NVIDIA Announces the GeForce GTX 1080, Faster than GTX 980 SLI

[nem..]

Rocky now must training to get to the champion Draco and stand up, I mean AMD and Nvidia.

 

[arbiter]

hopefully this would push down the price of the gtx 980

980's are outta production now, Nvidia stopped chip production for that a month or so ago.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Nvidia sure knows lying, I mean marketing.

 

[purplekaycee]

Nvidia sure knows lying, I mean marketing.

am sure I can find some really good used ones

 

[HumanSmoke]

Rocky now must training to get to the champion Draco and stand up, I mean AMD and Nvidia.

Didn't you get banned for trolling? This is you isn't it? I would have thought wccftech would be more than enough to hold your attention.

Nvidia sure knows lying, I mean marketing.

Hey, I was holding out for Jen Hsun to utter the phrases "overclockers dream" and "return to profitability". A bridge too far perhaps?

 

[D1RTYD1Z619]

Thank god I sold my 980 last month. The vram was killing me in GTA V @4k. Hopefully after I get one of the 1080s I can run it at 60+ fps. Hookers watch out the D1Z is coming back.

 

[Nosada]

If true (we always have to take marketing with a boatload of salt, from both sides of the aisle) this would mean a return to the heydays of GPU advances. Now let's hope AMD can either keep up, or throws down THE best bang for the buck 1080p GPU in history.

Maybe this means I'll finally have a real reason to replace those HD5850's in my wife's PC

 

[qubit]

I'm glad NVIDIA used the same style of naming their cards, effectively just going from a 9 to a 10. So, this must have been leaked weeks ago then, although every report said it was just a "placeholder" name invented to write the article. Very clever NVIDIA, lol.

I'm only interested in getting the Big Pascal GP100 version when it comes out which hopefully won't be too expensive. Oh yeah, wishful thinking.

 

[buggalugs]

As I expected, a huge performance jump for next generation, Its not like Nvidia to release a highend card with a big performance jump for a reasonable price. They are kind of rushing these cards out with little availability. I think they know something the rest of us dont. Its like they want people buying a nvidia card before something better comes.

 

[straim]

I was watching the live stream. Jen-Hsun specifically said 2x performance of TITAN X, 3x efficiency in VR. Earlier in the show he stated faster than 980 in SLI, and much faster than a Titan X.

I insist, click in the link, go to the performance section of the page and you will see it with your own eyes, and those are cherry pick games. I saw the event completely too, and of the moment when everyone choked when he said faster than 980 in sli and a titanx, how fast, again? the numbers against 980 are on the official page, if sli scales at 1.5 of performance in 980 then is just marginal faster, otherwise it is incredible faster but in VR. An amazing card, the statements seeks what others said, sell them before something bettercomes out (which may not happen this year).

 

[Hood]

Obligatory random comment, denouncing/praising AMD/nVidia, stating desire to upgrade/keep using old card, and observation that nVidia/AMD claims are/are not pure hyperbole, with emphasis on whichever fanboy obsession I'm cultivating this year...

 

[rtwjunkie]

I'm planning to replace my card with this eventually, and I don't believe a single claim that Jen Hsun says about how fast it is (that should confound everyone! LOL).

Paper fast is not necessarily benchmark nor gaming fast. Normally those will show it to not be as amazing as he says. I'm waiting for the real story from reviews.

 

[buggalugs]

At first the performance appears really impressive but after taking a closer look at all the information, it looks like the 1080 is only around 20-30% faster than a furyX and even less for a 980Ti

Its reported the 1080 scores only 19,000 3D marks(11 P) which isnt much more than a FuryX around 18,000, and this list has the 980Ti at 20,000.

Dont forget the 980 is old now, and titan was long superceded by 980Ti, why do they mention performance relative to older cards? The 980Ti is 25% faster than a 980, ( even more with non-ref 980Ti's) even the 390X beats a 980 these days.

It seems like there is some sneaky advertising going on here....and why is there this big release but no thorough benchmarks available??

Something doesnt seem right, I'm sure they have big gains in efficiency, but it looks like the performance gains are not as big as first thought.

"Double the performance of 980" Sounds a lot better than "30% better than a 980Ti". Dont forget, There are some aftermarket non-ref 980Ti's that are 20% faster than reference 980Ti's

Dont get me wrong, it seems like a good card, and fast, but I dont think its as fast as the advertising would suggest.

 

[Vayra86]

I'm planning to replace my card with this eventually, and I don't believe a single claim that Jen Hsun says about how fast it is (that should confound everyone! LOL).

Paper fast is not necessarily benchmark nor gaming fast. Normally those will show it to not be as amazing as he says. I'm waiting for the real story from reviews.

That's funny because the 'paper fast' GTX 970 sold like hotcakes.

And nowadays' it is falling behind against everything at an equal price point. Even a gen older 780ti.

 

[iO]

Huh looks like they hired AMDs marketing people...
But the card looks really good.

 

[Legacy-ZA]

$599, what? I was expecting a way better price for a non-Ti version. I guess I will be going for the GTX1070.

 

[silkstone]

If the numbers are real, then it'll mean a big performance per dollar jump. That's my personal benchmark as to what team I choose.

 

[Easy Rhino]

There is your 4K VR card!

 

[arbiter]

Nvidia sure knows lying, I mean marketing.

Um i think you are confusing AMD and Nvidia. AMD has had a pretty long track record of lying over last 3-4 years. Yes Nvidia has said wrong thing in marketing recently but comparing amd and nvidia in false claims, AMD has a large lead in making those.

 

[GhostRyder]

Wow, and this is why I skip a generation. Cannot wait to see what the big boy does!!!

 

[Naito]

Dont forget, There are some aftermarket non-ref 980Ti's that are 20% faster than reference 980Ti's.

And this will also be true for the 1070/1080.

 

[LiveOrDie]

Is it me or is the title wrong not once do they show that the GTX 980 is a TI version.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Im SO dissapointed that they actually went with that "stealth" design. Not so much because of how it looks, but because of how similar the new cards look to the older 9xx srries.
I know appearence isnt going to affect performance, but it certainly does factor in sales, and IMO this design just kind of seems lazy, development wise.

I hope these claims of the new cards being 2x the performance of 9xx cards is true, but it seems a bit hopeful. If it is indeed true, ill be kicking myself for buying 2 970's tno.

im still glad i was able to obtain 2 reference nvidia 970's tho. That shroud is imo theyre best yet,and it out performs many aib shrouds ime,and i have had a few to compare it to.

Ill likely buy a 1070,or 1080 because i can, and then sell my 970's, not sure tho yet...money is already on hand

 

[broken pixel]

Get ready for the 1080ti to be released before White Jesus Day.

 

[buggalugs]

The reference 1080 is actually $699.