NVIDIA returns to Pascal with the GeForce MX330 and GeForce MX350

[Redaktion]

NVIDIA may be moving onto 7 nm GPUs this year, but there is still life in its old 14 nm architecture yet. The GeForce MX330 and MX350 were teased at CES 2020, and now a new driver release has unveiled their hardware IDs.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-returns-to-Pascal-with-the-GeForce-MX330-and-GeForce-MX350.450905.0.html

[S.Yu]

A further underclock of 1050MQ? At least not another MX150.

[Spunjji]

A further underclock of 1050MQ? At least not another MX150.

Agreed with the sentiment. The MX150 was a great little GPU when it launched, and it chafes that they haven't updated it with a more efficient architecture since then. At least this might be an improvement of some description, but now I'm worried they'll skip on updating the low-end GPUs with Ampere too.

[Thomas Serruques]

I'll skip the MX330 and MX350, thank you. I already have a laptop with MX150 (same as MX250...)
I'm expecting something good from Ampere and the switch to 7nm,
like a 1660 equivalent fitting in an ultrabook (if possible without throttling)

[S.Yu]

A further underclock of 1050MQ? At least not another MX150.

Agreed with the sentiment. The MX150 was a great little GPU when it launched, and it chafes that they haven't updated it with a more efficient architecture since then. At least this might be an improvement of some description, but now I'm worried they'll skip on updating the low-end GPUs with Ampere too.

I'm assuming that this is overall a capacity issue, neither TSMC nor Samsung have the 7nm capacity for Nvidia to push these low end chips in the price bracket targeted, and redesigning Ampere for 12nm just to cover the low end isn't worth their time either, however this further leaves them open to competition from Intel's Xe. Maybe they're half-abandoning this market or they're betting that Xe isn't up to the hype.