Nvidia GeForce GTX 1000 Series (Pascal) MegaThread: FAQ and Resources

[turkey3_scratch]

hello everyone in the nvidia thread been on a long vacation and finally back home where i can begin reading a lot more and update what i find on the world of nvidia. seems nvidia has announced a 3 gb version of the 1060 like was rumored before. seems silly not to name it the 1050 but it is what it is http://videocardz.com/63134/nvidia-confirms-geforce-gtx-1060-3gb-has-1152-cuda-cores

I guess the marketing strategy is that if it is called a 1060 instead of a 1050 people will be under the impression that it is better than it is.

 

[renz496]

probably they want 1050 for their sub 75w card? it has been that way since GTX650 except GTX950. and eventually nvidia did release 75w GTX950. IMO the upcoming card should be named as GTX1060 SE or 1152 core edition to differentiate the card from "true" GTX1060. though i'd take the performance will be very close between the two just like 960 vs 950.

 

[Math Geek]

i'm sure the "it'll oc to 6gb 1060 levels no problem" nonsense will show up rather quickly. always does.

 

[Math Geek]

it also looks like corsair is selling the MSI seahawk x through their website as well http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-gfx-gtx-1080-liquid-cooled-graphics-card

i don't see any difference between it and the seahawk...

 

[TehPenguin]

I created a separate thread on the forums but I thought I'll briefly ask here, too.

I got myself the Palit GTX1060 Dual and am not having a good day. Terrible performance, 50% and less of what all the benchmarks on the internet show rendering most games unplayable due to stutters. Games that show 90fps average otherwise.

This is a new system, everything is fresh, pristine and up to date.

So... if any of you come across something regarding such or similar issues then please post it here.

Thanks!

 

[renz496]

did the clock properly boosting to the level where it should be in games? what driver version? affect all games? or only few specific ones?

 

[TehPenguin]

did the clock properly boosting to the level where it should be in games? what driver version? affect all games? or only few specific ones?

You can check out the thread, if you're interested. Don't want to bloat this one. I did some "benchmarking" with MSI Afterburner graphs.

But in short: everything seems perfectly fine except for the FPS. I only tested a couple of games so far but all of them performed much slower than any of the benchmarks on the web.

 

[17seconds]

seems nvidia has announced a 3 gb version of the 1060 like was rumored before. seems silly not to name it the 1050 but it is what it is

The reason is that it's still the same GTX 1060 chip. There are still two other Pascal chips yet to be released, GP107 and GP108, that will hold the GTX 1050 and lower naming designations.

Sometimes, switching from the tech sites to the financial sites can yield different strands of info. I go to Yahoo Finance and type in NVDA or AMD in the search and you get relevant news stories from the finance perspective. Here's a good article with lots of info on the lower end Pascal chips.
http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/12/nvidia-corporation-ceo-provides-update-on-low-end.aspx

 

[renz496]

seems nvidia has announced a 3 gb version of the 1060 like was rumored before. seems silly not to name it the 1050 but it is what it is

The reason is that it's still the same GTX 1060 chip. There are still two other Pascal chips yet to be released, GP107 and GP108, that will hold the GTX 1050 and lower naming designations.

Sometimes, switching from the tech sites to the financial sites can yield different strands of info. I go to Yahoo Finance and type in NVDA or AMD in the search and you get relevant news stories from the finance perspective. Here's a good article with lots of info on the lower end Pascal chips.
http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/12/nvidia-corporation-ceo-provides-update-on-low-end.aspx

if nvidia still want to include them in 1060 family they still need to make separate name for them like GTX1060 SE or 1152 core edition. in any case just wait for reviews. if the performance difference between the two is less than 5% (more like 2-3% apart) then i don't see the problem if nvidia still insisting to call it as "GTX1060".

 

[TechyInAZ]

it also looks like corsair is selling the MSI seahawk x through their website as well http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-gfx-gtx-1080-liquid-cooled-graphics-card

i don't see any difference between it and the seahawk...

That's because that's how both companies designed it to be. Both Corsair and Seahawk sell the same graphics card since they both partook of the creation of it. Which can be a little weird, but understandable.

 

[Math Geek]

i understand it, just find it odd they changed the name so much, yet did not even give it a different sticker or something

but if you want one, it's another way to get one, so that is good.

 

[manleysteele]

It looks like my GTX970 has died, so I guess I'm in the market for a new Video card. Sigh.

 

[U6b36ef]

hello everyone in the nvidia thread been on a long vacation and finally back home where i can begin reading a lot more and update what i find on the world of nvidia. seems nvidia has announced a 3 gb version of the 1060 like was rumored before. seems silly not to name it the 1050 but it is what it is http://videocardz.com/63134/nvidia-confirms-geforce-gtx-1060-3gb-has-1152-cuda-cores

and some exciting news on the pascal mobile chips. looks like we will get gddr5 1080/70/60 mobile chips for laptops. http://videocardz.com/63141/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-mobile-gets-gddr5x-memory

Mobile Pascal exciting! That will set the laptop market ablaze. It looks like the 1080M will have clocks only 100MHz slower than the desktop 1080 GPU. Same RAM speed. With some factory overclocking - nice.

(Gonna make my GTX 980 PC look like a cart and horse.)

 

[renz496]

AFAIK they don't even use the M suffix anymore. now they simply called them the same as their dekstop GPU to imply it's performance is the same as their desktop part.

 

[U6b36ef]

Yeah someone was saying something about simply putting the desktop GPU in the laptops.

 

[-Fran-]

How in hell's name they expect to dissipate 150W+ out of a notebook? And I'm not talking 150W overall, but from a single component: GPU. Just doesn't make sense without some sort of compromise.

I would imagine they will be using the same GPU, but down-clocked to keep it under 90W. Otherwise you'll be walking with a huge metal dissipation plaque with a GPU and other things attached to it XD

Cheers!

 

[renz496]

the same way they optimized GTX950 to fit into 75w power budget? also the PCB design will be different. maybe they can gain more efficiency by optimizing PCB design that fit into these notebooks.

 

[-Fran-]

I thought the 950 was a cut down version of the GM104? As in, the same GPU with like half stuff enabled?

Cheers!

 

[RobCrezz]

950 was GM206 i believe like the GTX 960, but with some cores cut.

 

[RobCrezz]

How in hell's name they expect to dissipate 150W+ out of a notebook? And I'm not talking 150W overall, but from a single component: GPU. Just doesn't make sense without some sort of compromise.

I would imagine they will be using the same GPU, but down-clocked to keep it under 90W. Otherwise you'll be walking with a huge metal dissipation plaque with a GPU and other things attached to it XD

Cheers!

Like this:

 

[-Fran-]

Like this:

My laptop is rated for 120W *complete* with an i7 and a GTX580 (GTX675M) and it looks exactly like that.

So no, not like that 😛

EDIT:

950 was GM206 i believe like the GTX 960, but with some cores cut.

Well, definitely not GM104 then 😛

Cheers!

 

[RobCrezz]

Like this:

My laptop is rated for 120W *complete* with an i7 and a GTX580 (GTX675M) and it looks exactly like that.

So no, not like that 😛

EDIT:

950 was GM206 i believe like the GTX 960, but with some cores cut.

Well, definitely not GM104 then 😛

Cheers!

Well it is, because that laptop runs a desktop 6700k and a desktop gtx 980...

edit to include link:http://www.tweaktown.com/news/48149/eurocoms-new-sky-x9-notebook-includes-4k-display-6700k-gtx-980/index.html

 

[-Fran-]

Well it is, because that laptop runs a desktop 6700k and a desktop gtx 980...

Oh, interesting.

Do you have information on the clocks?

Cheers!

 

[RobCrezz]

Well it is, because that laptop runs a desktop 6700k and a desktop gtx 980...

Oh, interesting.

Do you have information on the clocks?

Cheers!

Just runs stock clock speeds apparently, cant see anything in the reviews about downclocking or throttling.

http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/eurocom-sky-x9/

 

[Math Geek]

here is some specs for the mobile pascal chips as well as a bunch of laptop models using them. http://videocardz.com/63152/nvidia-launches-geforce-gtx-10-series-for-notebooks

everything form 1060 up to sli 1080 in the notebooks. looking forward to some reviews on these high powered laptops. hopefully they will be paired with screens that pair well with the included chips. would be silly to put a 1080m gpu with a 1080p monitor at $2000+