Monday, July 23rd 2018
NVIDIA GeForce 11-series First Wave Launch Dates Leaked
An e-mail correspondence between an NVIDIA AIC (add-in card) partner and a retailer was leaked to the web by Gamer Meld. It confirms launch dates of at least four GeForce 11-series client-segment graphics card SKUs. These include the GeForce GTX 1180, the GeForce GTX 1170, a curiously named GeForce GTX 1180+, and the mid-range GeForce GTX 1160. The dates mentioned in the e-mail could be availability dates, if not launch dates. This could mean product launches and reviews earlier than these dates.
Mark your calendars for 30th August, 2018. This is when NVIDIA will debut to market its first GeForce 11-series graphics card, the GTX 1180. This card is the spiritual successor to the GTX 1080, and will initially be launched as an enthusiast product, but will settle down as an upper-performance-segment SKU. Exactly a month after, on 30th September, NVIDIA will launch two SKUs - the GTX 1170, and the GTX 1180+. The GTX 1170 is slightly cut-down from the GTX 1180, and succeeds the GTX 1070. The GTX 1180+, on the other hand, is a brand new "premium" brand extension. It's not a GTX 1080 Ti successor, since it's probably based on the same silicon as the GTX 1180, but will probably ship with higher clock speeds, or a premium reference design. AMD gave its RX Vega 64 a similar treatment with its RX Vega 64 Liquid Edition. A month after that, as the mercury begins to drop, on 30th October, NVIDIA will launch the mid-range GTX 1160 to rake in Holiday sales.
The Gamer Meld video follows.
Sources:
Gamer Meld (YouTube), VideoCardz
Mark your calendars for 30th August, 2018. This is when NVIDIA will debut to market its first GeForce 11-series graphics card, the GTX 1180. This card is the spiritual successor to the GTX 1080, and will initially be launched as an enthusiast product, but will settle down as an upper-performance-segment SKU. Exactly a month after, on 30th September, NVIDIA will launch two SKUs - the GTX 1170, and the GTX 1180+. The GTX 1170 is slightly cut-down from the GTX 1180, and succeeds the GTX 1070. The GTX 1180+, on the other hand, is a brand new "premium" brand extension. It's not a GTX 1080 Ti successor, since it's probably based on the same silicon as the GTX 1180, but will probably ship with higher clock speeds, or a premium reference design. AMD gave its RX Vega 64 a similar treatment with its RX Vega 64 Liquid Edition. A month after that, as the mercury begins to drop, on 30th October, NVIDIA will launch the mid-range GTX 1160 to rake in Holiday sales.
28 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce 11-series First Wave Launch Dates Leaked
The email is so sloppy written and contains information you would not just give away that easy. Just a clickbaity youtuber.
That said, these look just about what I would expect. Unfortunately for very obvious reasons reviewers will only get the cards a few days (3-5~) before release so who knows anyway...
Like most of these articles, this looks like just pure speculation.
Done annnd done.
Either way 80 and 70 are normally a week apart afaik
I would be careful to read too much into the sort of stuff "the x model is usually …". Nvidia have changed something in the lineup in every iteration, so we can't just assume that GTX 11xx will be the same as GTX 10xx +30% across the board, etc. I don't know if we have confirmation of the model names launching first. I see many assume Nvidia will carve out 1180 and 1170 of the "GV104" and 1180 Ti of "GV102".
One thing you probably do know is that drivers usually only display device ids for unreleased products, so when someone publishes a benchmark displaying the name of the card ahead of launch, we can pretty safely dismiss it as a fake.
1080 -> 1180+
1070 -> 1180
1060 -> 1170
Previous instance:
580 -> Titan
570 -> 680
560 -> 670
Then the new "11-series 1080" called a 1180+ sets a new price point, if that's what's happening here. Or maybe 1180+ just refers to custom non-FE models.
I look forward for the 1170 and 1180+ being released on a SUNDAY!!! :kookoo:
Naturally the price may indeed be high, but that is also because the competition is shit.