From PC World: Memory is one of the crucial aspects of a graphics card, and faster is always better — so it’s no surprise that Nvidia’s next-gen GeForce RTX cards, expected sometime in 2025, will feature cutting-edge GDDR7 memory modules.
But according to new statements, desktop PCs won’t be the only ones getting that tech. It’s coming to laptop cards in the 50 series, too. Buried deep in a presentation from a Chinese laptop manufacturer were a few details about Nvidia’s “Blackwell” laptop cards, specifically the xx60 version of the card. (That will almost certainly be called the GeForce RTX 5060, but we don’t have confirmation on nomenclature.)
According to a Shenzhen Hasee Computer Co. chairman, these laptop graphics cards will be the first on the market equipped with GDDR7 memory, now in the final stages of pre-production from suppliers.
The news was spotted by a social media user and picked up by WCCFTech, so there’s certainly room for error among lots of transcription from a live presentation and various translations. But it certainly tracks. Laptop GPUs are generally based on the same tech as the desktop cards they follow, even though the realities of mobile tech design mean they’re a little less punchy for pushing polygons. But it’s good to hear that speedy memory won’t be one of those compromises for laptop users.
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