Six New Pascal-Based Quadro Cards Released, One With HBM2

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"Nvidia's flagship carves out a position at the top of the hierarchy. It comes equipped with 16GB of HBM2 and should easily trounce the Quadro P6000."

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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-workstation-quadro-pascal-grahpics,33584.html

First with 16gb HBM 2?! Go Nvidia!

"The Quadro GP100 Can Combine Massive Memory Pools With NVLINK – Can Deliver Up To 32 GB HBM2 Based VRAM in Workloads"

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The GP100 GPU packs four stacks of HBM2 memory. The total VRAM featured on this chip is 16 GB which is currently the highest amount of HBM2 memory featured on a card. The GP100 GPU is the first chip to utilize the new HBM2 standard since its launch in Q2 2016. The chip features 720 GB/s bandwidth which is higher than the 432GB/s for Quadro P6000.

The most impressive thing for the Quadro GP100 is its new NVLINK interface. This is the first instance of the new technology on PCI-e graphics cards. Even the Tesla P100 PCI-e variants don’t feature this technology. It uses a new interface which is proprietorially developed by NVIDIA for their NVLINK enabled cards. Two large connectors can be found on the sides of the GPU’s PCB, longer in length than a regular SLI connector. These cards support 2-Way NVLINK connectivity which allows users to take advantage from memory pooling (16 GB Plus 16 GB) for a total of 32 GB HBM2 VRAM access and lower latency data transfer speeds."

"In terms of display capabilities, the card features four DP 1.4 ports rated to operate at 4K @120 Hz and 5K @ 60 Hz. There’s also a single DVI port and of course, the card is VR Ready since its main focus is on tasks that are aimed at the VR market too."

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-quadro-gp100-16-gb-hbm2-nvlink/
 
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First confirmation that I've seen that GP100 has ROPs and thus is capable of rendering graphics. If this chip was released as a GeForce (or Titan) card, with the same number of cores active as a GP102 card, it should be significantly faster. It has ~70% more bandwidth and the TDP savings from HBM2 vs. Gddr5x should allow of higher clocks. BUT, it'll probably never happen.

On a side note, this model is cut down. Not all the cuda cores are enabled. Has a fully enabled GP100 seen the light of day?
 

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Neato!

So who is going to deliver the first HBM2 gaming card?

It appears AMD will, not that it matters to anyone. HBM2 isn't a gaming or graphical feature, nor is it a cure all for a chip that may have deficiencies or is slow. It's just a different type of memory. I'd buy a card with GDDR3 if it delivered Titan X frame rates within my power budget and price range.

People wanting to buy a card with HBM2 because HBM2 are no different than people wanting to buy a card with the largest GPU chip because BIG DIE.