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Nvidia to launch GeForce GTX 880 in September

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The cat is out of the bag as multiple sources now have reported that Nvidia is sending out invites to press to attend a product briefing in San Francisco.

It is expected that Nvidia here will launch the new Maxwell based GeForce GTX 880 and perhaps 870 as well.

A week or two ago we already noticed some gamescom activity where Nvidia might tease the product.

As it stands, the launchs in November might be a paper launch with product availability in the weeks to follow.

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Be nice if it is out then but i wont be jumping on one :). I think i'll wait and see what both camps have out in 2015 1stQ
 
Nice but still waiting on that pesky die shrink, I'd imagine these will be 28nm :(

In which case would that mean die shrink + Pascal and stacked vram would all make an appearance at the same time?
 
Interested in the GTX770s if reasonably priced as replacements for my 670s. Got to have at least 4G RAM though.
 
pgi947 said:
Nice but still waiting on that pesky die shrink, I'd imagine these will be 28nm :(

In which case would that mean die shrink + Pascal and stacked vram would all make an appearance at the same time?
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Not been reading the Maxwell thread? :)

What seems to be the theory atm is that GM204 is launching now on 28nm, then full-fat GM200 on 20nm in 2015, as Titan II. This is based on tapeout dates, availability at TSMC, etc.

Pascal would wait until 16nm, which is scheduled for 2016.
 
whyscotty said:
This threw me aswell.

Looks to be the 680 all over again :(
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Not necessarily a bad thing. If they released cards based on full fat maxwell at this process node with that many shaders, they would be beastly hot and loud. The GTX 680 was nearly twice as fast as fermi in gaming terms but efficient as well.
 
As someone who's thinking of doing a 4GB 760 SLi purchase in September/October, do you think a single 880 would be just as quick, if not faster?
 
RageQuit© said:
Still don't get the 256 bit memory bus when the 780 is 384 bit. Am I missing something?
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whyscotty said:
This threw me aswell.

Looks to be the 680 all over again :(
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Agreed. I will be passing on this and even if it beats a 780Ti by a fair chunk, that 256bit bus is going to hold things back at 4K (even with 4GB). 20nm and I start looking.
 
Gregster said:
Agreed. I will be passing on this and even if it beats a 780Ti by a fair chunk, that 256bit bus is going to hold things back at 4K (even with 4GB). 20nm and I start looking.
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If it shows up with a 256bit bus that is a massive hint that there is a high end card waiting in the wings to be launched with something like a 512bit bus.

If all these rumoured specs are to be believed (Idon't) then the performance won't be much different to a GTX 690. Which means a fraction faster than a 780ti @1080p and miles behind @4K.:eek:
 
Orangey said:
Not been reading the Maxwell thread? :)

What seems to be the theory atm is that GM204 is launching now on 28nm, then full-fat GM200 on 20nm in 2015, as Titan II. This is based on tapeout dates, availability at TSMC, etc.

Pascal would wait until 16nm, which is scheduled for 2016.
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Nope lol I tend to stay away from rumour threads, I always end up disappointed :P

So we'll get two Maxwell chips, gm204 & gm200 with the latter getting the 20nm treatment, sounds about right :)

The bus used is an interesting one, we know 256 falls behind even at 1440p, unless nvidia pull another 770 and somehow get them running stock at 8-9ghz effective for 4k. If not it really is a backwards step and blatently ignoring the higher res users.
 
pgi947 said:
Nope lol I tend to stay away from rumour threads, I always end up disappointed :P

So we'll get two Maxwell chips, gm204 & gm200 with the latter getting the 20nm treatment, sounds about right :)

The bus used is an interesting one, we know 256 falls behind even at 1440p, unless nvidia pull another 770 and somehow get them running stock at 8-9ghz effective for 4k. If not it really is a backwards step and blatently ignoring the higher res users.
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It won't make much different what speed NVidia can get the memory working at it won't do them much good at 4K.

290Xs with 512bit bus and slow VRAM (1250mhz) beat Titan's with 384bit bus and fast VRAM easy @4K in the memory dept. At 4K it is all about width not speed.
 
Is it a given that these will be DX12 cards? If so would it then be a better choice over a 780?

I guess the obvious answer is that DX12 only comes into play when Titles can utilise it which as things seem to be progressing probably wont be until 2015/2016:rolleyes::(
 
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