NVIDIA today reinvented computer graphics with the launch of the NVIDIA Turing GPU architecture. The greatest leap since the invention of the CUDA GPU in 2006, Turing features new RT Cores to accelerate ray tracing and new Tensor Cores for AI inferencing which, together for the first time, make real-time ray tracing possible.
Well it looks like we have official release dates for NVIDIA's next-generation graphics cards! A leaked e-mail correspondence between an NVIDIA AIC (add-in card) partner and a retailer has made its way to the web. This correspondence confirms launch dates of at least four 11-series GeForce GTX graphics cards. These include the GeForce GTX 1180, GeForce GTX 1170, and interestingly named GeForce GTX 1180+, and a mid-range GeForce GTX 1160.
You are paying an extra $160 for a sicker, yes a sticker! Two of the exact same graphics cards, made by the exact same manufacturer, in the exact same factory are priced $160 apart. The only difference between the two is that one has an AREZ stick on it and the other has an ROG sticker on it. This is all caused by NVIDIA's GeForce Partner Program.
ASRock recently shared some slides which detail their overall graphics card strategy up to February 2019. Looking at the roadmap we can gather some information from it. The first is that there are no new AMD cards listed here. While many might say ASRock wouldn't share information on unannounced AMD graphics cards, according to this slide they are not planning for any new AMD cards until at least February 2019.
DigiTimes is reporting that there will be a decrease in graphics card pricing for July. This decrease seems to be a way for suppliers to reduce inventory of stockpiled graphics cards that were expected to be sold in continued demand from cryptocurrency miners and gamers. DigiTimes, citing "sources from the upstream supply chain" says that we can expect a 20% price drop for graphics cards. Also semiconductor manufacturer TSMC and its partners are expecting revenue estimates to be lower than previously-projected values, as demand for graphics and ASIC chips is further reduced.
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.
According to reports NVIDIA has briefed its all-in-card (AIC) partners about its upcoming GeForce product family, which is codenamed "Turing" and will either be called the GeForce 11-series, or GeForce 20-series.
MSI is showing off some of their new MECH 2 graphics cards at Computex 2018. The MECH 2 line was created when the whole NVIDIA GeForce Partner Program debacle happened. Unlike ASUS who dumped their AMD-only brand AREZ, it looks like MSI is sticking with theirs.
Gamers and enthusiasts have been waiting for NVIDIA's next generation graphics cards. Well it looks like we might have a little bit of information on when NVIDIA will launch these graphics cards.
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.
