NVIDIA Pascal Thread

[Silverforce11]

Basically saying that maxwell sucks for vr

It actually does. NV have been telling people that since Maxwell's launch on their official blog. But people don't read it or ignore it. NV claims Maxwell cannot achieve the optimal VR experience of sub 20ms motion to photon latency. I did not make this up, this is official stuff from NVIDIA.

Pascal can (fine-grained preemption for functional async timewarp!), so it's massively better for the VR experience.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Here's the analysis of data we have.

Ref card paper boost clock is 1733mhz. Claim observed boost clocks in 3dMark, 1860mhz.

~25% above 980Ti.

55% clock speed advantage vs reference 980Ti that boost to 1.2ghz.

10% less CC.

Think about a 980Ti at 1.5ghz, it will equal a 1080 @ 1860. The 1080 has a real 12% OC headroom based on this presentation.

Overall "IPC" or clock for clock per CC, performance regressed a lot. This I feel is indicative of their uarch evolved to handle graphics <-> compute switch instantly like GCN. Also it supports fine-grained preemption like GCN. There's a regression for adding these features, but in games that use it (heavy compute or VR), Pascal will fly. In many ways, it's much more future-proof.

I really want to see how this handles Quantum Break. I hope the initial flood of gaming benchmarks tests it.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Hes definitely losing his job haha

 

[tviceman]

Notice that they're comparing it to the GTX 980. That's a pretty good indicator that it would be priced at $549. They're trying to get GTX 980 guys to upgrade.

I'll still be shocked if its $549. I still think it'll be $599.

 

[utahraptor]

Hes definitely losing his job haha

What happened? Not watching

 

[topmounter]

Basically saying that maxwell sucks for vr

Did they say whether the new VRworks stuff would support Maxwell? Or Pascal only?

 

[Arachnotronic]

So what if IPC regressed, it appears to be well worth it to trade it for higher clocks since it practically guarantees linear scaling ...

Some people just want to crap all over the new NVIDIA hardware. They are free to do so, while 1080 buyers actually enjoy games

 

[swilli89]

$599 according to WCCF http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-launch/

So nVidia has increased performance 15% at the $600 price point, however remember you could find 980ti's for $560 so we aren't seeing much of an improvement here at all. Pretty low strategy if they hold out on the 1070...

 

[Head1985]

Basically saying that maxwell sucks for vr

It should be 50% faster than TITANX in some games.Remember TITANX is only 25% faster than GTX980.Its around 75% faster in tomb raider and 50-60% faster in witcher3 vs GTX980.

 

[IEC]

Some people just want to crap all over the new NVIDIA hardware. They are free to do so, while 1080 buyers actually enjoy games

Pressing F5 furiously to see in-stock anywhere...

Oh wait, not out to retailers yet -_-

 

[parvadomus]

With this, expect AMD rising Polaris 10 clocks speeds to the sky
The question is how much will it clock.

 

[happy medium]

he just said 2x faster than a Titan X and 3x as efficient.

 

[Cookie Monster]

7.2 billion transistors, over 2GHZ overclocking, 2x Maxwell efficency

 

[Cookie Monster]

he just said 2x faster than a Titan X and 3x as efficient.

In VR gaming

 

[happy medium]

599
$!

 

[Hitman928]

the shroud looks better on the card as he's holding it, still like the old design much better.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

May 27th, $599

 

[Silverforce11]

Did they say whether the new VRworks stuff would support Maxwell? Or Pascal only?

The new Pascal uarch makes it the only one from NV that can handle graphics & compute workloads (which VR needs) without tanking performance, so it's safe to say the new VRWorks is Pascal only.

All those Maxwell "VR Ready" systems that people bought... lol, UPGRADE TIME!

I have to give it to JHH & NV, they know how to bank it big time.

 

[antihelten]

he just said 2x faster than a Titan X and 3x as efficient.

That would indicate that a 1080 has a TDP of 165-170W and in game usage of about 150W.

 

[Hitman928]

$599
May 27th

 

[swilli89]

he just said 2x faster than a Titan X and 3x as efficient.

Uh in VR games where they have employed a specialized effect that the Titan X can't do..

Man the people shrieking at $599 "I CAN AFFORD THAT". Ugh so cringey~!

 

[tviceman]

I'll still be shocked if its $549. I still think it'll be $599.

And it's $599.

 

[Head1985]

599USD overpriced

 

[happy medium]

may 27th release!

 

[Cookie Monster]

1070 looks like the bigger threat to AMD.