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Nvidia rumoured to be preparing GTX 980 Ti launch for Computex

by Ryan Martin on 20 May 2015, 16:31

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Speculation about Nvidia's upcoming GeForce GTX 980 Ti graphics card from earlier this year suggested we could see the GM200-based card released in September, or a couple of months after the anticipated release of AMD's next generation Radeon graphics cards. The latest informed speculation coming out of Germany suggests Nvidia will be targeting the release of the GTX 980 Ti as soon as the Computex trade show, which is just a fortnight away.

The reason for Nvidia's turnaround in the matter is that the company doesn't want to lose any ground to AMD when it releases its new HBM-enabled Radeon R9 390X flagship, also expected around the Computex timeframe. Even more interesting is the fact Nvidia will reportedly make the GTX 980 Ti retail-available as soon as the official announcement is made.

Expected specifications of the GTX 980 Ti haven't changed a lot since the first wave of speculation that happened back in March and April. The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is expected to be built from the full-fat GM200 GPU, meaning up to 3,072 CUDA cores, and could be very similar to the current flagship GTX GeForce Titan X, except with half the amount of VRAM - 6GB versus 12GB - and lower clock speeds. Alternative theories suggest we might see a slightly cut-down version of the GM200 GPU, with 2,816 CUDA cores for example, and with faster clock speeds to compensate for the core-count reduction.

In either case Nvidia will allow its AIB partners more freedom with the GTX 980 Ti to design their own custom PCBs, cooling solutions and aggressive overclocks, something AIBs are not permitted to do with the GTX Titan X. In terms of pricing the GTX 980 Ti will sit somewhere in between the $550 of the GTX 980 and the $1,000 of the GTX Titan X, obviously, with our best guess of $650.



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Both this and the 390x need to get released asap. Can't wait to see how they compare with each other. One of them is going to get bought by me, just need them to be released!
I wonder if this indicates that GM200 yields are better than expected (leaving a bunch of extra chips to sell) or worse than expected (leaving a bunch of chips that don't quite make the grade as Titan Xs).
edzieba
I wonder if this indicates that GM200 yields are better than expected (leaving a bunch of extra chips to sell) or worse than expected (leaving a bunch of chips that don't quite make the grade as Titan Xs).
Just as expected. Everything's going to the predicted plan so far.
kalniel
Just as expected. Everything's going to the predicted plan so far.

As in either way, they were going to put as much silicon towards the Ti in an attempt to swamp the 390x launch?
jonathan_phang
As in either way, they were going to put as much silicon towards the Ti in an attempt to swamp the 390x launch?

Doubt the actual release will have much to do with the 390X launch, only the announcements to try and spoil it as much as possible, maybe the final clocks will be set only after getting an idea of the competition, but both teams have done that before.

Really it's just following what they did with keplar - release the upper mid range chip first, then full fat titan, then a gaming version of the titan a bit later.