Maxsun is not very well known here is the west, but they are on official NVIDIA all-in-board (AIB) partner out of China. Being an AIB partner they do having information on all of the details on NVIDIA's next-gen products. With that they have showcased their "next generation" card at the ChinaJoy Expo.
A photo of an NVIDIA prototype graphics card was posted on Reddit by user "dustinbrooks" who said it was "tested by a buddy of his that works for a company that tests NVIDIA boards". For those skeptics out there the card is clearly made by NVIDIA as indicated by the markings near the PCI-Express x16 slot connector. We can also see three 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors and a huge VRM with four cooling fans.
A new report from DigiTimes sites an interview of Power Logic chairman Hsu Wen-Feng. Power Logic is a top-tier manufacturer of the cooling fans you find on many graphics cards. Feng has stated that his company expects cooling fan sales to go through the roof starting in Q3 2018 because of next-generation GPUs launching around that time.
In this episode of our weekly tech podcast we talk about our 3 reviews this week, some controversy at Computex, AMD vs Intel, E3 2018, and more!
I'm sure many of you read our report yesterday on how NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang when asked about a Volta-based GeForce Card said “It’ll be a long time from now”. Obviously for all of us gamers out there that was a little disappointing. Well a new report coming from Anthony Garreffa of TweakTown is saying that we will see a next-generation GeForce GTX 1180 launching on July 30th!
Another editor asked for a small hint and Huang answered, "Do not worry, I will invite you", followed by "It'll be a long time from now". Now this question was specific on Volta so it does not count out a Pascal refresh, but it you were looking for a GeForce announcement at Computex it is likely not happening.
It looks like we will get information on NVIDIA’s next generation mainstream GPU at the Hot Chips Symposium which takes place August 19-21. If you look at the program details it lists a talk by NVIDIA’s Stuart Oberman, titled “NVIDIA’s Next Generation Mainstream GPU” to be held on August 20th.
The upcoming GeForce GTX graphics cards coming from NVIDIA based on the "Volta" architecture could indeed feature GDDR6 memory. This is according to a supply deal that NVIDIA has stuck with SK Hynix. This deal caused SK Hynix's stock price to surge 6%.
Late Friday NVIDIA announced that it would be ending its GeForce Partner Program (GPP). The program was said to help gamers make the best choice when it came to their graphics card, but basically was a revision of the terms of the sale of NVIDIA graphics processors to AIC (add in card) partners.
It has been reported that NVIDIA will likely not be announcing or unveiling any new graphics cards at this years' Game Developer Conference (GDC) or their own GPU Technology Conference (GTC). Even though there have been multiple reports pointing towards NVIDIA announcing something this month it is not likely to happen. So for all of those expecting the next line of GeForce gaming card you are going to be disappointed.
