Nvidia Geforce 'Maxwell' Thread

bru · 2 Jul 2014 at 20:30

ok a bigger die than Gk104 but not as large as GK110.

I get the feeling this is going to be a beast, and really it is only the midrange part.

Boomstick777 · 2 Jul 2014 at 20:32

Fruitbooter said:
When more posts like this begin to pop up you know its not too long now

Thinking the same

Boomstick777 · 2 Jul 2014 at 20:39

Rumored spec of the GTX 880, is putting out more G/Flps than Titan Black. If the reduced memory bus doesn't hold it back it should be a very quick card.

Looking forward to seeing the biggest part though, probably Q1 2015 (Titan) or Q3 2015 (GTX XXX).

oldestgregg · 2 Jul 2014 at 20:40

Boomstick777 said:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880 pictured?

http://videocardz.com/50980/nvidia-geforce-gtx-880-pictured

Dont know about you guys but te GFX on these new cards look awful!

Those pixels are massive

bru · 2 Jul 2014 at 20:46

oldestgregg said:
Dont know about you guys but te GFX on these new cards look awful!

Those pixels are massive

Yup definitely in need of some AA.

triss · 2 Jul 2014 at 23:10

oldestgregg said:
Dont know about you guys but te GFX on these new cards look awful!

Those pixels are massive

Its to reduce the strain on the small 256 bus

Hope they stick with 8gb of Vram and dont scale it back

Finners · 2 Jul 2014 at 23:15

Haha, came looking for this on here, Should have know boomstick would have on the case.

Brinbg it on I say, Card looks like a beast but i just cant see it launching with 8gb of RAM. High end going from 3gb to 8gb is just to big of a jump.

bru · 3 Jul 2014 at 00:13

the only reason they might go for 8GB is to really plug it as more then the opposition, better for 4K gaming. Of course the 256bit bus might come into it.
We will see.

PhysicsMan94 · 3 Jul 2014 at 00:15

Whatever the case it's all interesting stuff and I welcome any more news on Maxwell

Orangey · 3 Jul 2014 at 02:32

What are those black round objects obscured by pixelation, fans?

Deceptor · 3 Jul 2014 at 02:41

Hinted as arm cores, which I believe Maxwell cards are meant to have if I remember correctly?

Orangey · 3 Jul 2014 at 02:51

If they are they appear to be underneath some kind of cooling or power circuitry assemblage.

Anyway, die size speculation: appears to be slightly bigger than Hawaii which is 425mm2, from the direct comparison we can see it is certainly slightly smaller than GK110 (which is 30% bigger than Hawaii).

humbug · 3 Jul 2014 at 03:08

Boomstick777 said:
Rumored spec of the GTX 880, is putting out more G/Flps than Titan Black. If the reduced memory bus doesn't hold it back it should be a very quick card.

Looking forward to seeing the biggest part though, probably Q1 2015 (Titan) or Q3 2015 (GTX XXX).

Pixel Rate: 28.8 GTexel/s ?

Orangey · 3 Jul 2014 at 03:19

Based on speculation, ROPs/TMUs and bus etc aren't confirmed.

Seems to be some thought in comments that this might actually be GK200/GK210 aka Quadro part. The 8GB VRAM can easily be explained away by it being an es though.

Rroff · 3 Jul 2014 at 04:08

Deceptor said:
Hinted as arm cores, which I believe Maxwell cards are meant to have if I remember correctly?

AFAIK Maxwell w/ ARM cores is an on die affair, nvidia have a few systems in development for tesla setups though that combine stand alone ARM cores with an nVidia GPU core i.e. http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/06/24/nvidia-gpu-arm-hpc/

Perfect_Chaos · 3 Jul 2014 at 05:35

I'd be surprised if the high end card is actually cheaper than the 780 ti when it came out.. in fact i doubt it very much, wouldn't surprise me in the least if they release another massively overpriced card like a Titan though.

Maybe best to wait for AMD to bring their card out as well to bring prices down to sane levels i guess.

Boomstick777 · 3 Jul 2014 at 11:42

Perfect_Chaos said:
I'd be surprised if the high end card is actually cheaper than the 780 ti when it came out.. in fact i doubt it very much, wouldn't surprise me in the least if they release another massively overpriced card like a Titan though.

Maybe best to wait for AMD to bring their card out as well to bring prices down to sane levels i guess.

I think if these cards are based on 28nm, they will come in cheaper than the GTX 780 and 780 Ti did. It will be very cost effective for Nvidia to use 28nm again.

Have a feeling the first 20nm card from Nvidia could come around Feb 2015, one under the Titan moniker and be an almost fully enabled Maxwell chip. The others will be 20nm die shrink of the GTX 870/880 around the same time.

This time I'm set on waiting for 20nm cards. The 28nm cards would have to be pretty special to tempt me from my Titan Black.

Probably gonna go Titan Black > Titan 'Maxwell' or Radeon X90X '20nm'.

varkanoid · 3 Jul 2014 at 11:52

I forgot how ugly green PCB's are.

Reminds me of a Geforce 256

Silent_Scone · 3 Jul 2014 at 12:14

Good to see DX 12.0 there, if it's a legit summary. The high end part will certainly without a doubt be 8GB VRAM

triss · 3 Jul 2014 at 12:30

Boomstick777 said:
I think if these cards are based on 28nm, they will come in cheaper than the GTX 780 and 780 Ti did. It will be very cost effective for Nvidia to use 28nm again.

Have a feeling the first 20nm card from Nvidia could come around Feb 2015, one under the Titan moniker and be an almost fully enabled Maxwell chip. The others will be 20nm die shrink of the GTX 870/880 around the same time.

This time I'm set on waiting for 20nm cards. The 28nm cards would have to be pretty special to tempt me from my Titan Black.

Probably gonna go Titan Black > Titan 'Maxwell' or Radeon X90X '20nm'.

Yeah sure boom ,, but in saying that your titan black should last awhile but we know you get the itch and if you get a good deal why not