Nvidia’s new Turing GPUs are lastly a factor that exists, however up to now the one particulars we all know pertain to their skilled Quadro RTX models: the Quadro RTX 5000, Quadro RTX 6000 and Quadro RTX 8000. What will Nvidia’s GeForce equivalents be like, and what is going to they even be known as?
All will (hopefully) be revealed this night at Nvidia’s huge Gamescom extravaganza, however judging by Nvidia’s newest teaser video for the occasion, we’d have already got some solutions. Whatever occurs, although, the alleged GTX 1180, GTX 2080 and even RTX 2080 will virtually actually blow right this moment’s best graphics cards clear out of the water, so to assist put together you for what’s to come back, right here’s every little thing we all know up to now.
Nvidia Turing: GTX 1180, GTX 2080 or RTX 2080?
Hold on a second, I hear you cry. Wasn’t Volta meant to be Nvidia’s subsequent GPU structure? Yes. For a very long time, it seemed as if Volta would certainly be the successor to Nvidia’s client line-up of 10-series Pascal playing cards, however alas it was to not be. Instead, we’ve now received one thing even higher: Turing. And from the seems to be of issues, it could seem Nvidia’s additionally going to be dropping their basic GTX moniker in favour of the brand new RTX deal with emblazoned on their recently-unveiled Quadro playing cards.
If you are taking a cautious take a look at Nvidia’s recently-released teaser video for his or her GeForce Gaming Celebration occasion taking place this night, you’ll discover a number of sneaky glimpses at what’s to come back. Observe:
It all begins pretty innocuously with somebody busting a brand new graphics card out of its field and a chap constructing a elaborate PC, however then a bunch of individuals with suspicious person names begin making preparations for his or her night gaming session.
You’re fooling nobody, Mr RoyTeX…
RoyTeX? More like RTX, amirite? Indeed, Sir RoyTeX makes a few appearances in Nvidia’s teaser video, chatting to the likes of Not_11, who says, and I quote, “Gimme 20”.
I see you, Not_11, I SEE YOU
The numbers, in case you haven’t guessed already, are virtually actually cheeky hints pointing in direction of Nvidia’s new mannequin names, suggesting one thing alongside the traces of the RTX 2070, quite than the GTX 1170, or certainly GTX 2070.
The 20-series identify is additional bolstered by different chat log person names that comply with, such because the under dialog between Ray, Xtreme and Zenith20…
Ray, whose surname is sort of actually Tracing, is seen right here chatting to Zenith20, the dwelling embodiment of a 20-series naming conference
…and this one between Mac-20 and Eight-Tee, the latter of which actually hammers house precisely what card we’ll be seeing this night, the RTX 2080.
Very intelligent, EIGHT TEE, I do know what you’re taking part in at…
I do know it will likely be unhappy to say goodbye to the methods of GTX, however personally I believe a 20-series of RTX playing cards makes an enormous quantity of sense. RTX creates a transparent distinction from the present GTX playing cards, and skipping to 20 as an alternative of carrying on with a brand new 11-series reinforces simply how rather more highly effective these are in comparison with the present 10-series.
If Nvidia are severe about giving us a motive to improve our graphics playing cards, an RTX 20-series can be simply the factor they should sign the generational leap Turing seems to be to be offering.
Nvidia Turing RTX 2080 specs
Based on what we now find out about Turing’s elementary structure, the brand new GeForce GTX Turing graphics playing cards will virtually actually utilise GDDR6 reminiscence. Precisely how a lot per card stays to be seen, nonetheless. Previous rumours obtained by fully unknown means over at Wccftech pegged it someplace within the considerably nebulous area of 8-16GB for the then-called GTX 1180, clocked at 16Gbps with a 256-bit interface, nevertheless it’s anybody’s guess whether or not that may truly show to be appropriate.
Either manner, GGDR6 reminiscence is considerably sooner than each the 8GB of GDDR5X reminiscence at the moment within the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 and the 8GB of HBM2 (2nd Gen High Bandwidth) reminiscence in AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 64. If it did show to be clocked at 16Gbps, for instance, that might give the alleged GTX 1180 / RTX 2080 an enormous reminiscence bandwidth of 512GB/s. For comparability, the present GTX 1080 solely gives 320GB/s.
Indeed, in a leaked picture (see under) of an Nvidia engineering pattern grabbed by the chaps over at VideoCardz, we will see 12 GDDR6 reminiscence modules round three sides of the at the moment vacant GPU spot. Admittedly, given the shortage of GPU on this picture, this explicit pattern card may theoretically be completely something, resembling one of many new Quadro RTX playing cards or one other of Nvidia’s new high-end enterprise playing cards for servers et al. It’s not essentially something to do with GeForce.
Is this a Turing GTX card, or one thing else fully?
Still, the presence of GDDR6 reminiscence is necessary, because it confirms this positively isn’t only a beefed up Pascal 10-series card. Why is GDDR6 reminiscence necessary? Well, Micron (whose identify is on the modules proven above) have said that not solely is GDDR6 is considerably sooner than the present GDDR5 commonplace, with the official spec for GDDR6 stating it will possibly ship a switch price of as much as 16 Gbit/s per pin versus GDDR5’s 5 Gbit/s, nevertheless it’s additionally extra power environment friendly than GDDR5, supplying you with massively elevated efficiency at a a lot decrease operating price.
Micron have additionally mentioned that their GDDR6 reminiscence “will be a core enabling technology of advanced GPU applications, including acceleration, 4K video and improved rendering, VR/AR and crypto-mining applications.” That final one may make you groan a bit – it was crypto-mining that drove up graphics card costs within the first place, in spite of everything – however one factor is obvious: GDDR6-equipped graphics playing cards will seemingly make mincemeat out of right this moment’s most demanding games, guaranteeing higher 4K efficiency at larger element settings.
We can even safely assume the GTX 1180 will characteristic the identical RT Cores (or ray tracing cores) as their upmarket Quadro cousins. Nvidia haven’t gone into element about precisely what number of RT Cores every Quadro has but, so it’s troublesome to guess what number of we’ll find yourself seeing in a GeForce card, however provided that real-time ray tracing (aka actually fancy lighting tech as seen on this quite beautiful Project Pica Pica demo from EA’s SEED division earlier this yr at GDC) is a key a part of what makes the Turing structure so particular, it could be weird within the excessive to chop them out of their GTX playing cards fully.
For reference, listed here are the specs of Nvidia’s new Turing Quadro RTX playing cards:
| Quadro RTX 5000 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Quadro RTX 8000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUDA Cores | 3702 | 4608 | 4608 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | 576 | 576 |
| GPU Memory | 16GB GDDR6 | 24GB GDDR6 | 48GB GDDR6 |
| RT Cores | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Until Nvidia announce the GTX variations correctly, although, it’s finest to take any alleged spec leaks with a pinch of salt.
Nvidia Turing RTX 2080 launch date
The launch date for Nvidia’s Turing household has been in a continuing state of flux ever for the reason that Turing hearsay mill whirred to life earlier this yr. At one level they’d been delayed until mid-June, earlier than being delayed again to the autumn on account of revised manufacturing schedules.
Then everybody received actually excited as a result of Nvidia was meant to be giving a chat at a convention this August about their ‘next mainstream GPU’. Even if Turing wasn’t launched at that time, no less than we’d get a number of particulars about what to anticipate. Then Nvidia mysteriously pulled out of the convention, claiming only a few days later at Computex that their subsequent GPUs have been going to be “a long time” sooner or later.
Now, although, it could seem “a long time” isn’t truly that lengthy in any respect, as a result of a) they introduced Turing ultimately week’s pc graphics and animation convention Siggraph in Vancouver, and b) in response to a leaked e mail between a retailer and Nvidia companion obtained by YouTuber Gamer Meld, Nvidia’s new graphics playing cards might be coming in month-long waves beginning on August 30:
- August 30: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1180
- September 30: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1170 and one thing known as the GTX 1180+
- October 30: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1160
The supposed existence of the GTX 1180+ is a very attention-grabbing improvement. Possibly analogous to Nvidia’s souped up ‘Ti’ variants, the concept of getting one in all these launched so quickly after the common GTX 1180 is extremely uncommon. Normally, there’s a major wait time earlier than Ti playing cards get launched, and this timeframe specifically sounds fishy, to say the least.
Then once more, this might all be a load of hogwash, as WccfTech are additionally claiming there might be three Turing playing cards all arriving in September. So who is aware of, principally.
What’s extra, given Nvidia’s Turing playing cards are virtually actually going to have RTX as an alternative of GTX within the title, this identify change just about debunks all of those supposed leaks. Indeed, the Quadro RTX 5000, Quadro RTX 6000 and Quadro RTX 8000 aren’t even on account of arrive till the someday between October and December, Nvidia have confirmed, so it’s extremely attainable we’ll have to attend even longer for his or her GeForce siblings, possibly even into the realms of early 2019.
Nvidia Turing RTX 2080 value
Given the ups and downs of graphics card prices just lately, it could be a idiot’s game to attempt to guess how a lot the Turing GTX playing cards are going to price with out ready for affirmation from Nvidia themselves. One factor we can make certain of, nonetheless, is that they’re positively not going to price as a lot as their Quadro RTX playing cards, which begin at an eye-watering $2300. Hopefully, Nvidia will knock no less than one zero off that determine for a few of Turing’s GeForce counterparts, nevertheless it’s actually anybody’s guess at this level.
The solely factor we will actually look to is how a lot the GTX 10-series price once they first launched. The GTX 1080, for instance, launched at $599, so we will in all probability anticipate the RTX 2080 to be someplace round that sort of ball park. Indeed, in a few of the leaked spec paperwork above, it was proposed the RTX 2080 may price $699. That’s in all probability a fairly smart guess, given the upper value of GDDR6 reminiscence, however we’ll have to attend and see if Nvidia reveal any concrete pricing info at Gamescom this night.
