WCCF: GTX 980 Ti with GM200-310 Maxwell Core Could Launch by Computex

[RussianSensation]

I think this will happen. GM200 is so freaking huge, there is no way they are getting enough yields to fill only 2 desktop SKU's. 980 TI will be cutdown 6gb GM200, 980 ULTRA will be 6gb fully unlocked. I think the 980 will get a $100 price drop to $450, 980 TI will be $599, and Ultra would be $749-799. All depending on Fiji price/$ of course.

I agree. NV has a lot of room to play with here because the Titan X is so much faster than a 290X, especially now that NV is investing more into GWs. That means even a cut down GM200 6GB would be highly competitive in benchmarks. NV can even release a cut-down 980Ti with higher clocks than the Titan X and release a fully unlocked version in the fall. If AMD's Fiji XT is limited to 4GB of VRAM, that would give NV even more marketing firepower to release 2+ SKUs of GM200 at $550-800 price levels.

I am not sure NV is in a rush though as 980 sells for > $500 and it doesn't make much sense for NV to drop the price of a 980 by $100 and release a GM200 6GB for $599 without seeing where AMD's next gen line-up falls. If AMD's Fiji under-delivers, NV might have priced their 2nd tier GM200 6GB could have been priced at $699.

tviceman, you skipping GM200? I feel like with what happened to Kepler in games, it might be better to just wait for GTX970/980 Pascal successor than invest into an expensive $700 GCN 1.2/1.3 or GM200 card.

 

[Silverforce11]

Full GM200, 6GB, higher clocks, $699. Titan X will live on as the unchallenged master with 12GB for all that "visual compute" that gamers love to do.

What is NV gonna do with all the harvested GM200? 600mm2 is pretty big, full dies goes to Titan X, harvested needs to be used elsewhere, since its not in Tesla, it has to be for consumers.

 

[tviceman]

tviceman, you skipping GM200? I feel like with what happened to Kepler in games, it might be better to just wait for GTX970/980 Pascal successor than invest into an expensive $700 GCN 1.2/1.3 or GM200 card.

Yeah actually I am going to try to sell my 980. I'm just not playing much these days. Studying for promotion at work and second kid is imminent. I will be looking to get either a used after market 290 that I can slightly undervolt, or a new cheap 960 and sell Witcher to offset the cost.

I won't upgrade again until 2x 980 performance is available at under 200 watts and for less than $500.