NVIDIA confirms GeForce 8-series for laptops

NVIDIA may be talking up its high-end graphics for cellphones these days, but that doesn't mean it's forgotten about those who prefer their portable gaming slightly less portable, recently firming up some details on its GeForce 8-series graphics hardware for laptops. The big news is that the company has confirmed that they plan to ship the new-and-improved hardware in time for the launch of Intel's upcoming Santa Rosa platform, otherwise known as Centrino Pro, which still seems to be on schedule for a Q2 launch. Assuming ATI doesn't have something up its sleeve, that would make the GeForce 8-series the first DirectX 10-compliant laptop graphics hardware, able to handle high-definition video as well as games. As you might have guessed, there's unfortunately no word yet on how much of a premium it'll add to sure-to-be-already-pricey laptops.

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[Harlo @ Feb 22nd 2007 2:35PM]

And they'll have, what, about 3 minutes of battery life? I'm really curious how they can pull this off and not have the laptop melt down. I'm assuming it's going to be all in the name and not be able to touch the 8 series on a desktop considering the 8800GTX is almost a foot long card by itself that takes 2 PCIx power connectors.

[kuzu-b @ Feb 22nd 2007 3:59PM]

When people play PC games on a laptop, they almost always have it plugged in anyway, so battery life is not a problem. As long as the card does not suck up too much juice during normal operation it's god. And holding it won't be a problem, I don't see anything smaller than a 17" widescreen needing a card like this anyway, so there's plenty of room.

[Mikemike @ Feb 22nd 2007 5:11PM]

A desktop 8800GTS only uses 7 more watts than a desktop 7900 GTX.

I highly doubt a mobile 8 series is going to suck up that much more power than the 7 series.

[BAMF @ Feb 22nd 2007 2:49PM]

This is news?

[ATi Got it Years ago @ Feb 24th 2007 4:02PM]

Please Nvidia, make them dual-link DVI. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

[Phred @ Feb 26th 2007 11:18PM]

Oh thanks a lot, Engadget. Always making me want to spend money....

[reraid @ Jun 1st 2007 11:30PM]

are you serious? I have the Nvidia GeforceGo 7900GS card and although the 7950 and just about every notebook card in the 8000 series blow my card out of the water, Im sure they wont kill your battery.

I mean do you really think Nvidia will release a card that will bring your battery life down to the point where its not practical to play anymore?