Nvidia GTX 1080 and 1070 Announced

[LAwLz]

How come there is no announcement thread yet? Just a bunch of threads about rumors still, or threads being locked for not following the guidelines.

 

Nvidia has announced two new graphics cards! These are the first cards to be announced in their new 1000 series.

 

Some general information:

• TSMC 16nm FinFET (first time in 4 years see GPUs get smaller transistors).
• New architecture focused on improving CUDA efficiency (Nvidia said 2x efficiency versus Maxwell for gaming purposes).
• Simultaneous Multi-Projection Technology - Increase efficiency for VR and multimonitor games.
• GPU Boost 3.0 - No idea how this will be different from 2.0.
• DirectX FL12_1 capable (which does not really tell us a whole lot).
• DisplayPort 1.2 Certified and DisplayPort 1.3/1.4 Ready (the certification process for 1.3 and 1.4 might not be done yet).
• SLI HB (High Bandwidth) - Basically just higher bandwidth (for the faster memory) SLI bridge that will be needed for SLI now.
• Nvidia VRWorks Audio - Path tracing audio API (can trace how sound will bounce before it hits your ears).

 

Founders edition will be out first and it will have the new Nvidia stock cooler. The regular editions will come a bit later and only have third party coolers.

Nvidia claims the GTX 1080 will be faster than two GTX 980 in SLI. They also say it will be faster than the Titan X.

For VR gaming it will be twice as fast, and 3 times as efficient as the Titan X.

 

1080 was able to overclock to over 2GHz with the stock Nvidia cooler.

The 1080 features GDDR5X on a 256-bit memory bus, running at 10Gbps/pin.

The 1070 uses regular GDDR5.

 

 

 

 

 

Nvidia's marketing slides:

Spoiler

 

 

Source: Anandtech

 

 

I am really looking forward to seeing how they perform in benchmarks. I don't trust Nvidia's numbers but if what they are saying ends up being accurate, that it performs better than two 980s in SLI, then it will be really good price:performance. I would have liked to hear more about other features and possibly some gaming benchmarks but I guess that will have to wait until full reviews. It seems like Nvidia are going for the high end market first with these cards. That's in contrast to AMD which have been said to go for more of the mid-range market first and then the high end market in late 2016 or early 2017.

 

I am really excited for this new generation of cards. GPU tech has been stagnant for so long thanks to the problems of going below 28nm transistors. Hopefully we will return to the good old days of huge performance jumps each generation, like the ones we saw ~5 years ago.

 

Will you upgrade to a new GPU?

[don_svetlio]

No cash = No cache

[Moonzy]

ima wait till benchmarks before i'll decide whether to ditch my 970 for the 1080 or 1070

if its not worth the effort then bleh, my 970 is still 1080p capable

[Castdeath97]

Wait, so are the reference coolers going to sell for more than the aftermarket ones? 

[Bananasplit_00]

im actiually selling my 970 right now because im going to try to get a 1070 with an aftermarket cooler. THIS IS GOING TO BE SO EPIC!!!

[Lord_Karango17]

I might upgrade from my card, but I'll be doing so by either going sli with a cheap used 780ti, or getting a used 980ti... Getting pascal would be cool, but I dont have that kind of money right now...

[Lord_Karango17]

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

Wait, so are the reference coolers going to sell for more than the aftermarket ones? 

Why would that be the case? the prices they gave should be for the reference cards, and aftermarket price are TBD right now

[Castdeath97]

A bit of a strange decision by the mods, they decided to unlock the previously locked thread so this is technically a repost now:

 

 

[Castdeath97]

1 minute ago, Lord_Karango17 said:

Why would that be the case? the prices they gave should be for the reference cards, and aftermarket price are TBD right now

 

8 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

Founders edition will be out first and it will have the new Nvidia stock cooler. The regular editions will come a bit later and only have third party coolers.

 

 

[Energycore]

No Async Compute Engines

 

We might have a situation where the market gets split in half.

[Kaita]

Hm , not bad. Should be a nice upgrade for me! Hopefully I'll get the 1080 by fall.

[OddsCrazyStuff]

So 4 way SLI would only draw 720W, meaning you can get away with a 1000W for that system.

 

And is it just me or did they mess up somewhere? I though 8-pin was 150W only.

[Evann]

i'm going to sell my 970 asap and get one of these sexy things ... ._.

[goaway]

3 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

So 4 way SLI would only draw 720W, meaning you can get away with a 1000W for that system.

 

And is it just me or did they mess up somewhere? I though 8-pin was 150W only.

PCI-E is an additional 75W

[Lord_Karango17]

3 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

So 4 way SLI would only draw 720W, meaning you can get away with a 1000W for that system.

 

And is it just me or did they mess up somewhere? I though 8-pin was 150W only.

There is 75W given by the pcie connector. Thats how the lower end cards without external pcie power cables work.

[LAwLz]

16 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Wait, so are the reference coolers going to sell for more than the aftermarket ones? 

Non-reference cooler cards will probably vary in price, but the recommended price from Nvidia will indeed be lower than the stock cooler version. The stock cooler has gotten a pretty big upgrade though, so it might be better than some aftermarket coolers.

 

6 minutes ago, Energycore said:

No Async Compute Engines

Nvidia did not mention it, so I don't think we can neither confirm nor deny it at this point. We will have to wait for reviews to come out before we can be sure.

 

6 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

And is it just me or did they mess up somewhere? I though 8-pin was 150W only.

The PCIe slot also supply it with power (75 watts).

[cesrai]

7 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

So 4 way SLI would only draw 720W, meaning you can get away with a 1000W for that system.

 

And is it just me or did they mess up somewhere? I though 8-pin was 150W only.

You can draw more than 150W like the R9 295X2 did.

[porina]

I wonder how many used 9xx GPUs will be hitting the used market?  I might bother setting up a compute farm.

 

Back to Pascal, simultaneous multi projection is what multi-monitor gamers have wanted forever. For ED I'd rather have that than VR and would refresh my monitor layout in preference to buying VR - not to say I wont want VR for other games. Wonder if the projection can be implemented purely in drivers, or would it require explicit game support?

[OddsCrazyStuff]

2 minutes ago, cesrai said:

You can draw more than 150W like the R9 295X2 did.

With a TDP of 500 and 2x 8-pin, so do I guess thats true.

So more like 215W per then.

[Maslofski]

2 minutes ago, porina said:

I wonder how many used 9xx GPUs will be hitting the used market?  I might bother setting up a compute farm.

 

if these things are this powerfull then itll be a great choice for people to sell their SLI and get  a gtx1080 or so for really cheap

[don_svetlio]

3 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

With a TDP of 500 and 2x 8-pin, so do I guess thats true.

So more like 215W per then.

Didn't 295X2 have 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin? For a total of 450W

[OddsCrazyStuff]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Didn't 295X2 have 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin? For a total of 450W

I can only see 2x 8-pin.

[porina]

5 minutes ago, Maslofski said:

if these things are this powerfull then itll be a great choice for people to sell their SLI and get  a gtx1080 or so for really cheap

Let's see what people and prices really do. Some things in the used market don't make sense. As the old saying goes, things are worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

[rattacko123]

I'll most likely get a new GPU, not sure whether AMD or Nvidia. I'll need to see benchmarks first before I decide.

[rattacko123]

26 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Didn't 295X2 have 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin? For a total of 450W

it was 2x 8-pin. The 295x2 consumes a lot more than the rated spec for 2x 8-pins