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NVIDIA have announced the 1080 Ti and it's a beast

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NVIDIA have let a few details out on the 1080 Ti and it sounds like an absolute power-house of a GPU.

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It will have 3584 'NVIDIA CUDA cores' with 11GB of VRAM crammed in running at 11Gbps.

It will cost $699 and will be available world-wide from March 10th, but pre-orders will begin tomorrow. That's quite a high price, so it will only be for the most enthusiastic gamers to pick up.

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Personally, I want more details on AMD Vega, as I will be most likely going with AMD for my next GPU.

See the full details on the NVIDIA blog. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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dmantione Mar 1, 2017
I think this monster indeed surpasses the requirements of even demanding games at the moment. Of course with 144 Hz monitors at 4K resolutions and ultra high game settings you can make any card sweat, but for anything realistic, this card is complete overkill for the current generation of games.
TheRiddick Mar 1, 2017
NVIDIA releasing this sooner rather then later is likely a tactic to grab up some of that top-tier player money whom might have spent it with AMD and VEGA, but since AMD has decided to not talk about the actual hardware there is a good chance its barely faster then a 1080... I will be surprised if AMD can make VEGA on par with a 1080ti.

Ultimately it comes down to price really, hopefully they don't price the VEGA out of the market because we all know that new memory type is ultra-expensive!
saildata Mar 1, 2017
Maybe a crazy idea, but this would IMO feel like throwing hardware at a software problem as others have hinted at.

For example, I'm running Arch on GTX 1070, 1TB of NVMe, 1TB of scratch space Samsung SSD, overclocked i7 rig and it's disappointing to see it thrive at games like Talos (2160p ultra, VULKAN @ 150fps) while others eek out 30fps. The same games may get 33fps under a 1080.

Not to be Eeyore here (and it is 70F, sunny here in TX today :) , but would this bring 35-40fps, all else equal? Maybe it makes more sense on OS where millions are thrown at the proprietary software stack and would benefit from further advances in the graphics hardware.

All that to say that I'm thrilled to see the hard work going into some of these releases - it's not easy work and it's definitely not under appreciated. Also very much appreciated is the hard work NVidia is putting into both their graphics and CUDA technology. As someone who works in data analytics day in and out, I really enjoy, for example, the deep learning advances made possible by holy s* 3k+ CUDA cores on one piece of kit.

To end on a bright note, we are seeing what feels like a huge growth in all areas of the software stack so perhaps this will be a moot point in 12-18 months. : )
Guest Mar 1, 2017
Quoting: PompesdeskyGoing AMD is the best to support the efforts made towards open source drivers, hopefully Vega will be competitive enough to get a good adoption :)

Exactly. GSOC has replacing DRIconf with a new FOSS AMDGPU control centre as one of it's potencial projects. With AMD Linux there is faster bug squashing, freesync, wayland, better desktop performance. With nvidia, there is only closed source and propriatory hardware .. it works well enough for gaming but it lacks on the desktop imo.

It always feels kind of odd running Binary NV on Linux.
saildata Mar 1, 2017
There will be at least some proprietary drivers so long as there is market competition. Everyone (companies) has their piece to play in the game. Wow, sorry, that was super meta lol.

Looking at my system now... WiFi driver (proprietary), Intel (hellllo binary blob), NVidia GTX 1070 driver (Nouveau doesn't support) and the list goes on. And that's just my laptop.

Reach in your pocket and look at your phone. Care to guess what percent of that hardware is FOSS? Hell - Google won't even mention the word Linux (and forget about the F word) even though they've sold well over a billion Android devices. They'll use the term Open Source, but as we all know that's comparing two different things.

TLDR -- it's all well and good to step up and say I vote FOSS, but we really vote with our wallets. Ask rms what phone, TV, car, etc. etc. he's using. Last I checked there wasn't a car in America (sorry I'm not familiar with other supply chains) that is 'FOSS'. On the other hand, maybe we draw the line and say it's 'good enough' to use a personal computer that is 100% FOSS and forget about the dozen other devices. Not trying to be a jerk, just food for thought as I follow the conversations here..
g000h Mar 1, 2017
It seems barely any difference in price to the regular GTX 1080.

GTX 1080 in USA ~ $600
GTX 1080 ti in USA ~ $700

I would have expected it to be $900. Just sayin'


Last edited by g000h on 1 March 2017 at 6:02 pm UTC
cRaZy-bisCuiT Mar 1, 2017
Actually the 1080 will drop in price if the 1080ti succeeds and if Vega is competitive.
Philadelphus Mar 1, 2017
Quoting: g000hIt seems barely any difference in price to the regular GTX 1080.

GTX 1080 in USA ~ $600
GTX 1080 ti in USA ~ $700

I would have expected it to be $900. Just sayin'
$100 dollars is a pretty big difference in price, in absolute terms. ;) Even in relative terms it's ~16% more expensive.
wolfyrion Mar 1, 2017
I have a PS4 and I can say I am not that happy at all, however I am enjoying the games that are ONLY for PS4 (no regrets)

I had a GTX 980 and I used to play Rocket League at 2560x1440 and now I am playing rocket league at 1920x1080 and is worst than PC especially the PS4 controller has delays and the game is pretty much unplayable.
I think that games that are ported from PC to PS4 are not that good compared to PC.

I totally prefer playing games on my PC with 4k resolution and invest on good hardware than playing on PS4.

For me that GTX 1080Ti is instant buy :)
JudasIscariot Mar 1, 2017
The usurious VAT we have in my country will make sure that card costs more than $699 :P
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