Monday, April 22nd 2013
NVIDIA Working on GeForce GTX TITAN Ultra and GTX TITAN LE
A little later this week, AMD will launch its Radeon HD 7990 "Malta" graphics card. All eyes are on AMD, with regards to how the company decides to price the card, regardless of how it ends up performing. If it ends up destabilizing NVIDIA's $999 comfort-zone enjoyed by GeForce GTX TITAN and GTX 690, the company could be forced to either lower pricing, or introduce new SKUs based on the GK110 silicon, especially with the crucial summer shopping season around the corner.
According to a 3DCenter.org report, NVIDIA could launch not one, but two new SKUs based on the GK110 chip, the GTX TITAN "Ultra", and the GTX TITAN "LE." GTX TITAN LE has turned the rumor mills for some time now. It's being rumored to be a slightly scaled down version of the GTX TITAN, with 2496 CUDA cores, 208 TMUs, 40 ROPs, and a narrower 320-bit wide memory interface, holding 5120 MB of memory. There could be a third GK110 SKU in the works, the GTX TITAN Ultra.
The GTX TITAN Ultra, according to the report, is a minor upscale of the original GTX TITAN. The GTX TITAN doesn't fully utilize the component loadout of the GK110 silicon, leaving an inactive streaming multiprocessor cluster (SMX). The GTX TITAN Ultra could see NVIDIA enabling all components on the GK110, with 2880 CUDA cores and 240 TMUs. NVIDIA could restructure its high-end product stack pricing to accommodate the two new SKUs. GeForce GTX 690 could gradually phase out; GTX TITAN LE could occupy a price-point within the US $599-699 range; GTX TITAN between $940-980, and GTX TITAN Ultra at $1000 or over.
Source:
3DCenter.org
According to a 3DCenter.org report, NVIDIA could launch not one, but two new SKUs based on the GK110 chip, the GTX TITAN "Ultra", and the GTX TITAN "LE." GTX TITAN LE has turned the rumor mills for some time now. It's being rumored to be a slightly scaled down version of the GTX TITAN, with 2496 CUDA cores, 208 TMUs, 40 ROPs, and a narrower 320-bit wide memory interface, holding 5120 MB of memory. There could be a third GK110 SKU in the works, the GTX TITAN Ultra.
84 Comments on NVIDIA Working on GeForce GTX TITAN Ultra and GTX TITAN LE
NV: Look at this incredible card, the 8800GTX!
Consumer: Got me two for SLI! I'm so elite now!
NV: Ok, it's two months later, here's the incredible card we meant to release, the 8800 ULTRA! oh, and this cut-down version not even based on the same core, the 8800GT
Consumer: FUUUUUUU, I just bought two 8800GTXs!
I feel bad for all the guys out there that just dropped a grand or two on "The world's most powerful consumer graphics card" as claimed by NV, NV knowing full well the Ultra was in development.
If I had just bought a Titan and could still return it, it would be going back to the store, and I would not be replacing it with another Titan of any variety, and probably not with another NV card. Bastards.
At least when AMD came along and released the 7970GHz Edition a few months after the initial 7970, they also released an official flasher, even if it was released under the radar, so you could simply flash a non-GHz to a GHz.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fanboy for either side, this just seems like unfair business practice and it's not the first time they've done something like this. I was looking forward to triple GTX670s, but now I'm not so sure I want to give them my money.
So, Titan LE - 799$, Titan - 999$, Titan "Ultra" - 1299$.
And you know what? I'm actually happy. I see no reason to upgrade at this point, so nVidia, you can go eff yourselves.
You listening Nvidia? My future GFX purchases switching back to the red team if you're not!
and then all the titan owners are happy and people who don't want to spend soooo much are content! and NVidia got some free advertising!
They sure pulled a fast one on us.
All kidding aside, it may not even be true. And if it is, nvidia will make money from enthusiasts with too much money, or people contemplating titans but didnt get one straight off the bat, and all the old titan owners will be mad.
But guaranteed, somebody is going to buy it, somewhere, and that will justify it to NVidia.
In Q3/Q4 2012 there were a few tech sites that said; Nvidia would release GK110 (now called Titan) as the new 7 series if AMD released the 8 series. nvidia have done exactly that but changed the names so they could charge a premium.
If the Titan SKU`s were supposed to be the nvidia GTX 7 series, then expect at least a few (2/3) more SKU`s based on it.
Can`t wait to see this happen all over again on the 20nm.
@qubit: I just realized I almost parroted your post that I've missed :laugh:
Goggle 780 GTX gpu-z GK204 database
Im going for GCN2 8970 for sure ~ October 2013, it will beat all Titan variants and cheaper too, mark my words :p
Maxwell vs Vulcanic Islands (AMD 9000) is another story though, but I cant hold out that long Q2-Q3 2014 or even further away..
GCN2 8970
www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/1932/AMD_Radeon_HD_8970.html
Vs
GTX Titan Ultra
www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2358/NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_TITAN_ULTRA.html
I think Nvidia said wth we will gonna release it sooner and grab bigger market share with GK204 aka 700 series, but imo it won't go so smooth... ok there will be some demand, but GKx04 is still a midrange chip even if they make it with double cherry on top.
And I try to avoid anything midrange from nvidia, GK104 was a perfect example how buggy it can be, also GF104/114 same story - a big mess from the start, still is in some cases.
Same goes for 8800GT, GTX 260...