Nvidia has said that it ship its new range of 8800M graphics cards to OEMs and ODMs soon, signalling that the vendor intends to have laptops with the cards on the market before the end of the current financial year.

Those in the technology media that have had hands on time with the units have warmly received the cards, which are designed for high-end units.

Notebook GPUs have traditionally been a weak area for Nvidia, with ATi and Intel dominating the market.