Rumor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Plus More At GDC 2017
NVIDIA is rumored to show off the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card for the very first time at GTX 2017 in San Francisco next week. This news is rumored by io-tech, claiming they have their sources confirmed along with a date, February 28th. The GDC event will take place from 6:30 PM 11:30 PM PCT. This day will mark an NVIDIA GeForce GTX Gaming Celebration event with PC-gaming, tournaments, and other exciting surprises. That said the folks over at Nordic Hardware have a news post up saying that the Add-In Board (AIB) partners have GeForce GTX 1080 Ti boards in production with the GP102 ‘Pascal’ GPU for a launch that will be taking place between March 20th and 23rd.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card is believed to function with the same Pascal GP102 architecture and possible GDDR5X 10 or 12 GB video memory. Clock speeds, CUDA cores, and price is still up in the air, but Nordic Hardware put together the table below and think the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti will have 3,328 CUDA cores running at a base clock of 1,503 MHz and a boost clock of 1,623 MHz. It looks like it will have close to the performance of the Titan X (Pascal) graphics card, but at a much lower price point. The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has been an expected release for quite some time. Due to the AMD Vega GPUs nearing competition, it makes sense the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card releases sooner rather than later.
| Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti | Nvidia Titan X | GeForce GTX 1080 | Geforce GTX Titan X | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Pascal | Pascal | Pascal | Maxwell |
| GPU | GP102 | GP102 | GP104-400 | GM200 |
| Manufacturing Process | 16nm Finfet | 16nm Finfet | 16nm Finfet | 28nm |
| Cuda Cores | 3,328 | 3,584 | 2,560 | 3,072 |
| Base Frequency | 1,503 MHz | 1,417 MHz | 1,607 MHz | 1,000 MHz |
| Boost Frequency | 1,623 MHz | 1,531 MHz | 1,733 MHz | 1,075 MHz |
| Compute Performance | 10.8 TFLOPS | 11 TFLOPS | 8.87 TFLOPS | 6.6 TFLOPS |
| Memory | 10GB | 12GB GDDR5X | 8 GB GDDR5X | 12 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Frequency | 10,000 MHz | 10,000 MHz | 10,000 MHz | 7,000 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 480 GB/s | 480 GB/s | 320 GB/s | 336.5 GB/s |
| TDP | 250W | 250W | 180W | 250 W |
Furthermore, AMDs Capsaicin & Cream event during GDC will in all likelihood reveal more information on AMDs Vega video card, if not more. NVIDIA releasing the last series to complete the GeForce Pascal could very well come before the start of summer. AMD Capsaicin & Cream webpage quotes, On February 28, kick off your GDC with an exclusive glimpse into the Summer of Radeon and beyond! Our feature-packed show will be highlighted by the hottest new graphics and VR technologies propelling the game industry forward with previews of the summers hottest PC games and VR experiences from the biggest names in the business. AMDs Capsaicin Livestream kicks off at 10:30AM PT and you wont want to miss it.
GDC 2017 could also be the launching point for AMD’s highly anticipated Ryzen CPU’s as well. If so, only time will tell who will hold the GDC 2017 spotlight.