Traditionally the first quarter of the year is a time when Intel, AMD and Nvidia unveil new platforms and components for laptops that we will see later in the year. The 2021 will not be an exception and as regards Nvidia , we will see the debut of a new range of mobile GPUs architecture based Ampere .

The GeForce RTX series 3000 intended for laptops, according to Wccftech rumors, will start with three models for laptops starting at 999 dollars : the GeForce RTX , the RTX 3070 and the RTX 3080 . A replacement of the GTX GPUs would not be expected, at least for the first half of the year 1660 Ti and GTX 1650 Ti.

According to Wccftech, in January only MSI and Asus will announce and start offering laptops with GeForce RTX GPUs 3080 and 3070 , while HP, Dell and Lenovo who would have chosen to wait April. Don’t forget that in the first quarter of next year Intel will unveil Tiger Lake-H , its mobile platform for gaming notebooks (CPU up to 8 cores expected and 09 thread), based on Willow Cove architecture and Xe graphics. There are rumors that the new range of Intel chips will not be ready in January, which is why several manufacturers may wait.

There is also good news regarding notebooks with AMD mobile CPU Ryzen 5000 coming next year: unlike what happened this year, with the Ryzen 4000 coupled at most to one RTX 2060, next year’s models will be also accompanied by high-end GPUs, such as the RTX 3080 . A new battlefield will therefore be created between Intel and AMD for the favor of gamers willing to spare no expense, as the disparity in terms of graphics will finally disappear.