NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Reference Pictured, Just 1 Power Connector

[btarunr]

At its pre-Dreamhack launch event, we caught a glimpse of a GeForce GTX 1080 reference-design graphics card working. The card looks a lot better in the flesh than some of its early pictures, and in our opinion, looks better than even the NVTTM cooler NVIDIA used on some of its earlier generation graphics cards. It also features a solid-looking backplate.

There are two stunning attractions here - firstly, the GeForce GTX 1080 draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector! This speaks volumes about its energy-efficiency. Secondly, it features a similar display connector layout as the previous generation, but the connectivity is revamped. It features three DisplayPort 1.4 (that's right, one point four) connectors, which supports insanely high resolutions; an HDMI 2.0 connector and a dual-link DVI port.



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[mcraygsx]

I think its time to down size from 1000Watts PSU. Who need half a dozen PCI-E power connectors when you can have Pascal/Polaris running w/ fantastic efficiency.

 

[Xzibit]

It features three DisplayPort 1.4 (that's right, one point four) connectors, which supports insanely high resolutions; and an HDMI 2.0 connector.

Not too sure on that.

DisplayPort 1.2 Certified, DisplayPort 1.3/1.4 Ready

If it had the 1.3 features it be certified for that so its unlikely it has 1.4 features.

 

[Prima.Vera]

Meaning that the DP1.3 and DP1.4 features can be enabled or certified with simple firmware upgrade? Hardware is there?

 

[Xzibit]

Meaning that the DP1.3 and DP1.4 features can be enabled or certified with simple firmware upgrade? Hardware is there?

More likely just use the larger resolutions in 1.3 & 1.4 without the added features.

 

[dj-electric]

Well BTA, you can see that connector in the product page, darling.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1080

 

[thebluebumblebee]

There are two stunning attractions here - firstly, the GeForce GTX 1080 draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector! This speaks volumes about its energy-efficiency.

Oh wait, what? This still provides up to 225 watts, just like the stock GTX 980! One 8 pin is the same as two 6 pin, 150 watts. I'm glad to see them get away from the stupid 2 x 6 pin setups, but to act like this is the second coming of Elvis is just marketing slight of hand.

 

[Chaitanya]

180W gpu with 225W power headroom, I guess non refrence cards are going to come with extra 6-pin pci-e connector to provide extra room for overclocking.

 

[ZoneDymo]

Oh wait, what? This still provides up to 225 watts, just like the stock GTX 980! One 8 pin is the same as two 6 pin, 150 watts. I'm glad to see them get away from the stupid 2 x 6 pin setups, but to act like this is the second coming of Elvis is just marketing slight of hand.

a single 8pin is still nicer then an 8 + 6 pin

 

[Caring1]

Still only DirectX12_1 and it uses an SLI bridge still.

 

[silentbogo]

 

[TiN]

Looking forward to zombify and overclock some of these

 

[the54thvoid]

Looking forward to zombify and overclock some of these

Surely you guys prefer to zombify the full size chips. Nothing more impressively worrying than pro overclockers almost destroying $1000 cards.

Though I guess pushing these chips to light speed is gratifying!

 

[Basard]

I think its time to down size from 1000Watts PSU. Who need half a dozen PCI-E power connectors when you can have Pascal/Polaris running w/ fantastic efficiency.

Screw that! Just wait to see what they can do with TWO 8-pins....

 

[newtekie1]

If it had the 1.3 features it be certified for that so its unlikely it has 1.4 features.

Since nVidia won't support Displayport Active Sync(for obvious reasons), their displayport connectors will never be certified for anything beyond 1.2. They are 1.4 connectors, but that one feature is disabled, so they aren't certified 1.4 connectors. The important thing is they support the super high resolutions and bandwidth of DP1.4, and that is what is important to most people.

Oh wait, what? This still provides up to 225 watts,just like the stock GTX 980! One 8 pin is the same as two 6 pin, 150 watts. I'm glad to see them get away from the stupid 2 x 6 pin setups, but to act like this is the second coming of Elvis is just marketing slight of hand.

Um, that gives it petter performance than a 980Ti+, or two 980s in SLI, with the power consumption of a single 980. That actually is pretty damn good.

 

[cdawall]

I think its time to down size from 1000Watts PSU. Who need half a dozen PCI-E power connectors when you can have Pascal/Polaris running w/ fantastic efficiency.

980ti didn't need a 1kw either even two pulled maybe 550-650 at the wall with a 6700k

 

[OneMoar]

I think its time to down size from 1000Watts PSU. Who need half a dozen PCI-E power connectors when you can have Pascal/Polaris running w/ fantastic efficiency.

just means I can run 6 way SLI now

 

[Devon68]

I don't like the backplate.

 

[newtekie1]

I don't like the backplate.

I agree. It has been the standard nVidia reference backplate for generations, and it's ugly. Maybe if it was matte it wouldn't be as bad...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Um, that gives it petter performance than a 980Ti+, or two 980s in SLI, with the power consumption of a single 980. That actually is pretty damn good.

It had better be impressive. They've had over 2 years since Maxwell was released.

The mid-range cards from Nvidia have used ~150-175 watts since the GTX 460(or even the G92's), so the GTX 1080 is no different in that regard other than it uses only one 8 pin, which I think is great. Yes, the performance is impressive, and as expected, it beats the 980 Ti, just like the 980 did to the 780 Ti, the 680 did to the 580, and the 460 did to the 285.
So, the power usage is where it's expected to be, the performance is apparently where it is expected to be. Therefore, the big deal about the 8 pin connector is a non sequitur.

And I hope it's the first 1 million PPD(average) F@H card!

 

[R-T-B]

I think its time to down size from 1000Watts PSU. Who need half a dozen PCI-E power connectors when you can have Pascal/Polaris running w/ fantastic efficiency.

For pretty much everyone short of bitcoin miners, that's been true for a while.