Nvidia GTX 980Ti to have 6GB of Memory

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It looks like Nvidia's upcoming GTX 980Ti will have 6GB of Memory, but how far will the Titan X be cut down?

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You can read more on the GTX 980Ti with 6GB of VRAM here.
 
I heard it was going to be called 980 Metal.

Either way I don't think we'll be seeing it until AMD show their hand.
 
Either way I don't think we'll be seeing it until AMD show their hand.

This.

If NVidia had the choice they would sell the new card with as many shaders disabled as possible so they can shift the maximum number of chips that did not make the grade for the Titan X. If the 390X is a very fast card NVidia will not be able to sell cards with a lot of shaders disabled.

If the new card has all the shaders enabled I think NVidia should call it the "Titan Lite" as it will come with 6gb instead of 12gb of VRAM.:)
 
This.

If NVidia had the choice they would sell the new card with as many shaders disabled as possible so they can shift the maximum number of chips that did not make the grade for the Titan X. If the 390X is a very fast card NVidia will not be able to sell cards with a lot of shaders disabled.

If the new card has all the shaders enabled I think NVidia should call it the "Titan Lite" as it will come with 6gb instead of 12gb of VRAM.:)

The card is already being produced.. i guarentee that. It's not just a case of them all of a sudden not lasering the chips and then within a month start selling them. Takes years to design/produce and then months to ship a consumer product. So in the end they will sell it either way.. and Nvidia fanboys will still buy it even if it is the same price as a 390x despite it being slower(based off rumors).

Then AMD will stumble and fall people will blame eachother despite the fact nearly everyone is running Nvidia... That's how i'm viewing the future for AMD this year if this 390x is not a super star.
 
The card is already being produced.. i guarentee that. It's not just a case of them all of a sudden not lasering the chips and then within a month start selling them. Takes years to design/produce and then months to ship a consumer product. So in the end they will sell it either way.. and Nvidia fanboys will still buy it even if it is the same price as a 390x despite it being slower(based off rumors).

Then AMD will stumble and fall people will blame eachother despite the fact nearly everyone is running Nvidia... That's how i'm viewing the future for AMD this year if this 390x is not a super star.

Deciding how many shaders to have enabled can be done very quickly as it does not change the basic design of the card.

R9 290P and 290X spring to mind here.
 
The GTX 980Ti will have a stock cooler with the same design as the Titan X

Does this mean just the blower style cooler or the black matt as well?, or will they just use the old titanium blower style cooler design for the 980Ti?...

So the 980Ti name is confirmed then?...
 
nVidia are going to have to do more than just halve the RAM to distinguish the 980Ti, otherwise it will make the Titan X a rather pointless SKU.

My guess is the 980Ti will have the 6GB RAM but ship with 2560 CUDA cores, 160 TMUs and 80 ROPs - essentially Titan X silicon that didn't quite make the cut. I am guessing they will also boost the core clock to sit around 1200 MHz seeing that it's a nerfed GM200 but still has that 250W TDP headroom. Another tweak that nVidia will definitely change is the power delivery, since the Titan X is using molded inductors and 6+2 phase VRM. A 5+1 phase 980Ti could be the compromise.
 
nVidia are going to have to do more than just halve the RAM to distinguish the 980Ti, otherwise it will make the Titan X a rather pointless SKU.

My guess is the 980Ti will have the 6GB RAM but ship with 2560 CUDA cores, 160 TMUs and 80 ROPs - essentially Titan X silicon that didn't quite make the cut. I am guessing they will also boost the core clock to sit around 1200 MHz seeing that it's a nerfed GM200 but still has that 250W TDP headroom. Another tweak that nVidia will definitely change is the power delivery, since the Titan X is using molded inductors and 6+2 phase VRM. A 5+1 phase 980Ti could be the compromise.

The Titan X is a rather pointless SKU unless you want to use them for high resolution work.

At the moment they happen to be the fastest thing @1080p as well but this will change in the next few months when the 390X or other GM200 cards arrive.
 
Its just like the processors now you'll get a 10 to 15 percent increase that wont matter to anyone who doesn't bench, I mean really what is 10 to 15 percent over the other cards in real life 5 to 10 fps at best, extra vram will be nice but that's about it :) since the chip size is shrinking getting descent oc's due to heat may be an issue
 
This.

If NVidia had the choice they would sell the new card with as many shaders disabled as possible so they can shift the maximum number of chips that did not make the grade for the Titan X. If the 390X is a very fast card NVidia will not be able to sell cards with a lot of shaders disabled.

If the new card has all the shaders enabled I think NVidia should call it the "Titan Lite" as it will come with 6gb instead of 12gb of VRAM.:)

It will probably be indentical to the TX albeit with 6GB less memory.

It's the 780 Ti/Titan Black all over again.
 
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