NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 TI May Feature Maxwell Architecture

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According to a report by Sweclockers, NVIDIA is planning to launch their GeForce GTX 750 TI in February. The most surprising thing about the report is that the GeForce GTX 750 Ti will not feature the Kepler architecture, but instead integrate NVIDIA’s latest Maxwell GPU architecture.

 

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti has leaked on several occasions in the past but it was never launched. My best guess would be that NVIDIA canned the card since the GK106 architecture failed to live up to the performance expectations and NVIDIA had to go back to the drawing board. Its still odd of NVIDIA to use the GeForce 700 series branding for the GeForce GTX 750 Ti whereas every new generation of GPU architecture gets a totally brand new naming scheme hence the Maxwell series should have been called GeForce 800 series. NVIDIA is currently using the GeForce 800 series branding on the mobility lineup.

We have been hearing reports that NVIDIA will start up the Maxwell lineup from bottom to top. This means the entry level and mid range cards would arrive first followed by the mainstream and performance tier cards. This could hint at why NVIDIA never launched entry level parts in the GeForce 700 series lineup since the desktop line-up only consists of GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce GTX 760. These are all high-end chips while successor to the GTX 650 Ti, GTX 650 Ti Boost and GTX 660 were never announced. NVIDIA could now launch several entry level Maxwell chips keeping the same branding scheme while launch the GeForce 800 series later when the high-performance chip is ready.

 

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is totally based on the Maxwell architecture if the reports are true. It is based on the 28nm architecture since TSMC begins mass production of 20nm chips in Q1 so that’s out the question for now. Maxwell will be the first GPU architecture to feature Unified Virtual Memory which allows the GPU and CPU to share the address space. The hardware level integration helps improves memory management and reduces overhead. In addition to that, Maxwell based GPUs would be the first to integrate the Denver CPU which we saw at NVIDIA’s CES 2014 conference. The custom 64-bit ARM Dual-Core CPU will be fused on the PCB and would enhance the GPGPU workload by shifting load from the CPU on to the custom ARM cores. It will also be useful when running NVIDIA’s next generation FLEX (Unified GPU PhysX) processes.

 

 

Recent reports suggest that the first Maxwell desktop chip would be codenamed GM107/GM117 and would replace the GK106 in terms of performance. The GeForce GTX 750 TI will arrive in February and would replace the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost for a similar price range.

 

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[Guest]

I might pick up a 750ti

[Wauthar]

This could be interesting. I don't get the name scheduling, though. It will be as confusing as the R9 series?

[SSOB]

It's going to be slower than the 760 for sure , the name suggests. So no interest for me...

[coen113]

i lost the game

[FloRolf]

i lost the game

i already lost it a long time ago  (and how did you get that bronze Contributer badge thing? is it for donating?)

 

 

 

But can someone explain to me what 

 

 

 Unified Virtual Memory which allows the GPU and CPU to share the address space.

exactly means? ^^

[xrex64]

Could this mean the 800 series comes by summer?

[linusforsell]

But can someone explain to me what 

exactly means? ^^

In super simple terms: Shared memory address space means more data can be sent and received over the same amount of time due to decreased overhead on memory, effectively increasing memory performance.

[FloRolf]

In super simple terms: Shared memory address space means more data can be sent and received over the same amount of time due to decreased overhead on memory, effectively increasing memory performance.

oh well thanks. I thought it was some weird cpu/gpu memory sharing where you could simply upgrade yor ram which would also be your vram which wouldnt make much sense because ram is super slow (relative to vram).

 

That sounds like some awesome performance boost at high res, doesnt it?

[ivhyn]

New architecture? 7790 comes to mind

[MbV93]

So... much more waiting for the 800 series. Well that sucks.

[ChrisxIxCross]

So... much more waiting for the 800 series. Well that sucks.

Yea it will be most likely be like last years launch. One card in february, then the rest in late May. 

[Athenos]

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[EmmaLong]

No it won't.

[7850OC]

if they still use 28nm then... there is no guarantees that it could be just a old rebrand card instead what they promise ?

[ACatWithThumbs]

I could totally see them do that.
They probably use it to test Maxwell.
Just like AMD did with HD7790 that had True Audio.

[Cwazywazy]

Would it be possible to trade in a 2GB 650ti Boost SSC for this card?

 

I want it.

[winny3141]

This is Nvidia's version of the 7790 Boniare GPU (which was different from the current architecture at the time).

[MrSuperb]

It's going to be slower than the 760 for sure , the name suggests. So no interest for me...

 

well if it is (almost) 760 performance for significantly less I might be interested.

[SSOB]

well if it is (almost) 760 performance for significantly less I might be interested.

I'm not in the market for a new GPU anyway so idc really.

[LOLPhilips]

Hope the 800 series is still gonna be 20nm and not delayed till Q2/Q3... And this just being a try-out.

[sof006]

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On topic: I don't think this will be the case as Nvidia will be focusing on their new series... surely?

[geforceftw]

This could be a marketing thing. Release the low end stuff first then the high end later so they sell as many gtx 700 cards as they can. Maybe even a price cut as well.