Wednesday, April 13th 2016
NVIDIA Readies Three GP104 "Pascal" Based SKUs for June 2016
NVIDIA is reportedly giving final touches to no less than three SKUs based on the 16 nm GP104 silicon, to launch some time this June. The ASIC markings for the chips that drive these SKUs are "GP104-400-A1," "GP104-200-A1" and "GP104-150-A1." If you recall, NVIDIA last reserved the "-400-A1" markings for the GeForce GTX 980 (GM204-400-A1), and the "-200-A1" for the GTX 970 (GM204-200-A1).
The GP104-150-A1 is a mystery ASIC. Either it will drive a more affordable third desktop SKU based on the GP104, or could signify a mobile SKU. The company plans to launch the products based on the GP104-400-A1 and GP104-200-A1, logical successors to the GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970, in early June. The GP104-150-A1, on the other hand, could see the light of the day in mid-June.
Source:
HardwareBattle
The GP104-150-A1 is a mystery ASIC. Either it will drive a more affordable third desktop SKU based on the GP104, or could signify a mobile SKU. The company plans to launch the products based on the GP104-400-A1 and GP104-200-A1, logical successors to the GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970, in early June. The GP104-150-A1, on the other hand, could see the light of the day in mid-June.
47 Comments on NVIDIA Readies Three GP104 "Pascal" Based SKUs for June 2016
Tell you what though, if I get a whiff of Maxwell driver support slipping, I'm going red team.
There is another technology that will launch this year that I have my eye on and that, is Intel's XPoint technology. I really hope when Intel's XPoint technology launches, we will see another major boost in performance at a affordable price, like their Sandy Bridge 2600k CPU's, apparently it will be cheaper to manufacturer so let's see... Even though SSD's have reached it's bandwidth limit with SATA, we are yet still constrained by their ludicrously expensive prices even though there is no shortage and the technology most certainly, isn't new.
This technology will put any SSD to shame, gone are the days where a storage device will be the cause of a bottleneck, sure SSD's help, but it doesn't eliminate it altogether, well, depends what one does. ;-)
www.intelsalestraining.com/infographics/memory/3DXPointc.pdf
i thought these were expected to be gddr5x, the gp100 gets the hbm2 treatment and the low end chips get the fast gddr5?
Move along, nothing to see here.
Current Nvidia GPUs........................
GM 204 lifespan to date: 1 year, 7 months
GM 200 lifespan to date: 1 year, 1 month
GM 206 lifespan to date: 1 year, 4 months
GM 107 lifespan to date: 2 years, 2 months
...and here are some other current GPUs that comfortably eclipse those timelines:
Pitcairn/Curacao/Trinidad lifespan to date: 4 years, 2 months
Bonaire lifespan to date: 3 years, 1 month
Hawaii lifespan to date : 2 years, 6 months
Oland lifespan to date: 3 years, 3 months.
Really if you don't like NVIDIA go play with AMD and their Max 2 Generation Support.
I wonder, though, whether we'll see performance of Maxwell cards suddenly drop in the same benchmark (recall minus 10 fps on 780Ti in reviews on this very site) once new gen is available. That stinks quite a bit.
And whether we'll see more "Project (we didn't get a penny from nVidia) Cars" kind of games, with nVizillaCripplingCompetitorAndPreviousGenWithObscureCodeWorksWondersForOurSales. That's pure evil.
That is "Maximize" not "Maximise." (Don't hate me, it's not bait) :) Yes, it's funny how easy this is to understand; yet you don't seem to be able to grasp the concept behind it. How ironic, perhaps your sentence is better used for yourself? The concept being, you should have had more, but didn't get it. Like i said above; take note and observe, if the new Pascal cards don't have a major jump in performance, like they should have.. you can be sure they clocked and gutted everything to perfection. I guess I am just starting to get tired of it all.
The GDDR5 memory bandwidth isn't really an issue. Architecture design is.
[...more sarcastic laugh...]
Once again, I take my hat off for citing "a reliable source of information".
With help from my buddy Google Translate I was able to decypher this: Which is roughly interpreted as "source not confirmed. just a rumor".
...and feedback from readers: ... and from the author:
Maximisation of Profits provides funding for R&D and associated advancement that you expect.
980Ti beats the Fury X at 1080, but Fury X scales better towards 4k. And that is using today's hardware. More powerful hardware will only make this difference more obvious.
Also, GDDR5X having more bandwidth, means 384 bit memory interfaces are no longer a must-have. That's money saved on the PCB.
But where I agree with you is that if GDDR5 is enough to (mostly) keep the 980Ti competitive, is highly unlikely mid-range Pascal cards will need GDDR5X. Then again, using HBM2, GDDR5X and GDDR5 at the same time can turn into a supply/inventory nightmare.
I guess I am just starting to get tired of it all.[/QUOTE]
.....i need some coffee...........come on guys new tech to play with....this is a happy place.....