Nvidia Geforce 'Maxwell' Thread

[PhysicsMan94]

How about a GTX 795 Kaapstad edition

That would be 4 full fat GK110s on a single card with 24gb of vram and waterblock.

That'll do nicely

 

[Boomstick777]

Maxwell GTX 750 (Non-Ti) Inbound Aswell – Will Require No External Power Supply

Well well well, the dust hasn’t settled on the GTX 750 Ti and I just got word from Sweclockers.com that Nvidia is preparing not one but two Middle-Tier cards with the Maxwell Architecture. We recently released graphic benchmarks for the Ti and our friends over at Videocardz.com released some more yesterday. The GTX 750 should be slower than the Ti but about 25% faster than the GTX 650

http://wccftech.com/maxwell-gtx-750-nonti-inbound/#ixzz2rRJULU00

 

[ndaar]

When are we going to get the good stuff LOL

 

[GefGz]

When are we going to get the good stuff LOL

Whenever they realize they can't make any money flogging old tech

 

[Boomstick777]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Maxwell Gets Benchmarked

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti video card has been in the news for the past several weeks and today is no different. The latest build of GPU-Z that came out today officially supports the unannounced GeForce GTX 750 Ti and the PCOnline forums has some benchmarks that are said to be from a GeForce GTX 750 Ti. In Futuremark 3DMark 11 with the performance preset it looks like the GeForce GTX 750 Ti scored P4188 3DMarks with early drivers and then in 3DMark Fire Strike it scored 3170 points. The performance numbers leaked over a week ago showed a score of 4019 in 3dMark Fire Strike and P5820 in 3DMark11, so this is a pretty big difference in performance results.

http://www.legitreviews.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-maxwell-gets-benchmarked_134586

 

[nashathedog]

Only reason I can see for Maxwell being delayed until Q4 is if they had a change of plans and decided to implement it on 16nm hybrid.

Isn't it more likely to be due to possible hardware tweaks required if they want to allow Mantle to be used? Maybe they want to wait and see how that plays out rather than release a non-mantle range or maybe there having to redesign it because of Mantle

 

[Geck0]

Isn't it more likely to be due to possible hardware tweaks required if they want to allow Mantle to be used? Maybe they want to wait and see how that plays out rather than release a non-mantle range or maybe there having to redesign it because of Mantle

Tape outs to silicon take about 12 months I think, good theory but not likely.

 

[Boomstick777]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 With Maxwell GPU Pictured – Features 768 Cores and 1020 MHz Core Clock

NVIDIA is planning to introduce their latest Maxwell architecture with two entry level cards in the upcoming month which include the GeForce GTX 750 and GeForce GTX 750 Ti. Both graphics cards would replace their predecessors, the GeForce GTX 650 and GeForce GTX 650 Ti respectively.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-...tured-features-768-cores-1020-mhz-core-clock/

 

[Gregster]

Nvidia Maxwell Architecture to Focus On Power Efficiency – Power Scaling Detailed

Some interesting information about Nvidia’s upcoming Maxwell Architecture. It will be very Power Efficient and will be designed with the Mobile Market in mind. Just like Mobile Kepler, Mobile Maxwell will also make its way to a Tegra Soc.
Maxwell GTX 750

Maxwell Power Scaling Detailed – Nvidia Focusing on Power Efficiency and Mobility.
Apparently the Maxwell GPU will be created with mobility and battery optimizations in mind. Nvidia has recently changed tactics and started targeting the mobile sector with full force, as is clear with the Tegra K1. Team green also seems to be focusing on the staying-ahead-of-the-curve strategy and keeping that in mind, Maxwell Mobile should make its entry into Tegra SoC’s by early 2015. Also since they have been quite successful with Kepler in the notebook space and the Tegra K1 they seem to be pushing forward while the iron’s still hot.
Ok, here is how the scaling will fare. Maxwell will have approximately three Tiers basically, Tier One will consist of 200W+ Discrete GPUs. The lowest tier will have 2W and 3W SoC Tegra Parts and ultra low voltage gpus. The middle tier will cover everything in between. The first GPU will ofcourse be the GM107 and will come in both Desktop and Mobile parts. The mobile versions are supposed to be ready by the time Intel’s Broadwell Notebook Refresh, this should be around Q3 2014.
Tegra with the Maxwell core will offer a very significant performance boost to the K1 SoC parts and will also be the first Nvidia GPU licensed to various SoC makers. GPU IP cost is very low and licensing might help Nvidia gain more market shares as well as other benefits in the long run. Mobile Graphics, especially with Tegra K1, are getting an exponential gain in power and we are already into the realm of current gen console graphics. Of course the main problem isn’t that current mobile hardware cannot support the same, the subtle problem is developer dedication (even this to a lesser extent) and gaming experience on a tablet.


Read more: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-maxwell-architecture-focus-power-efficency/#ixzz2sGnCfbuu

Looks like nVidia are pushing hard on the mobile market and with the K1 being a beast of a SoC, why not

 

[Boomstick777]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti preview leaks out

Well NVIDIA is not going to be happy about this leak. A site called UK Gaming Computer got an early access to first Maxwell-based samples, and decided to do a small preview (luckily for us).

3DMark 11 (performance preset):

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750: 5250
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti: 5963
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti: 4819
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB: 6727


http://videocardz.com/49498/nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-gtx-750-ti-preview-leaks

 

[Rroff]

Have to wonder why they blanked out device ID and sub-vendor if they weren't trying to hide who leaked it.

 

[ndaar]

There could be a place for these 750 and 750tis, ok they are not ubah powerful, but depending on price and power draw they could be excellent home cinema systems or light gaming.

 

[Boomstick777]

There could be a place for these 750 and 750tis, ok they are not ubah powerful, but depending on price and power draw they could be excellent home cinema systems or light gaming.

Agreed, ideal for a low power GPU, in HTPC or budget gaming PC. This is still on 28nm, so room for even more power saving when newer die shrink is available.

 

[Rroff]

Agreed, ideal for a low power GPU, in HTPC or budget gaming PC. This is still on 28nm, so room for even more power saving when newer die shrink is available.

AFAIK GPU-z is still using preliminary data so while they may or may not be on 28nm it alone doesn't mean they are 28nm cores. A lot of places are saying they are but I find it a bit suprising.

 

[Boomstick777]

First pictures of Nvidia GM107 'Maxwell' GPUs emerge

Video card oriented site VideoCardz has rustled up the web's first pictures of the upcoming Nvidia 'Maxwell' GPU range. Also the site fills us in on some details of what the first cards with these chips will offer to end users when they are launched installed on video cards in less than a fortnight's time.

the die area of the new Maxwell chips detailed here offers a 30 per cent reduction on the GK106.

these first Maxwell chips will not be made upon the 20nm process as TSMC isn't ready at this time to do so, these GM107 chips are made on the 28nm process. It is expected that when the first 20nm Maxwell chips are manufactured - that will mark the start of the GeForce 800 series for add-in video cards.

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/65793-first-pictures-nvidia-gm107-maxwell-gpus-emerge/

 

[ndaar]

Impressive power figures if they turn out to be true Cant wait for the higher end stuff later in the year.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The thing is though it is quite possible the GK106 is probably a 256 bit part with more ROPs,but is artificially hobbled - even the power limits are very low compared to other SKUs(Nvidia did this before with the GTS450). However,they probably had more than enough GK104 salvage parts and this is why we saw the GTX660TI and GTX760. The GK106 is already use in the GTX770M and the higher clocked GTX870M,which are rate at no more than a 75W TDP.

The GM107 looks like a fully enabled die,so unless there is an equivalently specced Kepler die,we cannot say whether Maxwell is much lower power and/or more transistor efficient anyway. The need for less RAM chips and a PCB alone on the GTX750TI would yield power consumption improvements alone(there was even the odd bus powered HD7850).

However,looking at the 3DMark figures,it seems despite at least a 100MHZ clockspeed advantage the GTX750TI is still slower in 3DMark11 and that is at 720P where the lack of bandwidth should be less evident. The 16 ROPs will affect AA performance too,unless Nvidia has worked some magic there.

Still performance looks decent enough for a bus powered part.

 

[humbug]

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/65793-first-pictures-nvidia-gm107-maxwell-gpus-emerge/

GK106-400: (GTX 660) = 960 SP, 24 ROP's, 192Bit
GK107-400: (GTX 750TI) = 960 SP, 16 ROP's, 128Bit

No wonder its slower, its less GPU.

 

[Boomstick777]

Still performance looks decent enough for a bus powered part.

Yeah, that's the impressive part, it's performance relative to it's power use is very good. Looking forward to seeing Maxwell on 20nm.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I predict peformance should be between an HD7790 and an HD7850 depending on the scenario,which should make it the fastest PCI-E powered graphics card which is easily available. The fastest one would be the bus powered HD7850 2GB card available in Asia. Shame it never made it over here.

Edit!!

It would make a good fit for this case IMHO:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7600/lian-li-launches-the-pcq33-another-hinge-chassis-but-miniitx