NVIDIA RTX Spark ARM Performance Footage Leaks Showing Smooth Gameplay in Alan Wake 2 as a Direct Alternative to Desktop x86 Hardware
Early video footage has leaked of the NVIDIA RTX Spark, providing the very first public look at the performance of the ARM hardware built for laptops and small form factor machines that is intended to be a direct x86 alternative. Whereas previous company statements indicated the integrated graphics should provide equivalent to desktop GeForce RTX 5070 compute, this is the first time anything has actually been shown
Pragmata and Alan Wake 2 running on the Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark. Nvidia claims 60-100 fps at 1440p (High?) settings depending on the game. The demos enabled DLSS 4.5 RR but no word on whether FG was used. pic.twitter.com/kImYf0eCEt
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During the footage of a 110W limited Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra a demanding testbed was run where two incredibly intensive games, Pragmata and Alan Wake 2 were showcased on the ARM powered notebook. Though without a visible frame rate counter in the footage, the gameplay itself remained extremely smooth. This has been made possible through several pieces of new technology, including DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, NVIDIA Reflex and 2x Frame Generation.
The evidence in the footage suggests the ray tracing feature was engaged, though display resolution and graphical settings are unfortunately not detailed within the leak. Regardless, the ability of the platform to handle such demanding games is interesting to PC gamers keeping their eye on a potential transition toward an ARM future.
The demonstrated hardware does not represent the higher tiers of the chips performance; other manufacturers such as ASUS will also be producing 140W configurations of the same chip which will be more potent and could allow a more suitable platform for this chips capabilities.
We can expect to see a wider range of machines containing this chip in Autumn, and with this being an introduction the utilization of DLSS and frame generation technology will clearly be crucial to making it a real world desktop graphics alternative. Performance will obviously need to be tested independently in sustained conditions and without thermal throttle.
