Is it possible that we'll be seeing the new GTX 880 at Gamescom in a few weeks?
Will the GTX 880 Be Announced at Gamescom? : Read more
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I honestly think it is going to be a lot better for anyone considering an upgrade to wait until the gtx 900 series or AMD's 400 series to upgrade when they finally get a process shrink down to 20nm. Should see a pretty nice performance gain I would think
Given TSMC's delays regarding the 20nm process that we were told about earlier this year I would be surprised if the 800 series will be using 20nm, that being said I would be very happy if I am wrongI honestly think it is going to be a lot better for anyone considering an upgrade to wait until the gtx 900 series or AMD's 400 series to upgrade when they finally get a process shrink down to 20nm. Should see a pretty nice performance gain I would think
You do realize that the GTX 800 series (not the laptop versions) will be 20nm right? That's the whole reason it's taken so long for the 800 series to drop, because TMSC hadn't been able to get the 20nm shrink to go as they were having problems with their manufacturing processes.
I honestly think it is going to be a lot better for anyone considering an upgrade to wait until the gtx 900 series or AMD's 400 series to upgrade when they finally get a process shrink down to 20nm. Should see a pretty nice performance gain I would think
These GM204 cards, and likely most if not all of the 800 series lineup will be 28nm Maxwell. This has been pretty much confirmed by leaked specs, TSMC's continued process delays, and die shots. The images that leaked around 2 weeks ago place GM204 die area estimates at just south of GK110, so we're talking a large high-end chip at 28nm. At 20nm it should be much closer to your standard ~300mm^2 upper mid range GPU.I honestly think it is going to be a lot better for anyone considering an upgrade to wait until the gtx 900 series or AMD's 400 series to upgrade when they finally get a process shrink down to 20nm. Should see a pretty nice performance gain I would think
You do realize that the GTX 800 series (not the laptop versions) will be 20nm right? That's the whole reason it's taken so long for the 800 series to drop, because TMSC hadn't been able to get the 20nm shrink to go as they were having problems with their manufacturing processes.
From what I've read it's likely GDDR5, unfortunately. I'd think that would be a major bottleneck for GM204 on a 256-bit interface, but Maxwell is much more efficient with its memory bandwidth, so it might not be that bad. The large cache certainly helps.At this point I don't even think we can expect GDDR6 which was scheduled for 2014 cards.
There are so many unknowns. If this is a legit leak it's ~20% faster in 3Dmark, and of course there are the usual pre-release drivers to take into consideration, especially for a new architecture. We don't know if this is a fully enabled GM204, it could be the GTX870 for example. Also, you have to take this in context dude. If this was GM210 (or whatever it's going to be called) on 20nm then ya, that would be bad. But this is GM204 at 28nm, adjust your expectations. A 20% performance improvement over the 780ti while still on 28nm ain't bad.This thing is barely faster than a 780ti. It can't do 4k, even in SLI. Power savings are great if you are trying to run without a connector in a SFF. But for your flagship?
Hopefully, the announce of GTX 880 and 870 will reduce the price of 780 ti !
Quite possibly the dumbest question Tom's Hardware has ever posed to its members. Obviously the answer is a resounding no. Nvidia announces a series up to X7X (870 in this instance) and then waits to announce the flagship.
Then of course this "flagship" is merely going to be a 870 rebranded with a higher clock or memory bandwidth.
Everyone would do well to wait for the Maxwell refresh in 2016-2017
No 20 nm, no h.265, no price drop. No sale. This thing is barely faster than a 780ti. It can't do 4k, even in SLI. Power savings are great if you are trying to run without a connector in a SFF. But for your flagship?