GTX 980 Ti specifications - Teaser and benchmarks

[railven]

Semi OT, I just noticed most of the gtx 900 cards on newegg no longer offer the Witcher/Batman game deal. I see some on Amazon still do though.

Well damn, guess I'm not ordering that 970 from Newegg. see if I can snag one off Amazon before the deal is gone-gone-gone!!!

 

[n0x1ous]

Is it me or is the Metal Design on Titan/Ti cards starting to get old?
Fiji looks much better from what I`ve seen so far

Im starting to feel the same way. its been the best up to this point, but we have seen it on sooooo many cards now that its getting stale,

690,770,780,780ti,titan,titan black,titan z, titan x, 980, 970.

Its still a great design but its just been used too many times now, not to mention its not handling gm200 as well as it did earlier 28nm parts. Hopefully they have a fresh design for pascal.

 

[LTC8K6]

im not really feeling this 5.5gb ram. sure it's enough but still leaves a nasty taste.

i hope this trend of "cut down" cards having segmented ram doesn't continue in the future, but realistically speaking its practical for nvidia.

It's very unlikely to have the 970 memory arrangement.

 

[LTC8K6]

It's very unlikely to have the 970 memory arrangement.

Anyway, it sure won't be a secret this time!

Everyone will be looking for that.

 

[x3sphere]

I wonder if the Ti will cost more than the $700 a lot of people are expecting. The 'mid-range' GTX980 was $50 extra than what its true predecessor (680) launched at, and if the rumored AMD prices are true, I think we could see the Ti at $800.

 

[ComputerGuy2006]

$800?

Yuck. Why do I have a sinking feeling I will have to wait another 9 months or so until 16nm to get semi decent price...

 

[Silverforce11]

More like 18 months and 14/16nm is going to be just as or more expensive. Get used to the high prices.

 

[tviceman]

More like 18 months and 14/16nm is going to be just as or more expensive. Get used to the high prices.

Finfets should offer as much of a jump, if not more so, over existing 28nm than both the jump from 40 to 28nm, and the more recent architectural upgrade of Kepler and Maxwell. It's obvious that Nvidia's second tier die has permanently moved up the scale in price but I also expect GP104 to be 80-100% faster than GM204 (I guess final performance depends on if GP104 will use HBM or will still be stuck on GDDR... I'm guessing eventually all GPU's regardless of tier or die size will use HBM for the power savings and to stave off IGP as much as possible). Either way, at this point I'd gladly pay $599-649 for twice the GTX 980 performance.

 

[maddie]

Finfets should offer as much of a jump, if not more so, over existing 28nm than both the jump from 40 to 28nm, and the more recent architectural upgrade of Kepler and Maxwell. It's obvious that Nvidia's second tier die has permanently moved up the scale in price but I also expect GP104 to be 80-100% faster than GM204 (I guess final performance depends on if GP104 will use HBM or will still be stuck on GDDR... I'm guessing eventually all GPU's regardless of tier or die size will use HBM for the power savings and to stave off IGP as much as possible). Either way, at this point I'd gladly pay $599-649 for twice the GTX 980 performance.

Don't you think that HBM would make it harder for discrete to compete with IGPs? I can see IGPs getting a bigger percentage boost from HBM than discrete GPUs. This means the gap between them will shrink. Enough off topic.

 

[soccerballtux]

4GB is enough if you have HBM yes.

edit: nevermind

wait, why?

 

[tviceman]

Don't you think that HBM would make it harder for discrete to compete with IGPs? I can see IGPs getting a bigger percentage boost from HBM than discrete GPUs. This means the gap between them will shrink. Enough off topic.

The gap will probably shrink, yes. But the power savings of moving to HBM will allow discrete cards to tap into higher clocks for more brute force. As it still stands, a cheap dual core Pentium Anniversary chip + gtx 750 TI is way faster than the best APU or CPU/IGP combo available in both outright performance, perf/$, and perf/w so IGP's still have a long way to go to stand on their own.

 

[poofyhairguy]

But see, even the 970 fiasco is already forgotten.

3.5 GB of ram is good enough. It is 4GB that is the problem.

 

[soccerballtux]

3.5 GB of ram is good enough. It is 4GB that is the problem.

hahahahahaaha. this wouldn't be so funny if it weren't so true

 

[maddie]

3.5 GB of ram is good enough. It is 4GB that is the problem.

This is really good.

 

[96Firebird]

If the card with 4GB HBM is only as fast as a 970, that will be a disappointment.

 

[swilli89]

3.5 GB of ram is good enough. It is 4GB that is the problem.

Haha great one, PHG!

In all honesty, nVidia does this whenever they can. They gouge and fatten their profit margins (their duty to shareholders, not consumers). Really really hoping the 390x can go toe to toe with the Titan X for $600.

 

[Xcobra]

3.5 GB of ram is good enough. It is 4GB that is the problem.

Hilarious... :thumbsup:

 

[RussianSensation]

It's obvious that Nvidia's second tier die has permanently moved up the scale in price but I also expect GP104 to be 80-100% faster than GM204 (I guess final performance depends on if GP104 will use HBM or will still be stuck on GDDR... I'm guessing eventually all GPU's regardless of tier or die size will use HBM for the power savings and to stave off IGP as much as possible). Either way, at this point I'd gladly pay $599-649 for twice the GTX 980 performance.

So hold on, you first state that NV has permanently raised the price of mid-range next gen parts (first $499 680 2GB and ~$559-579 for 680 4GB, then to $549 for 980 4GB). Now you are projecting that GTX980's successor (GP204 or w/e) will increase to $599-649 and you are willing to pay those prices too. Do you see now why NV is raising the price of GTX460/560Ti successors to $550+? That's because gamers keep buying them.

I can at least somewhat justify how a flagship 980Ti is $699 (let's say historically speaking AMD/NV did have flagships at about $499-549). So we are talking about a 27-40% price increase. However, GTX460 was $199-229 and GTX560Ti was $249 and it more than DOUBLED with the 980. Although I will admit that 980's price never made sense in retrospect when 970 was $330 and 970 SLI for $660 pummels 980 by ~60%. At least people upgrading from 780Ti -> 980Ti -> Pascal x80 Ti are feeling like they are paying $150-200 more than previous flagships, not double what the mid-range cards used to cost

The price increase for the NV's x80 mid-range cards is absurd. Before you say that 980 is much closer to the 980Ti/Titan X, 560Ti OC was extremely competitive against 570/580.

Since NV replaced the OG Titan with Titan X at $999, I expect 980Ti to be $699. I think 970 SLI users are going to be quite happy because unlike the 980, 970 SLI is still a powerhouse setup. The minute 980Ti/R9 390X drop, 980 is going to lose a lot of resale value.

Hilarious... :thumbsup:

Even for 970 SLI, 3.5GB was good enough! and for 780TI SLI 3GB was also enough over 290X CF / R9 295X2 4GB haha

Can't wait to see what GM200 980Ti can do with the MSI Lightning/eVGA Classified treatment!

 

[tviceman]

So hold on, you first state that NV has permanently raised the price of mid-range next gen parts (first $499 680 2GB, $559-579 680 4GB and ~$559-579 for 680 4GB, then to $549 for 980 4GB). Now you are projecting that GTX980's successor (GP204 or w/e) will increase to $599-649 and you are willing to pay those prices too.

What I said is that if performance in 18 months from now is 45% better than Titan X (i.e. twice that of the GTX 980) for $599-649, I will pay it. I don't care how big or what the code name of the die is. Those latter details are inconsequential in the scope of a purchase. I'm not purchasing any brand new video card ever again though. I will happily wait for price drops and/or game bundles.

 

[Cloudfire777]

Pretty much confirmed that Titan X will be 10% faster than GTX 980Ti
(3072*1089)/(2816*1076)

http://www.techpowerup.com/212898/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-clock-speeds-revealed.html

 

[Cloudfire777]

GTX 980Ti have been benched in 3DMark11 Extreme preset. Is it a ROP thing vs Titan X? :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:
Notice the graphic score


GTX 980

GTX 980 Ti

GTX Titan X

 

[swilli89]

GTX 980Ti have been benched in 3DMark11 Extreme preset. Is it a ROP thing vs Titan X? :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:
Notice the graphic score


GTX 980

GTX 980 Ti

GTX Titan X

Ouch, if indicative of real world performance, 980 TI seems like a sour deal.

 

[Brahmzy]

^^^ There's no way that's right, lol. nV won't sell a single 980ti being that close to a 980.

And I like how the name is cut off in the pic. This is just click bait fodder.

 

[Samwell]

It's just a overclocked 980, which someone wants to sell as 980Ti. The 980Ti performance is pretty clear from all the information which we have and the performance will be nearer to Titan X than to 980.

 

[Brahmzy]

Exactly. Try again!