Thursday, August 28th 2014
NVIDIA to Pole-vault GTX 800 Series, Name its Next Big Parts GTX 970 and GTX 980
NVIDIA is expected to brand-name its next GeForce GTX desktop discrete GPU lineup under the GTX 900 series, and not the previously thought about GTX 800. In what is a similar brand-name pole-vault to the GTX 300 series ahead of "Fermi," NVIDIA's next high-end discrete GPUs will be named GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980. The brand name could be devised to not just look better on paper, but give users of current-generation GTX 770 and GTX 780 an upgrade-itch, something which could have been difficult if NVIDIA named it under the GTX 800 series, unless its new parts were phenomenally faster.
The GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 will be based on NVIDIA's new "GM204" silicon, derived from its new "Maxwell" GPU architecture, which debuted with the mid-range GeForce GTX 750 Ti. NVIDIA is expected to outline the two cards on the 9th or 10th of September, 2014, at various media events held around the world. The company is expected to formally launch the two on 19th September. The GeForce GTX 800 series could continue to include OEM and mobile-GPU parts based on either "Maxwell" or "Kepler" GPUs.
Source:
VideoCardz
The GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 will be based on NVIDIA's new "GM204" silicon, derived from its new "Maxwell" GPU architecture, which debuted with the mid-range GeForce GTX 750 Ti. NVIDIA is expected to outline the two cards on the 9th or 10th of September, 2014, at various media events held around the world. The company is expected to formally launch the two on 19th September. The GeForce GTX 800 series could continue to include OEM and mobile-GPU parts based on either "Maxwell" or "Kepler" GPUs.
35 Comments on NVIDIA to Pole-vault GTX 800 Series, Name its Next Big Parts GTX 970 and GTX 980
What are they going to call the GM210"s?
Reminds me too much of "But ours goes to eleven."
Rebrands piss people off as its he same card with new stickers, like repackaging crap and calling it a burger.
Name change is just marketing crap anyway, logic is missing. We already have a Maxwell part in the 7 series. I'm already calling it that the GTX940 is a straight GTX750i rebrand.
Rebrands I can almost see the cause for concern - but like anything, if you buy without researching the purchase you pretty much deserve what you get....and as for people who buy hardware because they're swayed by the name - maybe they need to have a word with themselves.There is none, so stop looking.
The new rule is: Any Nvidia thread has to contain a minimum 10% Titan Z content by law.
I guess it make more sense if the next ones will have 1xxx numbers.
Remember this? www.tweaktown.com/news/21936/leakedtt_nvidia_to_skip_600_series_jump_straight_to_geforce_gtx_780_did_i_mention_it_is_nearly_twice_as_fast_as_the_gtx_580/index.html
up and add "facts" that they pulled out of their behinds.
That site is the most untrustworthy piece of manure that
exists.
The best thing would be to completely ignore them.
I see this name change as simply a means to boost sales. The average GPU buyer is not a TPU member, does no research, listens to hype, and they truly will think they are getting MASSIVE upgrades from current gen GPU's.