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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070: Faster and much cheaper than a Titan X

Philipp Rüegg
9.5.2016
Translation: Jessica Johnson-Ferguson

Nvidia has finally unveiled the new generation of graphics cards. The predictions have materialised. Both the GTX 1080 and its cheaper counterpart, the GTX 1070, are a performance quantum leap that would make Evel Knievel dizzy.

Faster than two GTX-980 graphics cards in SLI mode!!! That’s the promise Nvidia has made regarding the brand-new GTX 1080. And it’s available at the same price as the GTX 980 TI card. A killer deal. The eagerly awaited new Pascal graphics cards are every gamer’s wet dream come true. But let’s talk numbers first:

Killer peformance at a fair price

This leap in performance was made possible thanks to new the 16nm FinFET chip technology that’s even more energy efficient in comparison to 28nm planar transistors. The GTX 980 is the most energy efficient card to date and requires 165 W. Although the GTX 1080 needs a bit more juice at 180 W, it is also more powerful and is content with a single 8-pin power supply. That’s a sigh of relief for my cable clutter.

Release expected end May

The GTX 1080 is equipped with 8 GB GDDR5X clocked at 10 GHz (the 1070 makes do with GDDR5 RAM). In comparison: The RAM for the 970 and 980 are clocked at 7 GHz. That’s what I call thinking big! I will have to see for myself if these new Pascal cards are the miracle devices they’re made out to be and if I should send my two GTX 980ies packing.

The GTX 1080 should already be out at the end of May and the GTX 1070 in June. So there’s not much time to save money but it’s pay day soon!

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As a child, I wasn't allowed to have any consoles. It was only with the arrival of the family's 486 PC that the magical world of gaming opened up to me. Today, I'm overcompensating accordingly. Only a lack of time and money prevents me from trying out every game there is and decorating my shelf with rare retro consoles. 

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