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GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X and GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 available by June 2016

neoemonk

Member
Only a Asus 1440p/165hz monitor - but if you like your games to look pretty, that's a lot of pixels to push. For most recent games I hover around 30-50fps - Gsync helps a lot to smooth things out, but it's still no substitute for >60fps.

I bought a 1440p monitor, one of those Qnix Apple rejects, a while back, without really thinking things through. I don't have the card to run at 1440 right now which is why I'm looking to upgrade so that's a little disappointing to hear.
 

NEO0MJ

Member
Bummer for me. Been waiting to build a gaming PC until the "new" 980ti equivalent.... Seems I'll be waiting a while :/ I wonder when that will drop.

Same with me. No problem for me though, by the time it drops VR will probably be cheaper and have more content to make full use of it.
 
I bought a 1440p monitor, one of those Qnix Apple rejects, a while back, without really thinking things through. I don't have the card to run at 1440 right now which is why I'm looking to upgrade so that's a little disappointing to hear.

You can just turn down the settings too.
 

Teletraan1

Banned
Is a 1080 going to be bandwidth starved with GDDR5X? If not why are people just waiting on a different memory standard that might not make a lick of difference and possibly be more expensive especially at first?
 

Pagusas

Elden Member
Going to hold onto my 770gtx as long as possible, hopefully a 1080ti appears by years end.

I expected more, even from the base 1080gtx. Especially with how everyone had been talking up the next gen, seems like we do this every Gpu refresh though (you'd think we'd all learn).
 

Nvzman

Member
Meanwhile I'm sitting here with my 750ti that bottlenecks the rest of my computer...

i7-4790+16 GB of ram for lyfe
 

Aikidoka

Member
I've decided to go with an ultrawide 3440x1440p monitor so I'll probably upgrade from a 970 to a 1070 unless the 980ti goes down in price significantly.
 

Fbh

Member
As an uninformed console gamer looking to build a PC.

Are these the Pascal cards everyone is recommending to wait for in basically every PC building thread?
 
If I recall correctly, wasn't the launch of the 900 series pretty similar?

The big news during the last launch was the 970 matching/beating the 780 at a much lower price and TDP. The 980 edged out the 780 Ti at a lower price as well.

These weren't huge boosts in performance. They were boosts in price to performance and power consumption. It wasn't until the 980 Ti came out that we got a card that was significantly more powerful than what we already had up until that point.

Either way, it doesn't matter if the 1000 series is more powerful than the 900 series on paper. Because in reality, Nvidia is going to kneecap the Maxwell cards in all the new games that rely on game-ready drivers. This is essentially what happened to my 780, a card that is outperformed by the GTX 960 in games like The Witcher 3.
 
As an uninformed console gamer looking to build a PC.

Are these the Pascal cards everyone is recommending to wait for in basically every PC building thread?

Pretty much. There will be some higher end cards later (presumably the 1080 Ti, and whatever the new Titan is). But those will be more expensive, so if you're looking for more of a mainstream card the 1070 or 1080 will do you well.
 

Aruarian Reflection

Chauffeur de la gdlk
As an uninformed console gamer looking to build a PC.

Are these the Pascal cards everyone is recommending to wait for in basically every PC building thread?

Yes, although this is just the first phase of the Pascal cards and the true top end card won't be until next year it seems

I'm going to wait for the benchmarks to come but I'm upgrading from a GTX 460 so anything I pick is going to be a huge upgrade
 

Ryoku

Member
Five years after 28nm, we finally move to 16NMFF, and Nvidia gives us a card "roughly faster" than a 980ti? I'll hold my judgment for after these cards are benchmarked, but performance-wise, it seems to be underwhelming. The card should have a TDP of around 125watt (probably a bit more) and I understand this is new tech, but still, ugh.
 

garyizraw

Banned
Traditionally I've been a Console gamer but now we have seen PC grow exponentially over the past few years. Looking into building my own rig soon, are these new cards a big step forward ?
 
Hopefully the 1080 is at least 20% more powerful than the 980 Ti. I doubt it will be much more, if any.

I have a brand new water block for a 980 Ti which I wouldn't like to waste. We shall see.
 
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Deleted member 22576

Unconfirmed Member
Gaf kept hyping about how the new Pascal cards would be substantially more powerful than the current cards though it seems like this isn't the case. :( But still, I'll probably buy the 1070 or wait for AMD's new cards.
All the hype was/is for the new ti/titan cards using the next gen memory technology.
I know I'm way late with this reply! :p
 

Marmelade

Member
Five years after 28nm, we finally move to 16NMFF, and Nvidia gives us a card "roughly faster" than a 980ti? I'll hold my judgment for after these cards are benchmarked, but performance-wise, it seems to be underwhelming. The card should have a TDP of around 125watt (probably a bit more) and I understand this is new tech, but still, ugh.

My sentiment exactly.

Still, this a just a rumor coming from a not so reliable "source" so we'll see how it really goes
 
I need to upgrade since I'm still on an aging 680.

I really regret not getting a 970 at launch, especially considering it's gone up in price with the poor Canadian dollar.

Yeah, I picked one up just before the dollar started to collapse. I wonder if the 1070 will even be worth it for us Canadian buyers?

EDIT: Or in more general terms would even be worth it for any current 970 owners. I have an ASUS Strix GTX 970 at 1428 MHz core clock (~1500 MHz with boost) and 7822 MHz memory clock with no voltage changes. I can play the The Witcher 3 at 1080p 60FPS with HairWorks with almost no framedrops. Most every other game is the same thing. I might have to turn a down a couple of settings, but for the most part its 1080p 60FPS with the best quality settings.
 

ktroopa

Member
Mmmm 1080 GTX sounds tasty, wonder if it can brute force Arkham Knight to run at a locked 60fps with all the shit maxed lol... we can dream right?
 

Momentary

Banned
I'm probably going to stick with my 980M laptop for now IF these cards arent at least a 30% jump from a stock 980ti card. I'm in the process of having a house built, so I'm sure a Titan or Ti version of the card should be ready by September or November.

I should just hold out until HBM2. NVIDIA had everyone hyped for that. I don't think these cards will be too successful for them.
 
Is a 1080 going to be bandwidth starved with GDDR5X?

Probably not.

If not why are people just waiting on a different memory standard that might not make a lick of difference and possibly be more expensive especially at first?

It's a buzzword that's easy to rally around, fits the narrative that Nvidia intentionally handicaps their cards.
 

Vuze

Member
Traditionally I've been a Console gamer but now we have seen PC grow exponentially over the past few years. Looking into building my own rig soon, are these new cards a big step forward ?
We don't really know yet, the "source" is basically just a compilation of all rumors we've had through the past months and weeks lol. In technical terms, yes, it's the first GPU shrink since... 2012? So 'cutting edge' in that regard. In performance terms, we have yet to see eh at Nvidia decides to release in the first batch.

In any way, if you're planning to build a PC in the next weeks, you should definitely hold out. Benchmarks and reviews should arrive mid-May.
 
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Traditionally I've been a Console gamer but now we have seen PC grow exponentially over the past few years. Looking into building my own rig soon, are these new cards a big step forward ?

Not especially if this stuff is true, but hop in now anyway. You can always wait for the next big thing and the leap over performance and graphics of consoles will still amaze you.
 

Momentary

Banned
I feel anyone thinking about diving in now should just wait. You've got lower SSD prices incoming in the next few weeks due to 4TB consumer/enterprise solutions just hitting, intel is releasing 4 SKU's for Haswell-E, and hopefully NVIDIA surprises everyone with a leap instead of a hop and shows everyone they were just trolling with fake leaks.

That last part was just hope.
 

SGRX

Member
Very underwhelming. So basically, no real need to upgrade from the 970 until it can't hit 1080p/60 at decent settings, or until a single GPU solution is released that can hit 4K/60, neither of which are likely to happen this year.
 

Momentary

Banned
I know i'm beating a dead horse here, but I just came across an article pertaining to Broadwell-E since I'm planning my build.

http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-e-hedt-computex-2016/

You guys remember that time that WCCF said that Intel was going to release their Broadwell-E CPUs at Computex this year and it didn't happen?

I am not a fan of this website at all. Unreliable sources, reporting rumors as facts, and sometimes not having sources at all.

Just one of many examples.
 
From another perspective, are there any games being released around the same time as these new cards that will be worth upgrading for even if the performance of them isn't what we are hoping for?
 
I know i'm beating a dead horse here, but I just came across an article pertaining to Broadwell-E since I'm planning my build.

http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-e-hedt-computex-2016/

You guys remember that time that WCCF said that Intel was going to release their Broadwell-E CPUs at Computex this year and it didn't happen?

I am not a fan of this website at all. Unreliable sources, reporting rumors as facts, and sometimes not having sources at all.

Just one of many examples.

I'm continually amazed WCCF hasn't been banned.
 
I know i'm beating a dead horse here, but I just came across an article pertaining to Broadwell-E since I'm planning my build.

http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-e-hedt-computex-2016/

You guys remember that time that WCCF said that Intel was going to release their Broadwell-E CPUs at Computex this year and it didn't happen?

I am not a fan of this website at all. Unreliable sources, reporting rumors as facts, and sometimes not having sources at all.

Just one of many examples.

What? Computex hasn't happened yet... Starts May 31 2016.
 

CoLaN

Member
Im honestly tired of this release scheme. First wave of cards, tiny increase in performance; months later, bigger jump. Mostly to make some people double dip.

I hope AMD will run in full speed and make things interesting, ruining the tired Nvidia release schedule.
 

K.Jack

Knowledge is power, guard it well
I'll be utterly blown away, with disappointment, if these performance rumors are true. A die shrink plus an architectural shift are supposed to bring HUGE performance leaps.

Then again, remember when WCCF said Pascal is Manwell time 10? What a difference a year makes.
 
Im honestly tired of this release scheme. First wave of cards, tiny increase in performance; months later, bigger jump. Mostly to make some people double dip.

I hope AMD will run in full speed and make things interesting, ruining the tired Nvidia release schedule.

Eh, in this case, it's also because of poor HBM2 yields

It's the same reason fury and fury X were the only R9 cards to feature HBM.
 
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