Nvidia Launched a New MX Series GPU

[zeusthemoose]

Summary

 Nvidia has launched the MX450, the newest in their mx series of gpus. The mx series is meant to be used in budget/lower end laptops. While not as powerful as a gtx or rtx mobile card, they are faster than the integrated graphics found on both intel and AMD cpus.

 While not all of the specs or performance benchmarks have been released yet, we do know it will be using/support pcie 4.0 and have gddr6 memory. It will also support other standard nvidia technologies such as optimus and will have cuda cores (how many has not been said). It is still unknown what architecture it will be based on, but is likely to be turing or ampere.

 OEMs will start shipping laptops with this gpu in October.

 

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It might not be a next-gen RTX GPU, but the MX 450 includes support for PCI Express 4.0 and GDDR6 graphics memory. It also supports the latest graphics APIs and Nvidia technologies like NVIDIA Optimus for more efficient GPU usage on laptops and GPU Boost for enhanced clock speeds.

The current spec sheet leaves some key details out though. We don’t know the base or boost clock speeds, how many CUDA cores are included, or even what architecture the MX 450 is based on. The official specs page for the GPU is currently void of any mention of Pascal, Turing or Ampere, let alone other technical details outside of memory interface and other supported technologies.

At the moment, Nvidia says that the GeForce MX450 will be available from laptop OEM partners starting in October. Currently, we are expecting to also see other, higher-end GeForce GPUs launching in a similar time frame.

(KITGURU)

 

My thoughts

 Nothing too exciting about this launch. We are only a few days away from the announcement of 3000 series cards and since these are releasing in October, it might not be too unreasonable to assume the same general date for the 3000 series cards. I find it weird that these will have support for pcie 4.0, seems very unnecessary to me. Maybe this means we can expect to see pcie 4.0 on the upcoming tiger lake cpus?

 

Sources

 Nvidia Website

 KITGURU

 Tom's Hardware

[emosun]

mx 400 vibes

[yolosnail]

So it supports PCIe 4.0, but there's currently no PCIe 4.0 mobile CPUs.

Wonder if Intel will beat AMD to the punch with a supported CPU

[Kisai]

28 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

Summary

 Nvidia has launched the MX450, the newest in their mx series of gpus. The mx series is meant to be used in budget/lower end laptops. While not as powerful as a gtx or rtx mobile card, they are faster than the integrated graphics found on both intel and AMD cpus.

 While not all of the specs or performance benchmarks have been released yet, we do know it will be using/support pcie 4.0 and have gddr6 memory. It will also support other standard nvidia technologies such as optimus and will have cuda cores (how many has not been said). It is still unknown what architecture it will be based on, but is likely to be turing or ampere.

 OEMs will start shipping laptops with this gpu in October.

 

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My thoughts

 Nothing too exciting about this launch. We are only a few days away from the announcement of 3000 series cards and since these are releasing in October, it might not be too unreasonable to assume the same general date for the 3000 series cards. I find it weird that these will have support for pcie 4.0, seems very unnecessary to me. Maybe this means we can expect to see pcie 4.0 on the upcoming tiger lake cpus?

 

Sources

 Nvidia Website

 KITGURU

 Tom's Hardware

PCIe4 probably means they only run at 8x and have less pins.

[porina]

3 hours ago, zeusthemoose said:

Maybe this means we can expect to see pcie 4.0 on the upcoming tiger lake cpus?

Tiger Lake does support PCIe 4.0 based on slides released by Intel already. Unclear how many lanes.

[williamcll]

Considering the MX300 series was based off the Pascal Series I wonder will these take a step up.

[Dabombinable]

Glad it's not another MX200...

[porina]

49 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

PCIE gen4 means nothing for mobile parts unless it effectively results in power savings.

Even assuming same power per bandwidth, there is a saving from less wiring which may result in a (small) reduction in size and/or cost.