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NVIDIA Volta with GDDR6 in early 2018?
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Did you see it coming last time they did it?
Tbf nVidia's main gaming competition now is the console market, so they have to keep prices relatively sane or it will just push PC gamers over.
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If they do it, they will lose a lot of people and respect imo. I would probably not buy out of principle. They are already on the edge with current pricing.
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That's long loooooooooong gone!! We just tolerate them now because they can get good products out and on time with a degree of professionalism
Oh I agree. But many people here (everywhere) seem to love them to bits.That's long loooooooooong gone!! We just tolerate them now because they can get good products out and on time with a degree of professionalism
It already has pushed many, many PC gamers over - just have a read of the threads on this very forum (me included, btw.)
And that's even before XBOX-X and PS5 hit.
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No it wasn't
1070 - $379
980Ti - $649
Granted, the difference was smaller because our currency tanked, but that is not Nvidia's problem.
even then 980Ti's were ~ £550 and 1070's could be had from £360 on release.
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Haven't we learned by now not to read Fudzilla? It's basically a tabloid. Enough said.
That's a sensible point of view! Nvidia once said in an interview that they start developing a new GPU 5-7 years before it's released. They're not going to throw that away for any reason.
Simply jibberish. Nor do I care for what's being said on some Chinese forum. We will get Volta GeForce and they'll just gut out irrelevant stuff like tensor cores.
Makes no sense whatsoever mate, see the above reply. With 7nm we'll be at whatever comes after Volta and they won't segment like you opted.
It'll be more, about twice that. (and yes, I always do know a little bit more than I let on
) I have no principles in that regard. Principles get you nowhere. I buy whatever gives me what I want. I don't care about the company, the company doesn't care about me. I care about me, and why would I hold out on myself?
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So has the hype started yet - Vega is going to be soon released,so I expect we will need something new to bicker about!!
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(and yes, I always do know a little bit more than I let on
You mean you can finally tie your own shoelaces? Good boy!!!!
Volta with the stuff not relevant to gaming isn't that far removed from Pascal (though all their architectures are basically evolutions or iterations of the previous ones(s)) - unlike past architectures Volta was designed with a lot less focus on the GeForce side.
Those Chinese forums tend to have a few people that actually work for AIBs though so closer to releases some of them will have their hands on actual cards and/or have a bit of an idea of what is coming up next - but like here you also get a lot of speculation, etc. as well.
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We can enjoy/like the tech despite not liking a company.
Yes, yes!
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So nVidia can at least produce V100 in non-trivial, working, quantities in risk production (I doubt these are sampling runs) - AMD had better be sandbagging with Vega or they are going to drop so far behind it ain't funny.
Help me Obi Jensen Huangobi, you're my only hope (now that Vega is a dead duck).
Ah well, another long wait for a new GPU release, but the odds are better for this one, going on past form. I think now would also be a good time to buy stocks in lube manufacturers.
Think I'll hibernate until March. GG AMD.
Ah well, another long wait for a new GPU release, but the odds are better for this one, going on past form. I think now would also be a good time to buy stocks in lube manufacturers.
Think I'll hibernate until March. GG AMD.
Not. Even. Released. Yet.
Honestly comments like that are what make the community suck.
My worry now is that with Vegas poor showing, is that likely to make NVIDIA not push as hard with Volta.
I mean we all expect the xx70/xx80 carrier of Volta to beat the current 1080ti, or at least be comparable, but with Vega being as bad as it is will NVIDIA deem it necessary to max out the performance, or jut say well that is enough for now.
I mean we all expect the xx70/xx80 carrier of Volta to beat the current 1080ti, or at least be comparable, but with Vega being as bad as it is will NVIDIA deem it necessary to max out the performance, or jut say well that is enough for now.