time nvidia takes to release new gpu's

[linusface]

nvidia just released the new 3000 series, so in how many years would the next gen of gpu's release 

[emosun]

when the 3000 series is foreseeable unprofitable , same as 2000 series

[Spotty]

Last few generations have been on a 2 year cycle. 1080 was 2016, 2080 was 2018, 3080 was 2020. If that trend continues then you could expect a 4080 (or whatever they call it) in mid-late 2022, maybe. They might release other cards in the meantime such as Ti or Super versions of 3000 series cards.

[Mark Kaine]

14 minutes ago, Spotty said:

1080 was 2016, 2080 was 2018, 3080 was 2020

I always thought 2000 cards were the same chip as 1000 cards with "rtx"  tacked on? 

 

in any case the performance "jump" was abysmal in my opinion:

 

 

 

So in that case it would be 4 years, depending on how we define a "generation". How was it with previous Nvidia generations? 

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, Mark Kaine said:

I always thought 2000 cards were the same chip as 1000 cards with "rtx"  tacked on? 

No. Completely different architecture. 1000 series was Pascal. 2000 series was Turing. 3000 series is Ampere. The RT cores are built in to the GPU so you can't "tack it on" to a different architecture/design.

 

5 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

How was it with previous Nvidia generations? 

Also roughly 2 years between new generation releases.

 

RTX 3080 (Ampere) was released September 2020

RTX 2080 (Turing) was released September 2018

GTX 1080 (Pascal) was released May 2016

GTX 980 (Maxwell) was released September 2014

GTX 780 (Kepler) was released May 2013

GTX 680 (Kepler) was released March 2012

GTX 480 (Fermi) was released March 2010

 

I'm using the X80 series cards as those have traditionally been the first cards released of each new generation.

[SupaKomputa]

Usually every 2 years (can be earlier if AMD is competitive), so you will see another one in 2022.

24 minutes ago, emosun said:

when the 3000 series is foreseeable unprofitable , same as 2000 series

no, it is not dictated by sales. wether they will continue the sales of previous gen it's a different story.

8 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

I always thought 2000 cards were the same chip as 1000 cards with "rtx"  tacked on? 

in any case the performance "jump" was abysmal in my opinion:

So in that case it would be 4 years, depending on how we define a "generation". How was it with previous Nvidia generations? 

It's a completely different chip with higher core count.

Abysmal? Well if you think 30% improvement per generation not enough, you can buy it from somewhere else.

[Mark Kaine]

29 minutes ago, Spotty said:

RTX 3080 (Ampere) was released September 2020

RTX 2080 (Turing) was released September 2018

GTX 1080 (Pascal) was released May 2016

GTX 980 (Maxwell) was released September 2014

GTX 780 (Kepler) was released May 2013

GTX 680 (Kepler) was released March 2012

GTX 480 (Fermi) was released March 2010

yeah, ok it's definitely roughly a '2 year' cycle then.