Could Nvidia be prepping a Volta release?

#5395540

PrMinisterGR

2017-02-21 00:28

Nobody has 10nm yet, so it's either a paper launch or it's not really Volta.

#5395548

tezza192

2017-02-21 00:39

Absolute clickbait Guru3D - Im dissapointed you are going down the same route as WCCFTech 🙁

#5395555

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2017-02-21 00:51

Not clickbait at all you guys. It has been rumored more then once that Nvidia is giving its Volta a 16nm FinFET treatment.

#5395557

HeavyHemi

2017-02-21 00:56

Not clickbait at all you guys. It has been rumored more then once that Nvidia is giving its Volta a 16nm FinFET treatment.

I've heard of this as a 12-14nm refresh for Pascal later this year...but....mum is the word.

#5395559

looniam

2017-02-21 00:59

not sure if the original source but: https://www.facebook.com/AIDA64/ http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt206/LoonIam/Capture.png

#5395561

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2017-02-21 01:01

OK - That would be the original source then, thus spotted in the AIDA database. Yep I find this an interesting spot.

#5395566

Noisiv

2017-02-21 01:11

Absolute clickbait Guru3D - Im dissapointed you are going down the same route as WCCFTech 🙁

overreaction much? It's 12nm No surprises here, since installation of both Summit and Sierra will begin in 2017 https://www.top500.org/news/speculation-of-nvidia-volta-gpu-ramps-up-in-anticipation-of-2017-debut/

#5395589

Lane

2017-02-21 02:03

Announcing Volta for Supercomputers, who will not be seen in them till 9months ? and launch the 1080TI for march in midtime ... quite possible.. GP100 was launched this way, ( and still not available outside HPC super contract ).. GM100 was too released this way ..

#5395590

Inolvidable

2017-02-21 02:04

If the same year we had Ryzen with exceptional performance and price, Vega and Volta (and Scorpio and Nintendo Switch..)... Oh boy! Thank God I started to update some key components little by little a while ago (a 10 years old PSU, Case, 8TB Nas HDDs and SSD) and I have been saving agressively since then for the right moment to spend big. To me that is one of the best moments for a PC enthusiast that happens rarely these days (once every 3-5 years or more). The fall seem like the most probable season to buy big (but smart). Ryzen will have been tested well enough and the new GPU's wharever they are will also be around the corner or already there. The only drawback about waiting till the fall is that Intel might have a brutal response to Ryzen a few months away. Intel does not like roadmap changes but who knows... We'll see

#5395592

Lane

2017-02-21 02:04

If the same year we had Ryzen with exceptional performance and price, Vega and Volta (and Scorpio and Nintendo Switch..)... Oh boy! Thank god I started to update some key components little by little a while ago (a 10 years old PSU, Case, 8TB Nas HDDs and SSD) and I have been saving agressively since then for the right moment to sped big. To me that is one of the best moments for a PC enthusiast that happens rarely these days (once every 3-5 years or more). The fall seem like the most probable season to buy big (but smart). Ryzen will have been tested well enough and the new GPU's wharever they are will also be around the corner or already there. The only drawback about waiting till the fall is that Intel might have a brutal response to Ryzen a few months away. Intel does not like roadmap changes but who knows... We'll see

You will not see Volta in gaming parts before a good while ( let say, one year ) ... WHat you will see is a good presentation of it, with contract for supercomputer ( who can take a good year before be finalized )... It is how have work Nvidia thoses last 3 generations .. and this will not change. When i say that Nvidia is better at marketing that Apple ...

#5395602

Inolvidable

2017-02-21 02:31

You will not see Volta in gaming parts before a good while ... WHat you will see is a good presentation of it, with contract for supercomputer ( who can take a good year before be finalized )... It is how have work Nvidia thoses last 3 generations .. and this will not change.

Unfortunatelly that makes sense. I hope that Ryzen and Vega can deliver (meaning decent performance improvements). I am not expecting anything revolutionary but at least better than the usual 3-5% overall improvement for the same price we are used to. On the bright side, any modern CPU will be a huge upgrade to me. I begin to feel how my system is getting old for my needs. This beauty has given me a lot for what I paid for it, but this time I am more into the high performance mood rather than in the price/performance one. I am part gamer part heavy multitasker and I have really missed more cores/threads...

#5395677

cryohellinc

2017-02-21 07:27

I agree with others, most likely 1080Ti announcement and at same time announce Volta with future release roadmap. Highly doubt Volta is so close to release, however if thats the case, Nvidia perhaps wants to destroy Vega? "shrug"

#5395680

XenthorX

2017-02-21 07:49

Really, as much as Ryzen is a done deal for me, on the GPU side i think it's gonna be a tough call to make this year. I feel like upgrading my 5820K+980-Ti this year

#5395689

Robbo9999

2017-02-21 08:35

Really, as much as Ryzen is a done deal for me, on the GPU side i think it's gonna be a tough call to make this year. I feel like upgrading my 5820K+980-Ti this year

With your 980ti at 1515Mhz is 1080ti really gonna be a big upgrade considering 1080ti is probably not very overclockable? GTX 1080 wouldn't be a big upgrade over your overclocked 980ti for instance. On topic of Volta release, I don't think we're gonna be seeing it this year, I would bet there will be another iteration of Pascal instead later this year.

#5395690

XenthorX

2017-02-21 08:46

With your 980ti at 1515Mhz is 1080ti really gonna be a big upgrade considering 1080ti is probably not very overclockable? GTX 1080 wouldn't be a big upgrade over your overclocked 980ti for instance. On topic of Volta release, I don't think we're gonna be seeing it this year, I would bet there will be another iteration of Pascal instead later this year.

I don't see why the 1080-Ti shouldn't be highly overclockable? The full ships are usually more robust and remain relevant longer. My 980-Ti is missing some juice for my fancy 4K monitor.

#5395693

baasgene

2017-02-21 08:54

I don't see why the 1080-Ti shouldn't be highly overclockable? The full ships are usually more robust and remain relevant longer. My 980-Ti is missing some juice for my fancy 4K monitor.

So, you think a CPU upgrade will in anyway benefit you at 4k? Not very soon. I will upgrade my 5820k in 3 years only probably, perhaps 4.

#5395694

cryohellinc

2017-02-21 09:03

So, you think a CPU upgrade will in anyway benefit you at 4k? Not very soon. I will upgrade my 5820k in 3 years only probably, perhaps 4.

Where did he mention CPU in that comment? O_o

#5395701

Robbo9999

2017-02-21 09:26

I don't see why the 1080-Ti shouldn't be highly overclockable? The full ships are usually more robust and remain relevant longer. My 980-Ti is missing some juice for my fancy 4K monitor.

All Pascal GPUs don't overclock far, they all kinda stop in the 2000-2100Mhz mark for actual clocks you'll see while gaming, so overclocking doesn't bring big gains - unlike how far you overclocked your 980ti in comparison to it's stock clocks.

#5395710

baasgene

2017-02-21 09:52

Where did he mention CPU in that comment? O_o

Lol he didn't, I quoted his other post by accident 🙂

#5395712

baasgene

2017-02-21 09:54

All Pascal GPUs don't overclock far, they all kinda stop in the 2000-2100Mhz mark for actual clocks you'll see while gaming, so overclocking doesn't bring big gains - unlike how far you overclocked your 980ti in comparison to it's stock clocks.

Which is a good OC from reference spec but definitely not on the level you can acheive when overclocking a 980ti properly (I mean a 980ti can still be overclocked to a level that beats a maxed out 1070 basically), but most of the gains for Pascal is from the memory OC really. I run mine at 2050mhz core and 11ghz memory which is just fine. Still I feel that Pascal has terrible IPC, a 980 ti at 2.1ghz would blow its face off if it was possible on air