Nvidia will require OEMs selling RTX 30-series laptops to inform buyers of the level of performance they can expect. When the RTX 30-series laptops started shipping earlier this month, Nvidia found itself in trouble because it no longer added "Max-Q" labels to the variants. Less powerful and more energy efficient of their laptop GPUs, making the laptop buying process more confusing for consumers. However, the company confirmed to The Verge that in the future, it will be mandatory for laptop manufacturers to disclose specific clock speeds and full graphics power on product pages to make the process more transparent. Buying a more transparent gaming laptop for consumers.
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Nvidia added that OEMs won't have to specify if a chip is a Max-Q variant, noting that "Max-Q is no longer part of the GPU name." While the Max-Q mark previously made it easy for buyers to see that they were getting slower clock speeds as a measure of overall laptop performance, it's now used to show that an RTX 30-series laptop comes with performance features. additional efficiencies, such as Whisper Mode 2 and Advanced Optimus. “We are asking OEMs to update their product pages with Max-Q technology features for each GeForce laptop, as well as clocks and power, which communicate the expected GPU performance in this system.” Nvidia said in a press release. Nvidia's decision to require OEMs to display specific performance data will no doubt be welcomed by buyers, who may buy a more informed laptop. As The Verge points out, this will also help buyers understand how it is possible, for example, for the RTX 3070 in the MSI Leopard GP66 to outperform the RTX 3080 graphics card in the MSI GS66 Stealth. Nvidia says that OEMs have already started adding this information to their online product pages. As of this writing, Asus and Gigabyte have updated their pages, as MSI and Razer have yet to follow suit.