Nvidia Max-Q Design slims down powerful gaming laptops

[HEXUS]

Facilitating the use of a GeForce GTX 1080 in an sub 18mm, 2.3Kg gaming laptop design.

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[Tunnah]

A 1080p high-FPS panel in a 15.whatever" format with G-Sync and a 1060 would not only be an awesome mini gaming machine but decently priced and have a good battery life. It feels like all laptops are just badly matched parts nowadays.

[EndlessWaves]

It feels like all laptops are just badly matched parts nowadays.

The whole gaming hardware market feels like a dinosaur. Normal computers are a quarter of the power consumption that they were, with all the benefits in noise, size and battery life that's brought.

Gaming systems are still drawing over a hundred watts and in laptop form are hot, noisy and have laughable battery life. Max-Q, the point of maximum stress, seems like an appropriate name for this latest attempt to fit altogether too much power draw into a fashionable chassis.

[Ngt]

The whole gaming hardware market feels like a dinosaur. Normal computers are a quarter of the power consumption that they were, with all the benefits in noise, size and battery life that's brought.

Gaming systems are still drawing over a hundred watts and in laptop form are hot, noisy and have laughable battery life. Max-Q, the point of maximum stress, seems like an appropriate name for this latest attempt to fit altogether too much power draw into a fashionable chassis.

I agree, cooling seems to be the biggest problem right now. That and the price paid for the form factor.

[mtyson]