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Nvidia launches latest high-end 3D graphics chip for gaming laptops

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nvidia is launching its new high-end 3D graphics chip for gaming laptops today. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing unit is targeted at laptop gamers, but it has the performance of traditional desktop gaming PCs, according to the company.

The new chip has features such as an ability to overclock it, or run it faster than manufacturing specifications.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.