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Nvidia Announces the GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080
Right then, time for a proper news post about it. Nvidia hours ago announced the GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080. Both cards are obviously Pascal architecture based and made on a 16nm FinFet design. The rumors have been true including a shader count of 2560 shader processors for the 1080 and pretty wicked clock frequencies whilst sticking to a 180 W TDP only.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the GP104-gpu which has a staggering 7.2 Billion transistors. The 1080 is fitted with Micron's new gddr5x-memoro, 8GB of it. The base clock frequency is 2500MHz on a 256-bit wide memory bus offering 320GB/s. The card has a base-clock of 1607MHz with a boost clock of 1733MHz, and that's just the reference design. Nvidia claims that overclocks up-to 2GHz are possible. The GTX 1080 has a 180 watt TDP.
The GeForce GTX 1070 also has a GP104-gpu based on Pascal-architecture but is the cheaper model. It'll be fitted with 8GB gddr5-memory, yes regular GDDR5 memory. Nvidia did not yet share information on the number of shader processors and further specs on the 1070. however it would offer 6.5 tflops of performance where the 1080 will offer 9 tflops of single precision performance.
Benchmarks have not been shown, but the GTX 1080 in for example VR was faster compared to a Titan X and even faster than two GTX 980 cards. You may expect with games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3 that the GTX 1080 will be roughly 70 procent faster compared to is a possibility. a regular GTX 980, based on a slide Nvidia showed. That would make it even faster than a GTX 980 Ti now that I think of it.
The GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with three displayport connectors 1.2 but they also offer support for DP 1.3- and 1.4 standards. So you could use 4k-monitor with refreshrates up-to 120Hz, even 7680x4320 pixels at 60Hz is possible . The card also has a HDMI 2.0b connector supporting 4K / 60 Hz. The cards can be placed in SLI, Nvidia developed a new SLI HB-bridge (high bandwidth) that offers twice the bandwidth compared to the regular SLI bridges you guys already know.
The GeForce GTX 1080 with 8GB GDDR5X pricing is set at 599 USD, there will be a founders (special binned and more overclockable) edition as well for 699. The card will be available starting May 27th. The GeForce GTX 1070 with 8GB of GDDR5 memory as well will be released in a founders edition. The basis model will cost 379 USD and the founders edition is going to cost 449 USD. The GeForce GTX 1070 will reach the market a bit later at June 10th, that might be due to custom AIB partner designs and releases released and showed off right after Computex.
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#5268698 Posted on: 05/07/2016 02:09 PM
Looks like they're going to pull an Intel move and sell a binned version for 100$ more like Intel does with multiplier unlocked K versions so annoying***128551;
Looks like they're going to pull an Intel move and sell a binned version for 100$ more like Intel does with multiplier unlocked K versions so annoying***128551;
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#5268716 Posted on: 05/07/2016 02:39 PM
so how much faster than a GTX 980 Ti ,that is the main question
so how much faster than a GTX 980 Ti ,that is the main question
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#5268727 Posted on: 05/07/2016 02:51 PM
2 x faster than 980 sli? I can't see that.
2 x faster than 980 sli? I can't see that.
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#5268728 Posted on: 05/07/2016 02:53 PM
I somehow get the feeling that the speed gains in DX11 titles won't be big, but they will be fairly decent in DX12 (optimizations?).
I somehow get the feeling that the speed gains in DX11 titles won't be big, but they will be fairly decent in DX12 (optimizations?).
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#5268730 Posted on: 05/07/2016 02:54 PM
That is what I want/need to know to too.
I would expect it to be faster overall at default clocks plus if it overclocks as well as the GTX 980 Ti does then it could be considerably faster. I am a bit underwhelmed about the memory bandwidth though... 320 GB/s on a 256-bit bus does not sound very impressive (my own card currently has 360.5 GB/s on a 384-bit bus), particularly as higher resolutions such as 4K really need lots of bandwidth.
so how much faster than a GTX 980 Ti ,that is the main question
That is what I want/need to know to too.
I would expect it to be faster overall at default clocks plus if it overclocks as well as the GTX 980 Ti does then it could be considerably faster. I am a bit underwhelmed about the memory bandwidth though... 320 GB/s on a 256-bit bus does not sound very impressive (my own card currently has 360.5 GB/s on a 384-bit bus), particularly as higher resolutions such as 4K really need lots of bandwidth.
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#5268741 Posted on: 05/07/2016 03:04 PM
Looks pretty cool, though I do not care about power draw so I will be sticking with my Strix 980ti combo for awhile, which granted will be tough for me to do.
Also, still can not stand the gtx green letters on the side. Will the color be changeable in software again? Sure hope so.
Looks pretty cool, though I do not care about power draw so I will be sticking with my Strix 980ti combo for awhile, which granted will be tough for me to do.
Also, still can not stand the gtx green letters on the side. Will the color be changeable in software again? Sure hope so.
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#5268748 Posted on: 05/07/2016 03:14 PM
Well since the 980Ti is 20-25% faster than a 980 you can expect around 20% faster than the 980Ti and ever so slightly faster than the Titan X.
so it's 60% faster than a 980 so 980's in SLi will still be faster but it's SLi so this depends greatly on the game since thats 0-99% scaling. I am kinda half tempted to get a 1080.
so how much faster than a GTX 980 Ti ,that is the main question
Well since the 980Ti is 20-25% faster than a 980 you can expect around 20% faster than the 980Ti and ever so slightly faster than the Titan X.
so it's 60% faster than a 980 so 980's in SLi will still be faster but it's SLi so this depends greatly on the game since thats 0-99% scaling. I am kinda half tempted to get a 1080.
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#5268751 Posted on: 05/07/2016 03:22 PM
What they showed as 2 x 980 sli is "relative vr performance"... so who knows what cherry picked benchmarks.
What they showed as 2 x 980 sli is "relative vr performance"... so who knows what cherry picked benchmarks.
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#5268759 Posted on: 05/07/2016 03:46 PM
faster than two 980s in SLI
2 x faster than 980 sli? I can't see that.
faster than two 980s in SLI
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#5268764 Posted on: 05/07/2016 04:08 PM
Now I'm super keen. I thought nvidia would pull a 'last series+25%price' forever and make this card way too much to justify.
Definitely upgrading if it's the 70% performance upgrade over a 980 they claim here.
Now I'm super keen. I thought nvidia would pull a 'last series+25%price' forever and make this card way too much to justify.
Definitely upgrading if it's the 70% performance upgrade over a 980 they claim here.
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#5268766 Posted on: 05/07/2016 04:12 PM
"Faster than 980 SLi in VR."
Well as SLi and Crossfire doesn't work in VR that's not a surprise.
"Faster than 980 SLi in VR."
Well as SLi and Crossfire doesn't work in VR that's not a surprise.
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#5268769 Posted on: 05/07/2016 04:20 PM
Binned won't make up for a reference cooler.
Seems more like they'll be selling the more expensive founder editions to impatient people, when demand starts to dry up they'll release the normal ones for a normal price.
Similar to the usual "titan" strategy, only now we already know the non titan price beforehand.
Makes sense considering gpu's on a new node are often sold out for the first few weeks, or months like with the 5850 and 5870.
Looks like they're going to pull an Intel move and sell a binned version for 100$ more like Intel does with multiplier unlocked K versions so annoying***128551;
Binned won't make up for a reference cooler.
Seems more like they'll be selling the more expensive founder editions to impatient people, when demand starts to dry up they'll release the normal ones for a normal price.
Similar to the usual "titan" strategy, only now we already know the non titan price beforehand.
Makes sense considering gpu's on a new node are often sold out for the first few weeks, or months like with the 5850 and 5870.
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#5268793 Posted on: 05/07/2016 05:01 PM
Well since the 980Ti is 20-25% faster than a 980 you can expect around 20% faster than the 980Ti and ever so slightly faster than the Titan X.
so it's 60% faster than a 980 so 980's in SLi will still be faster but it's SLi so this depends greatly on the game since thats 0-99% scaling. I am kinda half tempted to get a 1080.
Did you watch the conference? One GTX1080 is "faster the 2 GTX980's in SLI" and it is "considerably" faster then Titan X (which GTX980SLI is faster then a single Titan X). Obviously we still have to wait for benchies but I doubt that JHH statements will be wrong. Anyway with more mature drivers I'm sure the lead will only increase.
Well since the 980Ti is 20-25% faster than a 980 you can expect around 20% faster than the 980Ti and ever so slightly faster than the Titan X.
so it's 60% faster than a 980 so 980's in SLi will still be faster but it's SLi so this depends greatly on the game since thats 0-99% scaling. I am kinda half tempted to get a 1080.
Did you watch the conference? One GTX1080 is "faster the 2 GTX980's in SLI" and it is "considerably" faster then Titan X (which GTX980SLI is faster then a single Titan X). Obviously we still have to wait for benchies but I doubt that JHH statements will be wrong. Anyway with more mature drivers I'm sure the lead will only increase.
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#5268810 Posted on: 05/07/2016 05:47 PM
I do hope 1070 & 1080 will be performing as they said. If that is the case I do see myself buying a 1070 and not a 1080. I do not want to do the same mistake as I did with my 780. Bought one on day 1 and 2-3 months later 780ti got released (basically a slap in the face)..... So i'd rather get a midrange (well kinda) for a good price and swap it later for the big daddy if it will be worth it.
If the performance is close to or on par with what they described 1070 bight be the new best bang-for-buck card in the high end segment (not enthusiast, cuz let's be honest, lately enthusiast cards had very poor price/performance and I do not see it changing)
I do hope 1070 & 1080 will be performing as they said. If that is the case I do see myself buying a 1070 and not a 1080. I do not want to do the same mistake as I did with my 780. Bought one on day 1 and 2-3 months later 780ti got released (basically a slap in the face)..... So i'd rather get a midrange (well kinda) for a good price and swap it later for the big daddy if it will be worth it.
If the performance is close to or on par with what they described 1070 bight be the new best bang-for-buck card in the high end segment (not enthusiast, cuz let's be honest, lately enthusiast cards had very poor price/performance and I do not see it changing)
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