GTX 1050 bringing budget gaming laptops to CES 2017
The report reads: "Nvidia is also ready to announce its entry-level GeForce GTX 1050 GPU for notebooks…Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU-equipped notebooks are currently enjoying strong demand from China and South East Asia and the release of the GTX 1050 is expected to further increase sales.”
It continues: “Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International, and Lenovo are all planning to showcase their latest gaming notebooks using Intel’s new processors and Nvidia’s new GPUs at CES 2017.”
Nvidia announced the GTX 1050 in autumn this year, peddling the low-power chip as a budget alternative to its top-end sibling, the GTX 1080. Despite its low cost (£139), the GTX 1050 Ti is capable of offering compelling Full HD gaming performance. That means we should see it featured in some of the best-performing sub-£1,000 gaming laptops released early next year. By comparison, the next model up – the GTX 1060 – starts at £200 for a 3GB model.
Fortunately, we’ve already seen benchmarks for what LaptopMedia claims is an unreleased laptop with a GTX 1050 Ti inside. According to the test results, the 1050 Ti is 10% faster than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M, which was Nvidia’s top-end mobile chip from the last generation. Laptops using that chip tend to start at around £1,000, but we’ve yet to see many 10-series chips pricing below £1,500.
Unfortunately, we can’t say for certain that any GTX 1050-toting laptops will be released at CES 2017, as we can’t verify Digitimes’ sources. As such, we’d recommend taking this report with due caution.
