Friday, March 27th 2015
NVIDIA Readying GM200-based GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA is preparing its second GeForce graphics card based on its 28 nm GM200 silicon, which powers the $1,000 GTX TITAN-X. There are several rumors surrounding what NVIDIA could name the card. Some sources suggest NVIDIA could name it the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, while others point at names such as the GTX 990 (to set it sufficiently apart from the smaller GM204-based GTX 980).
The SweClockers report that sides with GTX 980 Ti for the name, mentions that the card could feature the chip's full complement of 3,072 CUDA cores, but feature 6 GB of memory, compared to 12 GB on the GTX TITAN-X. The memory bus width will stay at 384-bit. NVIDIA could allow its add-in card (AIC) partners to come up with custom-design cards, and so we could expect some cards with meaty cooling solutions (that keep the chip away from its 84°C temperature-throttle), and factory-overclocked speeds, to make the GTX 980 Ti even faster than the GTX TITAN-X. NVIDIA could time its launch with AMD's launch of the Radeon R9 390X.
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SweClockers
The SweClockers report that sides with GTX 980 Ti for the name, mentions that the card could feature the chip's full complement of 3,072 CUDA cores, but feature 6 GB of memory, compared to 12 GB on the GTX TITAN-X. The memory bus width will stay at 384-bit. NVIDIA could allow its add-in card (AIC) partners to come up with custom-design cards, and so we could expect some cards with meaty cooling solutions (that keep the chip away from its 84°C temperature-throttle), and factory-overclocked speeds, to make the GTX 980 Ti even faster than the GTX TITAN-X. NVIDIA could time its launch with AMD's launch of the Radeon R9 390X.
209 Comments on NVIDIA Readying GM200-based GeForce GTX 980 Ti
How is it possible to launch Titan X for 1000$ (and in Europe even much more than that) and to try to convince everyone how great it is, and then suddenly launch an inferior series card which is faster and cheaper.
Then, why the heck did you launch the titin, you assholes?!
wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-coming-summer/
Think next GPU will be AMD. 460s have hit their limit with Star Citizen and I'm feeling the upgrade itch. Been a good run with nVidia tho. Probably the longest time I've been with either of them. Come on AMD, gimmie some good deals in June.
History, always repeats ;)
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So for those who bought the new titan feel good about your purchase. However this card will not be released until AMD gets closer to releasing their R9 390X card.
The 980Ti will be slower and lower priced.
The upcoming 390x is meant to address that and decrease power usage.
Let's hope we get the power without the extortionate price this time.
$600 doesn't seem right to me considering the much slower GTX 980 is $550. Possibly if Nvidia is thinking of reducing the 980 to $450 then that might happen but I think it will be $700. That would fall in line with the Kepler releases of the GK110 780 Ti with half the VRAM of the Titan for $700 which was faster than the Titan when the Titan was $1000.
videocardz.com/55299/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-to-be-released-after-summer
One thing remains to be seen. With a non-reference cooler could the GM200 be OC higher than a Titan X could be OC even if the GM200/6 GB were a little slower than the Titan X out of the box. W1zzard said his Titan X throttled after 1 minute of gameplay due to the GPU temp hitting 84 degrees. A superior cooler might prevent that and allow higher clocks on top of that.
We will also probably see the dual GM200 GPU Titan ZOMG card sometime this year. It will be a little slower than 2 Titan X for $1,000 more than 2 Titan X. o_O Much weeping and gnashing of teeth will ensue all over the tech/gaming sites when/if that does happen.