC can feature up to next-gen NVIDIA GeForce RTX Series Laptop GPUs that can bring 2nd generation Ray Tracing and 3rd generation AI Tensor Cores for a huge leap in graphical performance. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=lenovo-legion-7-gaming-laptop&captions=true"] It is offered in a Storm Grey color and Corsair iCUE provides customized RGB lighting in multiple places on the laptop, including the logo on the lid, bottom lip marquee, air outlets, and individual keys. The display is also a touchscreen and, for those who wish to take the laptop apart and possibly upgrade parts, it has cohesive "black-out" components and a QR code that will allow you to quickly see hardware information and service options. Powered by the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile Processors, the Lenovo Legion 7 also has 80WHr power capacity, Rapid Charge Boost, an optional Wi-Fi 6 Killer AX1650 module for better connectivity, Coldfront 3.0 cooling technology, and a built-in 720p HD webcam with E-Shutter. The Lenovo Legion 7 will be released in 2021 alongside the Lenovo Legion Slim 7, which is the thinnest and lightest Lenovo Legion gaming laptop yet. Make sure to check out our roundup of the biggest announcements at CES 2021 for more breaking news. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

The Lenovo Legion 7 Is the World’s First 16″ QHD Gaming Laptop

The 16-inch Lenovo Legion 7 is Lenovo's new flagship gaming laptop that comes with a near-edgeless QHD display (2560x1600) that offers a 16:10 aspect ratio, HDR, 500 nits of brightness, 100% sRGB color gamut, and a 165Hz refresh rate. Revealed during CES 2021, The Lenovo Legion 7 also supports Dolby Vision and NVIDIA G-SYNC can feature up to next-gen NVIDIA GeForce RTX Series Laptop GPUs that can bring 2nd generation Ray Tracing and 3rd generation AI Tensor Cores for a huge leap in graphical performance. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=lenovo-legion-7-gaming-laptop&captions=true"] It is offered in a Storm Grey color and Corsair iCUE provides customized RGB lighting in multiple places on the laptop, including the logo on the lid, bottom lip marquee, air outlets, and individual keys. The display is also a touchscreen and, for those who wish to take the laptop apart and possibly upgrade parts, it has cohesive "black-out" components and a QR code that will allow you to quickly see hardware information and service options. Powered by the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile Processors, the Lenovo Legion 7 also has 80WHr power capacity, Rapid Charge Boost, an optional Wi-Fi 6 Killer AX1650 module for better connectivity, Coldfront 3.0 cooling technology, and a built-in 720p HD webcam with E-Shutter. The Lenovo Legion 7 will be released in 2021 alongside the Lenovo Legion Slim 7, which is the thinnest and lightest Lenovo Legion gaming laptop yet. Make sure to check out our roundup of the biggest announcements at CES 2021 for more breaking news. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

AMD Announces Its Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors

AMD has announces its latest batch of Ryzen 5000 series mobile processors for laptops and gaming laptops. Bringing the Zen 3 core to mobile, AMD announced a trio of Ryzen 5000 Processors including the Ryzen 7 5800U, Ryzen 9 5900HX, and Ryzen 9 5980HX. Starting off with AMD's flagship Ryzen 7 5800U, it's an 8 core and 16 thread processor with a 4.4GHz maximum boost clock. According to AMD, the Ryzen 7 5800U far outpaces Intel's latest 11th Gen Core i7-1185G7 by 44% in Adobe Premier video encoding and 39% in Blender 3D Ray Tracing. AMD Ryzen 5000 What's more AMD has announced a new line of even higher-end HX-Series mobile CPUs unlocked for overclocking to bring desktop-like performance to mobile. The first HX-Series processors we'll see include the Ryzen 9 5900HX, and Ryzen 9 5980HX. AMD Ryzen 5000 The Ryzen 9 5900HX is an 8 core, 16 thread processor with a 4.6Ghz boost clock and 20MB of cache. The Ryzen 9 5980HX meanwhile features 8 cores and 16 threads, a 4.8GHz Boost Clock and 20MB of cache. Additionally all of the Ryzen 5000 Series mobile processors are getting an injection of RDNA 2 that's found in AMD's latest graphics cards as well as the chips powering the Xbox Series X and PS5. To prove how much more powerful its integrated graphics is, AMD showed off how it can run Horizon Zero Dawn at 1080p and over 100fps. Screenshot-(192) Make sure to check out our roundup of the biggest announcements at CES 2021 for more breaking news. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com Kevin Lee is IGN's Hardware and Roundups Editor. Follow him on Twitter @baggingspam