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Thresher wrote:

Has there been any indication of a GTX 1080 TI part?

Hexus wrote:

So how has Nvidia managed to beat its best card from last year, handily so in many cases, when using about 30 per cent less board power and a die that is roughly half the size? The devil, as always, is in the details, and GTX 1080 combines a number of cutting-edge benefits to boost efficiency to levels not seen before in the high-end gaming space. If you only take away one morsel of information from the introductory pages, it should be that efficiency, rather than brute force, is what drives the GTX 1080.

(NINJA EDIT: made my comment more efficient. )

Deanjo wrote:

/waits impatiently for Phoronix's more comprehensive review.

derFunkenstein wrote:

Deanjo wrote:

/waits impatiently for Phoronix's more comprehensive review.

Yeah, like Phoronix got a card at DreamHack. You'll be waiting until well into June, I'm afraid.

derFunkenstein wrote:

If founders cards are available May 27 and Phoronix is planning to post a review "this month" then it'll hardly be in-depth, which is a shame.

EndlessWaves wrote:

Yeah, this confirms the announcement.

It's a really shame for us as consumers that the first launch of the new cards has so aggressively pushed performance over power use as it means the rest of the lines will have to follow.

EndlessWaves wrote:

Yeah, this confirms the announcement.

It's a really shame for us as consumers that the first launch of the new cards has so aggressively pushed performance over power use as it means the rest of the lines will have to follow.

EndlessWaves wrote:

Yeah, this confirms the announcement.

It's a really shame for us as consumers that the first launch of the new cards has so aggressively pushed performance over power use as it means the rest of the lines will have to follow.

I guess AMD might be able to use the Polaris/Vega and 400/Fury split to draw a distinction between mainstream cards and special purpose ones (VR etc.) and in that way break the trend but I suspect we're looking at the entire range just copying the power consumption of the previous generation instead of getting any lower.

whm1974 wrote:

So who is planning on buying one?

Deanjo wrote:

EndlessWaves wrote:

Yeah, this confirms the announcement.

It's a really shame for us as consumers that the first launch of the new cards has so aggressively pushed performance over power use as it means the rest of the lines will have to follow.

Power consumption isn't a concern for 99% of the people that purchase these cards, just like gas mileage isn't a concern with muscle cars.

chuckula wrote:

whm1974 wrote:

So who is planning on buying one?

This Guy! (although not the "founder's edition" version).

EndlessWaves wrote:

Yeah, this confirms the announcement.

It's a really shame for us as consumers that the first launch of the new cards has so aggressively pushed performance over power use as it means the rest of the lines will have to follow.

Krogoth wrote:

Deanjo wrote:

Power consumption isn't a concern for 99% of the people that purchase these cards, just like gas mileage isn't a concern with muscle cars.

It is more like 50-60% of the people aren't concerned with power consumption. The concern with power consumption has more to do with controlling noise levels then anything else. Less power consumption = slower RPM fans = less noise.

Krogoth wrote:

Less power consumption = slower RPM fans = less noise.

Deanjo wrote:

Krogoth wrote:

Less power consumption = slower RPM fans = less noise.

Not true, noise levels are more dependent on the cooling solution being used and not necessarily the power consumption. My old Geforce 4 4600 and GTX-275 for example are far louder than the Titan's for example despite being just a fraction of the power consumption.

Krogoth wrote:

Deanjo wrote:

Krogoth wrote:

Less power consumption = slower RPM fans = less noise.

Not true, noise levels are more dependent on the cooling solution being used and not necessarily the power consumption. My old Geforce 4 4600 and GTX-275 for example are far louder than the Titan's for example despite being just a fraction of the power consumption.

You still are going to have move that heat away in some shape and form. It is much easier to control noise levels and engineer near-silent HSF solutions if you don't have to move around a crap ton of heat.

Krogoth wrote:

Deanjo wrote:

Krogoth wrote:

Less power consumption = slower RPM fans = less noise.

Not true, noise levels are more dependent on the cooling solution being used and not necessarily the power consumption. My old Geforce 4 4600 and GTX-275 for example are far louder than the Titan's for example despite being just a fraction of the power consumption.

You still are going to have move that heat away in some shape and form. It is much easier to control noise levels and engineer near-silent HSF solutions if you don't have to move around a crap ton of heat.

DancinJack wrote:

chuckula wrote:

whm1974 wrote:

So who is planning on buying one?

This Guy! (although not the "founder's edition" version).

Me too, probably.