Whereas the primary Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs at the moment are with us within the type of mighty (and maybe melty?) graphics playing cards, a few of us have been trying in direction of cellular variations of the GPUs for our slice of the Blackwell pie. We have been ready till a March launch for RTX 50-series laptops, and now Nvidia has confirmed that pre-orders will begin from February 25.
In an X submit from the official Nvidia GeForce account, Nvidia says: “GeForce RTX 50 Sequence Laptop computer pre-orders begin Feb 25 from OEMs. 👀 Keep tuned for extra particulars!” And Nvidia’s 50-series laptops webpage confirms that these laptops can be “accessible beginning March 2025,” so it should not be lengthy till these pre-orders arrive, in case you’re fortunate sufficient to seize one.
“👀” certainly. Whereas we will not know for sure till we take a look at them out ourselves, this subsequent technology of laptops is anticipated to supply rather a lot for players, primarily due to DLSS 4’s Multi Body Technology. Primarily based on what we have seen of the desktop RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, RTX 50-series GPUs may not provide large leaps in pure raster efficiency, however they greater than make up for this with AI-aided body technology.
After all, how you are feeling about this can rely upon whether or not you consider them as ‘pretend frames’ or actual ones—however hey, I am going to take an additional 100 frames over zero, pretend or not.
That is simplifying issues, after all, as a result of there’s additionally the query of latency, which can be extra pronounced within the case of much less highly effective laptop computer GPUs than within the desktop ones (the RTX 5070 Ti cellular, for example, will function a GB205 GPU, the identical as can be within the desktop RTX 5070). That is as a result of in case you begin with decrease enter body charges you find yourself with extra latency from subsequent generated frames.
Nonetheless, these higher-end chips ought to nonetheless be highly effective, even when rather less highly effective than their desktop counterparts, so we should not be speaking atrocious body charges earlier than Multi Body Technology kicks in.
And it’s the higher finish of the 50-series GPU lineup we’re anticipating to kick off with: RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti. These had been a few of the first RTX 50-series gaming laptops we noticed at retailers. RTX 5070 laptops, alternatively, are anticipated to launch later, in April. This follows Nvidia’s regular GPU launch cadence—higher-end first, lower-end later—and it matches what we’re seeing on the desktop graphics card entrance.
These laptops ought to all come packaged with Intel Core Extremely 200H-series (Arrow Lake) or AMD Ryzen AI 300 (Strix Level) processors, too, which can firmly plant us within the present technology.
Though we will not make certain whether or not the present retailer itemizing costs will stick, and quite a lot of the at the moment listed RTX 50-series laptops are mega costly, not less than a few of them appear cheap. Take the ROG Strix G16 with RTX 5070 Ti for $1,900 at Finest Purchase, for example, or a 16-inch MSI laptop computer with RTX 5070 Ti for $1,599 at Newegg. Although after all, even when these do stay as inexpensive, whether or not they’ll stay in inventory for greater than a nanosecond is one other query solely.
Lots to hesitantly stay up for, then. With extra Nvidia desktop GPUs set to launch quickly and AMD ones simply across the nook, too, it’s going to be fascinating to see which garners probably the most consideration.
