Wednesday, September 25th 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super Releases on Oct 29nd
Chinese website ITHome has new info on the release of NVIDA's GeForce GTX 1660 Super graphics cards. According to their website, the release is expected for October 22nd, which seems credible, considering NVIDIA always launches on a Tuesday. As expected, the card will be built around the Turing TU116 graphics processor, which also powers the GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 Ti. Shader counts should either be 1472, because NVIDIA wants to position their card between GTX 1660 (1408 cores) and GTX 1660 Ti (1536 cores). The memory size will be either 4 GB or 6 GB. Specifications of the memory are somewhat vague, it is rumored that NVIDIA's GTX 1660 Super will use GDDR6 chips, just like GTX 1660 Ti — the plain GTX 1660 uses GDDR5 memory. Another possibility is that shader count matches GTX 1660, and the only difference (other than clock speeds) is that GTX 1660 Super uses GDDR6 VRAM.
The Chinese pricing is expected around 1100 Yuan, which converts to $150 — surprisingly low, considering GTX 1660 retails at $210 and GTX 1660 Ti is priced at $275. Maybe NVIDIA is adjusting their pricing to preempt AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 5500/5600 Series. Videocardz has separately confirmed this rumor with their sources at ASUS Taiwan, who are expected to launch at least three SKUs based on the new NVIDIA offering, among them DUAL EVO, Phoenix and TUF3 series.Update Oct 24th: Seems the actual launch is October 29th, this post has more info: https://www.techpowerup.com/260391/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-launching-october-29th-usd-229-with-gddr6
Sources:
ITHome, Videocardz
The Chinese pricing is expected around 1100 Yuan, which converts to $150 — surprisingly low, considering GTX 1660 retails at $210 and GTX 1660 Ti is priced at $275. Maybe NVIDIA is adjusting their pricing to preempt AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 5500/5600 Series. Videocardz has separately confirmed this rumor with their sources at ASUS Taiwan, who are expected to launch at least three SKUs based on the new NVIDIA offering, among them DUAL EVO, Phoenix and TUF3 series.Update Oct 24th: Seems the actual launch is October 29th, this post has more info: https://www.techpowerup.com/260391/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-launching-october-29th-usd-229-with-gddr6
42 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super Releases on Oct 29nd
s..
n....
o......
o........
z...........
e..............
All Nvidia did for the Super series was take their existing products (TU106 and TU104) and modify the enabled/disabled units slightly differently to generate a new SKU. Sure, there's some binning involved and new product packaging but these are all very minor tweaks.
I will refer you to the first paragraph of every TechPowerup 2060S and 2070S review:
www.techpowerup.com/review/nvida-geforce-rtx-2070-super/
" AMD is finally addressing the performance segment with its 7 nm PCIe Gen 4 Radeon RX 5700 "Navi" series. AMD claims that the Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT are faster than the GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2070 respectively, so NVIDIA decided to upscale the two SKUs with new models. We hence have the new GeForce RTX 2070 Super and GeForce RTX 2060 Super, which will be available in stores starting on the 9th of July. The new models will sit at the same price points as the RTX 2060 and RTX 2070, and the existing cards will drop slightly in price. "
and second paragraph:
" The new RTX 2070 Super is a whole different beast from the original RTX 2070, which had maxed out the "TU106" silicon. NVIDIA is having to tap into its larger sibling, the 12 nm "TU104". This is the same chip on which the RTX 2080 and upcoming RTX 2080 Super are based. "
So it's not really 'nonsense', more a kind of established fact that has been published all over the internet for a few months now. If you don't agree with that take it up with Lisa Su, Jen-Hsun Huang, W1zzard, LTT Media Group, Steve Burke, etc. I'm just quoting/paraphrasing them.
"AMD claims that the Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT are faster than the GeForce RTX 2060 and RTX 2070 respectively, so NVIDIA decided to upscale the two SKUs with new models"
That's from the 2070S review by W1zzard on 2nd July.
The AMD claim was made on May 7th (source)
It's not conjecture or speculation; These are facts proven by history and press releases from AMD and NVidia, repeated by reviewers around the world many times over. You seem to be in denial of very easily provable facts, products, and published dates.
That's less than two months. If you're getting hung up on this "inside of a month" rubbish, then that's your problem. You brought up this "inside of a month" nonsense which is obviously wrong, as proven by the dates linked above.
The facts are as follows:
1. AMD announces Navi at initial price points at the end on May 2019
2. Nvidia launches Super Turing on July 2 2019
3. People believe the new cards were created within that time span
Besides that, it's mostly PR.
I do not, nor have I (please cite me if I'm wrong) disagreed with your three numbered statements. You literally jumped on me with "stop that nonsense" because I dared suggest that the Super cards were produced as a response to the impending launch of Navi cards.
Personally, I don't think that's justified as nonsense, and secondly - by calling it nonsense, you are implying that Nvidia decided to create the Super range out of the blue, at lower prices, using more expensive silicon for reasons unrelated to Navi's expected launch?
That, in my opinion, is pure nonsense.
Nvidia should have had the Super in reserve for months, after all they are just leftovers TU104 and TU106 cores. What Nvidia was waiting for was AMD to reveal Navi prices, so saying Nvidia had to release Super series to counter Navi was entirely wrong.
AMD priced Navi according to the competition of the moment, but after the Super came out offering better performance than previous cards, they had to adjust prices. Simple as that!