Rumor: GeForce GTX 1080 8GB gddr5x based on Pascal GPU in May
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fantaskarsef
Hah first?
Pretty much what I expected. Except the 256bit bus... not sure this is a good idea, although I don't mind GDDR5X for the cards at all, 8GB should be more than sufficient.
At least it meets the time frame I expected for first launches, let's see how things turn out.
Lowice
But how would it work in DX12 compaired to AMD
xIcarus
DribbelDog
I really hope this is true.
Especially since NVIDIA seems to have started nerfing the 7xx series with (lack of) driver support. In some benchmarks the 780ti seems to perform worse than the 970, which worries me... I thought I'd be fine skipping the 9xx series, but I'm slightly disappointed by how my 780ti's are holding up. Too late to jump on the 9xx bandwagon now, so can't wait for something new to come out.
Ziggymac
Ebay is about to get flooded with used 980's and 970's...:)
Lane
Kaotik
Kaotik
TheDeeGee
Hmmz, a bit later than i hoped (Overwatch/Legion).
Apart from that i don't mind it having GDDR5(X), this might be in favour of my favorite GPU Coolers from Arctic, as it's probably compatible out of the box.
Mtom
Yeah GDD5X based Pascal in May...when GDDR5X mass production starts at summer...seems legit.
cowie
RavenMaster
Darren Hodgson
Definitely want one though I definitely don't need one either! 😀
Will this card support DX12's asynchronous compute?
The GTX 980 Ti is still a superb card even with the upgrade in resolution from 1920x1200 to 2560x1440. I am only interested in single GPU configurations (SLI and CFX are too annoying to deal with and sparsely supported by developers to even interest me these days) so I prefer to opt for a top of the range card that doesn't have Titan in its name (since those are poor value in my humble view). Fortunately, multi-monitor setups and VR do not interest me, which keeps my budget down to a reasonable level. Also 60 fps is all I need so I do not need the additional horsepower for higher framerates either. Maxed out settings at 2560x1440 with decent anti-aliasing and ideally a locked 60 fps are what I want and hopefully these new Pascal cards will deliver.
Whether I buy one at launch is debatable though. I bought the GTX 980 at launch and that was followed by the far superior GTX 980 Ti so common sense is telling me that I would be better waiting for the next cards after these.
BangTail
Probably best to wait until Nvidia puts all its cards on the table (of course that can change very quickly on launch day 😉 )
I too bought 980s and then 980Tis but I prefer to get one set of cards per generation so I might hold out for the HBM SKUs as these Ti cards are still making short work of everything.
-Tj-
@Darren
That would be a stupid move, full gp100 might be better with 10-12tflops (980ti 1400mhz has 8.2 -8.4tflops). This gp104 wont be fast enough, even 8gb is not worth mentioning.
And async will be the same as now, in cuda. Im pretty sure about that.
If gp100 is only 30-40% faster from oc'ed gm200 according to tflop difference then i'll wait for Volta, screw pascal.
BangTail
Nevermind
Ryu5uzaku
Denial
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/the_division_pc_graphics_performance_benchmark_review,6.html
People will say it's being downgraded or whatever, but more than likely the game makes heavy use of directcompute, which Maxwell is significantly faster in. A 950 is like almost 3x faster in compute than a 770 despite a 1.5tflop difference.
I don't expect early Pascal cards to be big, nor fast, due to manufacturing costs and lack of cost reduction on the shrink. So yeah, if you're looking for a major upgrade from Nvidia it's probably worth waiting for Volta or a larger Pascal card next year.
A 950 is 1.57 Tflops, a 770 is 3.2Tflops and yet:
Kaotik
Kaotik