Nvidia Geforce 'Maxwell' Thread

[Boomstick777]

Alleged NVIDIA Maxwell Architectural Specifications Unveiled

NVIDIA Maxwell GM100:

The NVIDIA Maxwell GM100 chip would consist of 8 GPCs consisting of 24 SMX modules (3 SMX Per GPC), 384 TMUs, 6144 Cuda Cores, 8 MB of L3 Cache (8 L2 cache’s per GPC), 64 ROPs, a 512-bit interface followed by a VRAM upto 8 GB GDDR5 operation at around 6 GHz. The GM100 is supposed to replace the high-performance GK110 chip so its going to end up in both GeForce parts and Tesla parts. It will probably show up in the Tesla parts first before shipping to consumers.

Read more: http://wccftech.com/alleged-nvidia-...project-denver-maxwell-refresh/#ixzz2iSr2eSGK

 

[Boomstick777]

6144 Cuda Cores

Forget 290X and 780ti, I'm saving my money for this.

 

[Rroff]

Not gonna comment on the specs but seems whats likely to happen is something of similiar performance as the gm104 listed is going to appear first - kind of like the GTX680 a ritzed up mid-range spec on 20nm as the GTX780 (x80 tier) replacement and nVidia are holding the higher spec back to try and get it onto 16nm.

 

[Gregster]

Alleged NVIDIA Maxwell Architectural Specifications Unveiled




Read more: http://wccftech.com/alleged-nvidia-...project-denver-maxwell-refresh/#ixzz2iSr2eSGK

That will be a beast but reading that report, he goes on to talk about Volta. That sounds like some serious power with no memory bandwidth limitations, with its stacked memory having 1TB/s speed. Will this be the single GPU to power 4K? I would like to think so.

 

[etched Chaos]

6144 Cuda Cores

Forget 290X and 780ti, I'm saving my money for this.

You'll need to, it'll probably be £1000+, especially if AMD are months behind at 20nm.

 

[Orangey]

I smell FUD.

 

[SS-89]

I imagine that would be the fully fledged Tesla part but even with some aspects disabled that sounds like an absolute beast! Will probably have the price to match too

 

[Gregster]

I bet it doesn't come with a free game

 

[Boomstick777]

That will be a beast but reading that report, he goes on to talk about Volta. That sounds like some serious power with no memory bandwidth limitations, with its stacked memory having 1TB/s speed. Will this be the single GPU to power 4K? I would like to think so.

Finally some proper upgrades, the stuff we had this year has been incremental, a few percent here and their. I'm saving my money up for next year. This is what I will swap to next year.

GTX 780 > GTX 880 'Maxwell'
4770K 4 core CPU > Haswell-E 8 core CPU
DDR3 > DDR4

 

[Gregster]

Finally some proper upgrades, the stuff we had this year has been incremental, a few percent here and their. I'm saving my money up for next year. This is what I will swap to next year.

GTX 780 > GTX 880 'Maxwell'
4770K 4 core CPU > Haswell-E 8 core CPU
DDR3 > DDR4

Sounds like a plan but I thought DDR4 was kinda out but skipped? I could be wrong, as I haven't been following the memory threads.

I will probably pick up a couple of second hand Titans cheap and stick with what I have...

 

[Orangey]

Sounds like a plan but I thought DDR4 was kinda out but skipped? I could be wrong, as I haven't been following the memory threads.

I will probably pick up a couple of second hand Titans cheap and stick with what I have...

GDDR4 as used on GPUs was skipped, but DDR4 as in normal system RAM is currently being perfected in the lab and there was a demo at Intel's recent expo. It will be what Intel's new CPUs use next year.

 

[Boomstick777]

Sounds like a plan but I thought DDR4 was kinda out but skipped?

DDR4 is coming with Haswell-E first, then I think the mainstream i.e Skylake the year after, so 2014 for Haswell-E / 2015 for Skylake.

Yeah will be a big upgrade next year, twice the CPU cores, faster,and lower power system memory. Plus monster 20nm GPU's. This year is very 'meh' in comparison imo. Going to try my best not to get sucked into 290X / 780ti hype and save money for the real deal next year lol.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Given that amd don't seem to have anything in the pipeline for next year(?), I dread to think what Nvidia will charge for that card if the spec is anywhere near

On the plus side for 1080 gaming there should be some bargains to be had

 

[Gregster]

Thanks peeps, I thought the same was happening on the desktop. I should follow these things more really, as it is interesting

 

[Frenzy]

Then I've done VERY well with my 2600k. Chuft

 

[MDPlatts]

Once they finish with the volcanic-islands (hawaii etc) rollout, AMD have "pirate islands" coming next year - so they will be named after the Caribbean islands like hispaniola etc.

The news to look out for is the "tape-out" of maxwell, then add 3-4-5 months for launch (barring problems with the stepping/20nm).

 

[Orangey]

AMD also have a dual-GPU Volcanic Islands part, codenamed New Zealand or Vesuvius or something. AIBs may make their own first like with the 7990 though. And still no word on the GK110 dual...

 

[Gregster]

Wasn't there supposed to be another Nvidia announcement on the 21st (yesterday)?

I will do some digging.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Think that was Montreal moved forward. Those alleged specs are awesome

 

[Orangey]

That was PCPer's G-Sync interview Greg.

(Super Secret Nvidia stream, so-called because G-Sync wasn't announced at the time)

http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/PCPer-Live-NVIDIA-G-Sync-Discussion-Tom-Petersen-QA