NVIDIA Unveils GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GB Graphics Card: Available March 5th for $699

[HKZeroFive]

Crucify me for "reposting" but I decided to make a dedicated thread so people have a sound idea of what's going on with the GTX 1080Ti specs-wise, price-wise and availability-wise. This thread is not only dedicated to the GTX 1080Ti but also highlights some other bits such as the new GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 price drops as well as the unprecedented move of NVIDIA releasing special "overclocked" cards. More below.

 

 

AnandTech

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Based on a not-quite-fully-enabled GP102 GPU (more on this in a second), like its predecessors the GTX 1080 Ti is meant to serve as a mid-generation performance boost for the high-end video card market. In this case NVIDIA is aiming for what they’re calling their greatest performance jump yet for a Ti product – around 35% on average – which would translate into a sizable upgrade for GeForce GTX 980 Ti owners and others for whom GTX 1080 wasn’t the card they were looking for.

 

However what the GTX 1080 Ti lacks in functional units it’s partially making up in clockspeeds, both in regards to the core and the memory. While the base clock has not yet been disclosed, the boost clock of the GTX 1080 Ti is 1.6GHz, about 70MHz higher than its Titan counterpart. More significantly, the memory clock on the GTX 1080 Ti is 11Gbps, a 10% increase over the 10Gbps clock found on the Titan and the GTX 1080. Combined with the 352-bit memory bus, and we’re looking at 484GB/sec of memory bandwidth for the GTX 1080 Ti.

 

Speaking of memory, as I mentioned before the card will be shipping with 11 pieces of 11Gbps GDDR5X. The faster memory clock comes courtesy of a new generation of GDDR5X memory chips from partner Micron, who after a bit of a rocky start with GDDR5X development, is finally making progress on boosting memory speeds that definitely has NVIDIA pleased. Until now NVIDIA’s GPUs and boards have been ready for the higher frequency memory, and the memory is just now catching up.

 

Moving on, the card’s 250W TDP should not come as a surprise. This has been NVIDIA’s segment TDP of choice for Titan and Ti cards for a while now, and the GTX 1080 Ti isn’t deviating from that.

 

Just in time for Pi Day, NVIDIA will be launching the card on the week of March 5th (an exact date has yet to be revealed). As for pricing, long-time price watchers may be surprised. NVIDIA will be releasing the card at $699, the old price of the GTX 1080 Founder's Edition (which itself just got a price cut). This does work out to a bit higher than the GTX 980 Ti - it launched at $649 two years ago - but it's more aggressive than I had been expecting given the GTX 1080's launch price last year.

 

NVIDIA GPU Specification Comparison
	GTX 1080 Ti	NVIDIA Titan X	GTX 1080	GTX 980 Ti
CUDA Cores	3584	3584	2560	2816
Texture Units	224	224	160	176
ROPs	88	96	64	96
Core Clock	?	1417MHz	1607MHz	1000MHz
Boost Clock	1600MHz	1531MHz	1733MHz	1075MHz
TFLOPs (FMA)	11.5 TFLOPs	11 TFLOPs	9 TFLOPs	6.1 TFLOPs
Memory Clock	11Gbps GDDR5X	10Gbps GDDR5X	10Gbps GDDR5X	7Gbps GDDR5
Memory Bus Width	352-bit	384-bit	256-bit	384-bit
VRAM	11GB	12GB	8GB	6GB
FP64	1/32	1/32	1/32	1/32
FP16 (Native)	1/64	1/64	1/64	N/A
INT8	4:1	4:1	N/A	N/A
TDP	250W	250W	180W	250W
GPU	GP102	GP102	GP104	GM200
Transistor Count	12B	12B	7.2B	8B
Die Size	471mm2	471mm2	314mm2	601mm2
Manufacturing Process	TSMC 16nm	TSMC 16nm	TSMC 16nm	TSMC 28nm
Launch Date	03/2017	08/02/2016	05/27/2016	06/01/2015
Launch Price	$699	$1200	MSRP: $599 Founders $699	$649

 

PCPerspective

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(Side note, with the GTX 1080 getting a $100 price drop tonight, I think we'll find this new lineup very compelling to enthusiasts.)

 

In another interesting move, NVIDIA is going to be offering “overclocked” versions of the GTX 1080 and GTX 1060 with +1 Gbps memory speeds. Partners will be offering them with some undisclosed price premium.

 

 

Here's the overall summary:

 

-Supposedly faster than the Titan XP as it possesses the same amount of CUDA cores but has slightly higher boost (1.6GHz) and memory clocks.

-11GB of 11Gbps of GDDR5X memory. 352-bit memory bus.

-250W TDP.

-11.5 TFLOPS of FP32 performance.

-Absence of DVI port.

-Priced at $699.

-Founder's Edition will cost the same as AIB MSRP.

-Available March 5th - which is next week!

-GTX 1080 price drop - $499 for AIB cards, $549 for FE cards.

-GTX 1070 price drop - $399 for FE cards, no confirmation on AIB cards.

-NVIDIA to sell "overclocked" variants of GTX 1060 (6GB?) and GTX 1080 8GB

 

So everybody and their dog was expecting the GTX 1080Ti to finally drop, and after months of rumours and teasing, we finally got the damn card. From the get go, one interesting move here is NVIDIA's decision to give the card 11GB of video memory which triggers my OCD immensely; from the looks of it, it appears to be 11GB of fast memory and 1GB of slow memory in order to avoid another 3.5GB GTX 970 "scandal". It's pretty apparent that NVIDIA has intentionally done this to position it below the Titan XP's 12GB of VRAM.

 

It was no surprise that it would immediately break the hearts of Titan XP owners as NVIDIA has continuously done for the past 4 or so years, but instead of giving a full-fat GP102 GPU or a further cut down one, they've gone a different route and simply bumped up the clockspeeds; technically making the GTX 1080Ti (like the GTX 780Ti) faster than its Titan variant. And to make Titan XP owners even more depressed, there appears to be no tangible reason to get the Titan XP over the GTX 1080Ti unless you need the extra 1GB of VRAM as compute power seems to be more powerful with the GTX 1080Ti. That's rough.

 

There's also no DVI port, which allows for better airflow supposedly. Although this may vary with AIB cards.

 

As for pricing, this is surprising. Many speculated somewhere between $799-$1000. No, NVIDIA has in fact announced it at a somewhat humble $699 and dropped the prices of its other two cards down. Could this be in preparation for AMD's Vega? Time will tell.

 

Also, in an unprecedented move, NVIDIA is planning to sell special "overclocked" GTX 1060s and GTX 1080s. Prices are currently unknown but I'm not exactly sure what to think of it... I honestly don't think it will be popular. Perhaps to people who are too scared or too uninformed about overclocking (although why would they be?), it might be appealing. Who knows.

 

Anyway, it's launching March 5th which is only next week. With that price tag, it's definitely going to sell like hot cakes and with no sign of AMD's Vega (seriously, that Capsaican and Cream presentation was disappointing), it only consolidates NVIDIA's hold onto the GPU market. Personally, not buying one. Holding out for Volta myself.

 

Sources:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11172/nvidia-unveils-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-next-week-699

https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Announces-GeForce-GTX-1080-Ti-11GB-Graphics-Card-699-Available-Next-Week

https://www.techpowerup.com/231115/nvidia-announces-the-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-graphics-card-at-usd-699

[niofalpha]

Hot damn. I can't wait to see what Next Gen GPUs are like.

 

My next upgrade's gonna be sweet.

[Droidbot]

I can hear the salty tears of every Titan X owner in the sidelines

[tp95112]

Eh some who actually put time into a post instead of trying to be the first poster

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

I can hear the salty tears of every Titan X owner in the sidelines

Nah, they have 1 extra GB of vram.

[captain cactus]

Titan X owners got screwed over hard. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

3 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

I can hear the salty tears of every Titan X owner in the sidelines

I'm more salty that it's MSRPing' for the same price as a GTX 1080 FE and within $50 of what I paid for my 1080 SC, and theoretically it should be 40% faster.

 

I haven't seen that crap since the 8800 GT.

 

EDIT: That 1080 FE price looks like a typo. I'm pretty sure it was $650.

[Droidbot]

Just now, Enderman said:

Nah, they have 1 extra GB of vram.

And 970 owners have 512MB less. What's your point?

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

And 970 owners have 512MB less. What's your point?

[tp95112]

4 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

I can hear the salty tears of every Titan X owner in the sidelines

This literally happens every ti launch. Original titan the 780ti performed the same. 980ti performed the same as a titan x. Now the 1080ti is also performing better and has that tiling caching technology as well. Its just that nobody learns from the past or dont care

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I'm more salty that it's MSRPing' for the same price as a GTX 1080 FE and within $50 of what I paid for my 1080 SC, and theoretically it should be 40% faster.

 

I haven't seen that crap since the 8800 GT.

 

EDIT: That 1080 FE price looks like a typo. I'm pretty sure it was $650.

It was $100 over the AIB base prices, at $699. 1070 was $70 over the base AIB prices.

[tp95112]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

 

 

Not signed in

You get a fucking medal. 

Edit:  I also dont know why it says "Not Signed in"

[Mira Yurizaki]

I'm pretty sure people who bought a Titan knew what they were getting into. Same reason why anyone buys Intel's $1000+ processors.

[Droidbot]

Just now, Enderman said:

 

Nope, I got the joke lmao.. It's strange, I'm used to seeing even numbers on VRAM, except with OEM cards. 

It's usually 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.. not 11GB. 

[Droidbot]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

I'm pretty sure people who bought a Titan knew what they were getting into.

They fucked over Maxwell TX owners with the 980Ti, they knew this shit was gonna happen again

[tp95112]

Just now, Droidbot said:

Nope, I got the joke lmao.. It's strange, I'm used to seeing even numbers on VRAM, except with OEM cards. 

It's usually 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.. not 11GB. 

 

Tell that to the Gtx 580 with 1.5Gb god knows where that half came from

[Droidbot]

Just now, tp95112 said:

Tell that to the Gtx 580 with 1.5Gb god knows where that half came from

Thermi was fucking weird.. 

1.25GB cards. 1.5GB cards. 

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

Nope, I got the joke lmao.. It's strange, I'm used to seeing even numbers on VRAM, except with OEM cards. 

It's usually 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.. not 11GB. 

It's just 12 with one block disabled.

That's how most lower tiers of electronic components are made.

Just like an i3 is an i5 with 2 cores disabled.

[Droidbot]

Just now, Enderman said:

It's just 12 with one block disabled.

That's how most lower tiers of electronic components are made.

Just like an i3 is an i5 with 2 cores disabled.

They've probably been stockpiling the failed TXs with 1GB VRAM failed since release and just decided to chuck them onto the market as '1080 Ti'

[Djole123]

I WANT!!!!!!!!!

 

(tho 11GB that is quite a random number)

[Megah3rtz]

I think I'm more excited for the price drops. Can't wait to see how Vega compares now 

[captain cactus]

Just now, Megah3rtz said:

I think I'm more excited for the price drops. Can't wait to see how Vega compares now 

Too late to the market, again.

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Nope, I got the joke lmao.. It's strange, I'm used to seeing even numbers on VRAM, except with OEM cards. 

It's usually 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.. not 11GB. 

Never forget 3 (from you know where)  and 1.5 (from 760 oem) 

[Droidbot]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Never forget 3 (from you know where)  and 1.5 (from 760 oem) 

660 OEM has 3GB, 580 AIB had 3GB, 570 had 2.5GB, some 550Tis had 2.5GB, etc..

[zMeul]

the FE is 699$ or the MSRP?!

because we know what a shit show the previous scheme was .. 

 

le: I have "confirmation" that nVidia dropped FE pricing and it will only be MSRP

Edited March 1, 2017 by zMeul