NVIDIA Talks GeForce GTX with Max-Q Design at Computex

NVIDIA has talked up a new mobile gaming solution at Computex 2017 and promises that the new Geforce GTX with Max-Q Design will bring more performance and portability to mobile gamers. The new Max-Q Design allows the notebook partners using NVIDIA hardware to put high performance GPUs such as the GeForce GTX 1080 into notebooks that are much thinner than previous generations reports HotHardware.

The image here shows how much thinner the new Max-Q Design notebooks can be than the older version. Both of the machines in the image are from Asus and the older generation was 51mm thick compared to the 18mm thick design that the Max-Q Design allows. The new machine weighs half as much as the 10 pound older generation all while offering 3 times the performance thanks to the GTX 1080 GPU inside.

The new machine that NVIDIA CEO Jen Hsun showed off was the Asus ROG Zephyr. The NVIDIA exec claimed that the notebook in his hands was 60% faster than the PlayStation 4 Pro. NVIDIA says that a quartet of features enable the Max-Q Design. The first is tuning for Max-Q operation, second is games that have to be optimized for efficiency using the GeForce Experience. The GPU also has special thermal management and cooling systems along with voltage regulation circuits made with high-end materials.

NVIDIA says that no expense was spared when designing the thermal management and voltage regulator efficiency. Those voltage regulators are optimized for 1V operation and to waste as little power as possible. Check out the video for more details.