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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sverek

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#5568246 Posted on: 07/26/2018 07:04 AM

hyyyyyyyypeeee!

Can't wait to see Nvidia trashing it's previous generations! (and AMD for that matter)

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#5568257 Posted on: 07/26/2018 07:35 AM

If 1180 will be ~15% faster compared to 1080Ti I will be very happy. However, something tells me that won't happen.

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#5568332 Posted on: 07/26/2018 11:57 AM

it would be worthwhile to move AMD and create a lot of competition, as in the case of processors, that's when the price struggle will begin instead of monopoly. Unfortunately in many countries (including my home country) where the crypto currency is not regulated, prices are too high for Video cards

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#5568337 Posted on: 07/26/2018 12:21 PM

Hopefully the wait is minimal and I can get my hands on a new mainstream Nvidia graphics card before Kunos release ACC on Steam.

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#5568343 Posted on: 07/26/2018 12:38 PM

If 1180 will be ~15% faster compared to 1080Ti I will be very happy. However, something tells me that won't happen.

1170 5% faster than 1080ti,
1180 25% faster than 1080ti
and 1180ti 55% faster than 1080ti.
Simple mathematics.

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