MSI shared some critical info with me yesterday at CES. Turns out the 1080 Ti does exist. I've added some details regarding the conversation to my coverage of the NVidia Keynote:
http://techbuyersguru.com/ces-2017-nvidia-keynote
What ever happen to GT1040 GP108?
1040: 512 SPs, 16 ROPs, 64-bit - also based on GP107
1030 and 1020: GM107 instead of GP108 (latter could be mobile only)
Just a heads up for those looking for cheaper Pascal gaming notebooks. Dell has their Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming with GTX 1050 for $799, and the GTX 1050 Ti model costs $899.
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-15-7567-laptop
The real juicy information comes from what was said in the video at around 3:40: “This is Gigabyte’s new Aorus GPU, which is based upon Gigabyte Xtreme design but incorporates a few minor cosmetic changes. Now I say new because the actual graphics core here is so new that we can’t even tell you what it is. Let’s just say it will be launching from Nvidia very soon. And the positioning of Aorus as a premium high-end brand matches perfectly with this core’s target market”.
I was looking forward to this model too, but then I discovered Dell switched to using TN 1080p panels from the IPS 1080p panels they used in the previous-gen. Not like good TN displays you can get in desktop monitors or in certain older laptops, very poor quality TN 1080p displays judging by reports of the 7566. The kind where the viewing angles are so narrow black already starts to fade to gray towards the upper/lower halves even when you're looking at them straight on.
Looking forward to the Acer VX 15 which is supposed to use this same GPU but use IPS 1080p displays.
Does the 1080ti release increase the likelihood of an unlocked Titan XP bios?
Its reference 980Ti at 1Ghz.1070 is slower vs aftermarket 980TI(if both cards are aftermarket)
Have one interesting bit of info to share with you guys. It has been leaked @ Baidu forums that the Volta based GV104 gaming GPU delivers (or is expected to deliver) 13.5 TFLOPs single precision. To give you some perspective, GP104 (GTX 1080) does 8.9 TFLOPs and GP102 (Titan X Pascal) 11 TFLOPs.