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
wahahaahahahahahahhahahahaha :roll:
okay ... now i can go work with a huge smile on my face ... bahaha
hint "lube edition Ti"
second thought ... well nvidia you are finished for me, no more GTX card i'm fed up.
my 290 will surely hold enough long until some 390X will hit the 2nd hand market (well ... i might keep nvidia as a favorit for SOC ... my Tegra K1 is a beauty in my shield tablet but for GPU nah ... nothing more to see )
buy when u need and replace.
iv bought new almost every year
i got a 690 laying around, and 3 7970s, and got 2 780s.
its getting crowded
they got permanent waterblocks on. soldered pretty much
I bought my 780ti very shortly after it's release. Paid about $740 total for it. I have no regrets with that purchase and the card itself. The GTX 980ti and 390X are the first cards that has me thinking about upgrading my 780ti.
And about replacing it next Feb? Hell, I've had my ti since Dec 2013, and it looks like it will be another 4-5 months before this 980ti/390X will be released. That's getting close to two years of use and still staying in the top three single GPU performance level. The only single GPU card that clearly beats my 780ti is the 980, but only by around 5%. The 290x and the +1 ghz 780ti trades blows back and forth. It will be interesting to see what happens and which comes out on top when the next King of the Hill cards are released.
It will be a sad state of affairs if TSMC isn't ready for 16nm by the end of this year and the first Pascals have to come out on 28nm early next year.
It is already reported that.
It will be interesting to see how fast the R390 will be especially the 4GB Version compared to NV Titan x 12GB.
TITAN X was a desperate attempt at trying to save some face. I mean come on , $1000 + for a card that was never really designed for gaming ? 12GB of memory ? LMAO .
Warning ---logic train of thought ahead---
1 - Titan X has about 10-20% OC head at stock volts, therefore GM200 can def go faster
2 - Titan X is 30-40% faster than GTX980
3 - R9 390X is as yet 'unknown' for performance - rumours suggest good potential.
4 - Nvidia wont play 2nd fiddle to AMD
So, if Nvidia says "No, 980ti wont be as fast as Titan" and 390X releases and IS faster than Titan, Nvidia just lost. Given point (1) above, Nvidia can easily beat Titan with a 6Gb vendor OC'ed GM200 with different card thresholds. Nvidia might well be saying - 980Ti is going to be slower but that makes no sense if 390X is a real threat to their position.
So...
a) Either Nvidia knows that Titan X is faster already than 390X or,
b) They're lying to their partners about how fast 980ti is going to be (to stop Titan X sales dropping), or
c) They know 390X is so good, they can't compete (really?).
I can't see a scenario where Nvidia will release a card in Summer than can't compete with 390X (but if they can't, I'm getting me a 390X). So if what you're saying is true, 390X sux ass or kicks ass (Titan X is already better or Nv have no answer).
There is no logic in NV releasing a card that is between 980 and Titan X performance, not with a 390X in the wings.
980 Ti will be faster than the Titan-X, why would they release a card to compete vs AMD that's slower than the already release Titan-X?
Titan-X isn't/wasn't a gaming card no matter the marketing. 980 Ti is the gaming card, will be fastest simple.