Tuesday, June 12th 2018
NVIDIA Briefs AIC Partners About Next-gen GeForce Series
NVIDIA has reportedly briefed its add-in card (AIC) partners about its upcoming GeForce product family, codenamed "Turing," and bearing a commercial nomenclature of either GeForce 11-series, or GeForce 20-series. This sets in motion a 2-3 month long process of rolling out new graphics cards by board partners, beginning with reference-design "Founders Edition" SKUs, followed by custom-design SKUs. Sources tell Tom's Hardware Germany that AIC partners have began training product development teams. NVIDIA has also released a BoM (bill of materials) to its partners, so aside from the ASIC itself, they could begin the process of sourcing other components for their custom-design products (such as coolers, memory chips, VRM components, connectors, etc.).
The BoM also specifies a timeline for the tentative amount of time it takes for each of the main stages of the product development, leading up to mass-production. It stipulates 11-12 weeks (2-3 months) leading up to mass-production and shipping, which could put product-launch some time in August (assuming the BoM was released some time in May-June). A separate table also provides a fascinating insight to the various stages of development of a custom-design NVIDIA graphics card.
Sources:
Tom's Hardware Germany, VideoCardz
The BoM also specifies a timeline for the tentative amount of time it takes for each of the main stages of the product development, leading up to mass-production. It stipulates 11-12 weeks (2-3 months) leading up to mass-production and shipping, which could put product-launch some time in August (assuming the BoM was released some time in May-June). A separate table also provides a fascinating insight to the various stages of development of a custom-design NVIDIA graphics card.
23 Comments on NVIDIA Briefs AIC Partners About Next-gen GeForce Series
I was considering an 1180 but now I don't know. I might hold on to my 1080 and then jump straight to 1180Ti when Cypberpunk 2077 comes out. I watched the E3 and I don't think we're going to see any revolutionary graphics in games that are coming out in lat 18 / early 19. I may sell the 1080 before the launch and get the 1170 if it ends up costing me very little money and I get +10-15% performance at lower power draw but I'm havingdoubts about the new 1180 card. Back when I was selling my 980Ti for a 1080 that +20-30% performance increase was something that I really felt. 980Ti was struggling with some games at 1440p cause in 2015/16 we had witcher3, quantum break,watch dogs 2 and the like - games which looked amazing but required a lot of horepower. Grahpics have become stagnant over the course of recent years though, the 1080 still runs new games at 1440p perfectly fine.
I was also considering getting a used 1080 for SLI, but that's only if 1180 fails to improve 1080 performance by 1.5x. I still think swapping a 1080 for 1170 and then waiting for 1080Ti si the best way to do it. Only way I can get any good money for my 1080 is before the new gen launch with +1 year of warranty left. No one is buying a used 1080 with almost no warranty left in 2019, not for a good asking price that is.
30% no way. Maybe if you compare 980 Ti Reference Stock vs 1080 Custom.
Custom 980 Ti's are 15-20% faster than reference.
1080 can't max every demanding game at 1440p/60fps.
1080 Ti is the way to go coming from a 980 Ti. Now I'd just wait for new x80/x70 instead.
However 20% extra performance (and that can very well be just my wishful thinking), would make the top end card much more suitable for 4k gaming, even if the architecture turns out to be a slightly tweaked Pascal.
Also, upgrading from one generation to the next has rarely made sense, save for those that always have to have the fastest card.
Or the reviewers just got a few good samples as FE's, which really isn't something new. If you want to buy the binning nonsense be my guest... The reality is that FEs do NOT come with any kind of statement that guarantees a better binned chip - the only guarantee you do have is that the cooler is junk.
Titan Xp can't max out every game at 1080p/60 either, if you go for max settings. How come people are running 1080p/60 with 1070s and they have plenty of room still left though.
Fact is that 980 Ti Custom beats 1070 Custom right out of the box and 1080 is not much faster.
My 980 Ti is on water and dead silent tho. Couldn't care less about watts, I look at performance and 1080 was a side-grade, tested myself. I considered 1080 Ti, but waiting for better, 7-12nm and GDDR6.