GeForce GTX 1080 Ti resurrected from the dead?

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/06/2021 02:23 PM | source: harukaze5719 | 48 comment(s)

And yes, we do mean that literally, as the GPU has been declared end-of-life for a long time already. But, much like the production ramp-up for 1050 Ti and RTX 2060, the GTX 1080 Ti might be revived.

Recently a user of South Korean tech platform Quasar Zone had his four-year-old GTX 1080 To returned the card for a repair, and he received a brand new 1080 Ti as a replacement. He had a peek, and despite this GPU being EOL; he noticed the serial number indicating the product was produced in 2021. Indicating it's a fresh batch.

It would not be uncommon for Nvidia to put an older GPU back into production with the current shortages, and older it is as it was released in 2017. Baked at 16nm FinFEt NVIDIA might have found some production capacity somewhere. Hey, it's still a very decent WQHD card. There are so many contradictions to this story that I would not know where to begin. Perhaps a batch was fdabbed just for RMA replacements, who knows. So for now take it with a grain or two of salt and as-is.

Sources: @harukaze5719, Quasar Zone, El Chapuzas Informático

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Astyanax
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#5902566 Posted on: 04/06/2021 02:26 PM

was the vendor mentioned?

Venix
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#5902569 Posted on: 04/06/2021 02:30 PM

If i can get that for 450 euros new i will snatch it in a heartbeat !

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#5902571 Posted on: 04/06/2021 02:35 PM

It was a 450Euros before mining craze started. If only i could call myself in the past.

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#5902574 Posted on: 04/06/2021 02:40 PM

Wasn't this the point of the founders edition in the first place? That it would receive long term support and continued to be produced longer, to the same spec, throughout the products lifecycle?

Edit:

Some of the big push for this product line seems to have come from Kelt Reeves, owner of Falcon Northwest. He was not shy at all in telling me that he had actively lobbied for this Founders Card product line. His position is this: he wants a video card product that does not change at all in terms of quality or specification over the life of the GPU. Also Kelt explained that closed face coolers that only exhaust at the I/O shield end of the card are a must for all of his specialty SFF system builds. If you look at it from the perspective of FalconNW or the likes of Maingear, having a product that they can qualify once and sell for years is very important.

Yeah I remember now - the OEMs requested the FE in the first place because when you build a machine and 3 years later the GPU explodes, and you go back to say EVGA and request another part - they basically give you anything they have on the shelf, which may be a completely different design and impact cooling/performance of the system. The OEMs wanted a part they knew Nvidia would continue to produce to the same specification and have it for the support lifecycle of the card. The FE cards are basically what came of that.

I wonder if Nvidia is contractually obligated to supply them for a certain number of years and that's what happened here?

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#5902584 Posted on: 04/06/2021 03:04 PM

Back into the future Nvidia!!

Maybe will see a brand new 7800 GTX soon. Good times!

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