Monday, February 20th 2017
NVIDIA to Steal AMD's Ryzen Limelight on Feb 28
NVIDIA could attempt to steal the limelight from AMD's 2017 "Capsaicin & Cream" launch event for its Ryzen desktop processors, slated for February 28, with a parallel GeForce GTX event along the sidelines of the 2017 Game Developers' Conference (GDC). At this event, the company is expected to launch its next enthusiast-segment graphics card, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. This could at least be a paper-launch, with market availability following through in March.
While the GTX 1080 Ti is a graphics card, and Ryzen a processor (they don't compete), NVIDIA's choice of launch-date could certainly steal some attention away from AMD's big day. Besides launching Ryzen, it wouldn't surprise us if AMD teases its upcoming Radeon "Vega" graphics cards a little more. The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is expected to be based on the same "GP102" silicon as the company's flagship TITAN X Pascal graphics card, and could be positioned very close to the USD $1,000 mark, given that NVIDIA priced the TITAN X Pascal at a wallet-scorching $1,199.
Sources:
IO-Tech, NordicHardware
While the GTX 1080 Ti is a graphics card, and Ryzen a processor (they don't compete), NVIDIA's choice of launch-date could certainly steal some attention away from AMD's big day. Besides launching Ryzen, it wouldn't surprise us if AMD teases its upcoming Radeon "Vega" graphics cards a little more. The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is expected to be based on the same "GP102" silicon as the company's flagship TITAN X Pascal graphics card, and could be positioned very close to the USD $1,000 mark, given that NVIDIA priced the TITAN X Pascal at a wallet-scorching $1,199.
78 Comments on NVIDIA to Steal AMD's Ryzen Limelight on Feb 28
This behavior coming out NVIDIA is expected: very unsportsmanlike.
As for releasing a paper launch on the same day as Ryzen, there's nothing unfair about that at all. That's what businesses do when shareholders need to see something good. If AMD looks fantastic on Ryzen, Nvidia can't release nothing. They need to appear to be innovating. We all know it's not innovating with Pascal but if you're going to hate on a paper launch, you need to hate Vega already. It's been shown by AMD for months now yet it's not due till May.
But the prices of the top Nvidia cards is just awful.
But the fact remains, NVidia is non-competitor in the CPU/SoC space. Perhaps they should sign up Keller now?
And for Ryzen, how is a GPU going to steal CPU's show? It's not even the same. And from the leaked stuff, Ryzen is going to be a mad processor, a proper comeback from AMD. Sure, I'll watch the NVIDIA stream coz I like geeky stuff, but it'll not be of any priority for me lol :D
But I'm waiting for leather jackets too.
News at 11
nvidia is probably acting upon the chance amd announces vega to avoid vega being released (paper launch or not) without an answer from them.
there have been exactly the same rumors about 1080ti every time amd readies to do large announcements that seem to or might involve vega. most notably, in january on ces earlier this year but also back in october and at least once in between.
I am repeting myself this mantra all the time: my 980Ti is perfect, my 980Ti is perfect, I don't need to upgrade, I don't need to upgrade at all, aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
btw, atm Ryzen's spotlight cannot be stolen.
To my knowledge, companies schedule such events a few months in advance, both being on the same day might easily be a coincidence.
In the end, it might actually downplay 1080Ti launch as most people will be talking about Ryzen.