HWInfo Diagnostic tool adds new NVIDIA GPUs Support - Volta

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/26/2018 06:52 AM | source: HWInfo | 16 comment(s)

Often a bit of naming leaks through software release info. A week or so ago you might have noticed, HWInfo was updated. And initially I missed the added info, but the tool is now actively listing two new NVIDIA GPU entries.

We all know that NVIDIA has something brewing in that kettle of theirs, we all know it will be the 11xx series (GTX 1160, 1170 and 1180), but no one really knows what GPU architecture it'll be based on, and kudos/cudas to NVIDIA for keeping that under wraps. It is expected to be Turing, but I will keep saying it, Turing never was listed in their roadmaps. The most logical thing for them to do would be a Pascal respin with GDDR6 memory, Turing with GDDR6 memory.

However and realistically I think this is the case, Turing simply also could be Volta stripped from the Tensor cores and thus GeForce GTX 11xx would be Volta based. Now Volta GPUs have been around for a while, just not in the consumer domain. This is what the entries in HWinfo spike my interests, as Malik added: Nvidia GV102- en GV104-GPUs. Expect announcements late August on the new card(s).

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#5568593 Posted on: 07/26/2018 10:17 PM

That could be a 1180ti but I don't know what profit Nvidia has to produce a gaming gpu titan class for a 30% improvement after two whole years. Perhaps without real rivalry from Amd this time around they will give a semi-next gen gpu. I fear until 2020 things in PC technology will not run as fast as they did.

Agreed 100%. My thinking on that is, AMD is going to focus on mid range GPU market with smaller chips, and for datacentres they will tie them together with 'Infinity Fabric' like data path, (just like Epyc ties Ryzen cores together for DCs in CPU market). So, I dont expect a whole lot of competition on the top end, which is sad for us and the ones who like to buy top end GPUs.

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