We recently went hands-on with various laptop manufacturers that will introduce their new RTX Spark lineup of products later this fall, but disappointingly, we weren’t able to get a glimpse of their gaming prowess, even though there was a teaser revealing that these machines could run Alan Wake 2. Fortunately, one person has provided evidence that gaming on these laptops is going to be a breeze, with Remedy’s intensive title and Capcom’s PRAGMATA running smoothly.
For a first iteration from NVIDIA, RTX Spark displays impressive performance and promises a bright future for ARM-based chipsets
During the official announcement during Computex 2026, NVIDIA stated that the RTX Spark could run the latest AAA games at 100FPS and at the 1440p resolution, which is a decent showing for a laptop SoC, but more importantly, the company’s complete stack of FPS-boosting features like DLSS and Multi Frame Generation will take that experience to another level. However, it was frustrating to see that only gaming performance teasers were being shown and not proper demos.
Thankfully, @Geeky_Vaidy shared a small clip showing that Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra, which sports a 110W TDP, can run both PRAGMATA and Alan Wake 2 at decent framerates, but even with no FPS counter displayed on the screen, we’re able to deduce the result by monitoring the game’s fluidity. The demos were shown with DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction enabling, suggesting that ray tracing was enabled, but looking at the short clips, we couldn’t determine if path tracing was running, which is incredibly taxing on the GPU.
Initially, @Geeky_Vaidy doesn’t confirm that PRAGMATA and Alan Wake 2 are running with Frame Generation, but a follow-up post reveals that Frame Generation 2x and NVIDIA Reflex were enabled to minimize latency. Given that the RTX Spark’s Blackwell GPU supports Multi Frame Generation up to 6x, we’re surprised this specific feature was limited to 2x. Thanks to the hefty amount of memory allocated to these notebooks, VRAM limitations aren’t going to be an issue any longer.
It’s also important to note that the Surface Laptop Ultra’s 110W isn’t even the RTX Spark’s highest TDP, as ASUS’ notebooks equipped with the same silicon can manage a 140W power limit, resulting in a small FPS boost. It’ll be interesting to see how RTX Spark manages other titles that haven’t been treated to the same optimization runs, like Alan Wake 2 and PRAGMATA, such as Unreal Engine 5 games, but at least this is a positive start.
News Source: @Geeky_Vaidy
About the author: Omar Sohail is a reporter and analyst for Wccftech's mobile section, specializing in the technology and business of the mobile industry. His expertise lies in the intricate hardware supply chain, covering developments in semiconductor manufacturing, chip lithography, and camera sensor technology.
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