NVIDIA shows 16 new Optimus laptops at Computex, teases GTX 460M GPU

Just in case you were wondering where and when you might get a taste of the Optimus elixir, NVIDIA has handed us a detailed list of Computex debutants that will be taking the graphics switching technology with them to retail. A total of sixteen new Optimus machines are on show in Taipei, and although ASUS is still the biggest purveyor (with six SKUs, not counting previously announced products), Lenovo and Acer have also jumped on board, with the IdeaPad Y460 and a pair of Packard Bell EasyNotes, respectively. Notably, the FX700 above from MSI is marked as using an "unannounced" next-gen graphics chip, which we suspect might be the GTX 460M, a mobile GPU that NVIDIA is showing, but not talking about yet. Guess that'll be slotting in just below the recently unveiled GTX 480M. We've got pictorial evidence of the 460M's existence after the break, along with the full list of new Optimus-ized machines, which you can also scope out in the gallery below.

NVIDIA Optimus at Computex 2010

Lenovo Y460 (14", GeForce 330M GPU, 1GB)
Packard Bell EasyNote TX86 (15.6 inch, GeForce 330M GPU, 1GB)
Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly s (13.3", GeForce 310M, 512MB)
Gateway EC39C (13.3, GeForce 310M, 512MB)
Gateway ID49C (14", GeForce 330M, 1GB)
MSI CX720 (17.3", GeForce 310M, 1GB)
MSI FX700 (17.3, an unidentified next-generation GeForce GPU)
Asus P52 (15.6", GeForce 310M, 1GB)
Asus U35 (13.3", GeForce 310M, 1GB)
Asus U45 (14", GeForce 310M, 1GB)
Asus N43 (14", an unidentified next-generation GeForce GPU)
Asus N73 (17.3", GeForce 335M, 1GB)
Asus N53Jn (15.6",GeForce 335M, 1GB VRAM)
Compal NCL61 (for you to buy and add your logo (14", GeForce 325M, 2GB))
Haier 7G (13.3, GeForce 305M, 512MB)
Hasee TW9A CT (15.6", GeForce 335M, 1GB)

[janeapple Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:10AM]

Why is there no Optimus netbook on the list?

[Dan4G Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:26AM]

@janeapple

Because its called ION 2. Its ION with Optimus.

[BlackBox Posted Jun 2nd 2010 11:00AM]

@janeapple Bah! Who needs Optimus laptops when there are Optimus keyboards! http://www.engadget.com/tag/optimus+maximus/

[nicholasphan Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:18AM]

erm... eew

[Elbart Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:25AM]

GLARE GLARE GLARE GLARE GLARE

If I want a mirror, I'll buy one without a CPU, kthx. :(

[Stormstrike Posted Jun 2nd 2010 10:07AM]

@Elbart

So true, so true !

That's why I'm trying to hook up an external gpu to a professional looking business notebook with a decent non-glare ips display as gaming rig...

[technogecko6 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:26AM]

All I want is a new mini 311 with optimus/ion 2 :/

[rodneyha Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:30AM]

I wish the HP Envy 14 coming out had Optimus :(

[garionw Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:31AM]

The N43 is mine... does anyone know of a release date for these?

Like anytime before the end of the year?

[Excalibur Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:35AM]

Do they all come with Android as the head of nVidia wants all of us to get behind that OS. Sod Windows even though thats where nVidia made a shed load of money. The guy seems to come across as an idiot who's been bought off.

[Kleptomaniac Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:38AM]

@Excalibur
He was talking about tablets, these are laptops.

[Excalibur Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:45AM]

@Kleptomaniac
Whoops. Good point there

[albywalby Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:42AM]

and they're still really really really ugly laptops

[robamb2002 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 8:53AM]

I love how nVidia has turned intel's integrated graphics into an nVidia platform. Intel attempted to make nVidia's IGP obsolete by forcing everyone to buy Intel's IGP with the CPU, instead nVidia hijacked Intel's IGP and renamed it Optimus. :) pretty slick move on nVidia's part if you ask me.

[andysexton Posted Jun 2nd 2010 9:14AM]

I really have been wanting a light 13.3 or 14" notebook with at least the 330M in it. Looks like the Gateway ID49C is a new one that might fit the category. Gateway hasn't been on my radar, as I've been looking at mainly the Asus laptops that only have the 310 GPUs. Gateway make decent laptops?

Might just finally settle for a 310 chip for the longer battery life on the Asuses. UL30Jt. I was hoping for exciting stuff coming out of this show.

[FallenArms3 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 9:46AM]

YESSS college laptop here I come. Something that will take notes all day and not sacrifice on the game? I'm there.

[FallenArms3 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 9:48AM]

@FallenArms3 Well, as long as they push these out quickly, dangit.

[fahdriyami Posted Jun 2nd 2010 10:14AM]

Wheres the M11x?! :(

[robamb2002 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 11:41AM]

@fahdriyami Alienware has reserved a table at E3 Expo starting June 15th... It is expected to formally anounce the m11x R1 with the Ci3-7um CPU and possibly some other upgrades. so don't fret just yet :)

[dds1043 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 11:32AM]

ANYONE ELSE SEE THE TAG LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS "WINDOWS 8"!

I know I used all caps for a reason and its probably a glare or the flash that made the 8. lol

[joebobjoe Posted Jun 2nd 2010 11:58AM]

Too bad Asus didn't reveal a gaming laptop with the GTX 480M.

The Asus N43 that they revealed will probably have one of the lower derivatives of the GTX 480M.

[BigD145 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 12:54PM]

/waiting for Optimus and not the hardware disabled version of the 1201pn.

[Robot Overlord Posted Jun 2nd 2010 1:24PM]

the problem is that the envy has ati instead of nvidia graphics inside.

[HaloTechnology Posted Jun 2nd 2010 3:15PM]

460M GTX i wonder how much Cores we have

[jasonbarone Posted Jun 2nd 2010 4:19PM]

In the words of the Spaceballs...When will then be now? Soon?

[to6ko91 Posted Jun 2nd 2010 4:21PM]

Gateway ID49C looks damn nice :D