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These are the minimum requirements for available with a Quadro RTX 3000 GPU in
Nvidia RTX Studio laptops: the 15-inch system and either Quadro RTX
GPU: RTX 2060, Quadro RTX 3000 or higher 4000 or 3000 in the 17-inch system.”
CPU: Intel Core i7 (H-series) or higher
RAM: 16GB or higher Nvidia’s releasing freshly updated Studio
SSD: 512GB or higher drivers to coincide with the announcement,
Display: 1080p or 4K and it unlocks a new feature for prosumers.
The initiative launched with 17 laptops The new Studio driver finally brings 30-bit
from Acer, Asus, Dell, Gigabyte, HP, MSI, and (10bpc) color support in OpenGL applications
Razer. At Siggraph, ten new models were to GeForce and Titan GPUs.
announced (go.pcworld.com/10lp). Here are “With 24-bit color, a pixel can be built from
the details, verbatim from Nvidia: 16.7 million shades of color. By increasing to
30-bit color, a pixel can now be built from over
“Lenovo Legion Y740 Laptop Studio 1 billion shades of color, which eliminates the
Edition (go.pcworld.com/y740) features up abrupt changes in shades of the same color,”
to GeForce RTX 2080 GPUs within 17- and Nvidia’s announcement post explains (go.
15-inch laptops, available later this fall. pcworld.com/colr). The feature helps
Lenovo ThinkPad P53 and P73 (go. “seamless color transitions without banding.”
pcworld.com/p573) mobile workstations It’s a surprising (but welcome)
support up to Quadro RTX 5000 GPUs development; while AMD Radeon graphics
within 17- and 15-inch systems. The Think- cards have supported the feature for years,
Pad P53 is available now; the ThinkPad Nvidia has long restricted 30-bit color
P73 will be available starting August. support in OpenGL to the professional
Dell Precision 7540 (go.pcworld.com/ Quadro lineup for product segmentation
dp75) and Dell Precision 7740 (go. reasons. Now, those RTX Studio laptops
pcworld.com/dp77) mobile workstations, equipped with RTX 20-series GPUs can get in
available today, are configurable with up to on editing HDR images, too.
Quadro RTX 5000 GPUs. Today’s Studio driver update also
HP ZBook 15 and 17 (go.pcworld.com/ includes optimizations for several recent
zb57) mobile workstations feature Quadro creative application updates: Magix VEGAS
RTX GPUs, with the 17-inch model Pro v17, Autodesk Arnold, Allegorithmic
configurable with up to a Quadro RTX 5000. Substance Painter 2019.2, Blender 2.80,
BOXX GoBOXX SLM mobile Cinema 4D R21, and Otoy Octane Render
workstations (go.pcworld.com/gobx) are 2019.2.
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