http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/rumor-nvidia-ampere-might-launch-as-geforce-gtx-2070-and-2080-on-april-12th.html

I like that, a "spicy rumor" ... my info definitely suggested a GV not a GA ... I wouldn't understand why nvidia would shift to 2xxx series if Ampere is just a Pascal refresh with DDR6 ... that seems more like a 1xxx type of GPU that would not warrant the start of a 2xxx series.

Either way, dates are not too far away ... couple months.

Cheers, Rob.

2 hours ago, Rob Ainscough said:

Either way, dates are not too far away ... couple months.

Glad to see NVidia is pumping these new cards out as fast as they can.  There's such a long delay between releases and I always get bored when using the same card more than 2 or 3 months in a row... (tongue-in-cheek)  I suspect NVidia doesn't want anyone to forget their name!

Based on rumors it not likely you will see the high end cards till near the end of the year, but rumors will become hard facts in a couple of months.

I read on tweaktown that there is only an expectation of around 10-30% performance gain....not 132% maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

Either way, I wonder how much I can get for a 1080ti....

Edited February 11, 20188 yr by ahsmatt7
Found my source of info

Right now you would get a good price for a 1080ti however by the time the replacement card is released near the end of the year, if the bit coin bubble has burst before hand peanuts!. 

20 hours ago, ahsmatt7 said:

I read on tweaktown that there is only an expectation of around 10-30% performance gain....not 132% maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

I've also read a 20-30% improvement. 132% would be well over double the performance of existing cards which sounds highly unlikely.

It all depends on the wording and context. A 30% increase is the same as 130% of a current value.

Ted

There's no way they would double the power in one refresh. Makes no sense from economical standpoint.

20 hours ago, Ted Striker said:

It all depends on the wording and context. A 30% increase is the same as 130% of a current value.

Ted

http://percentages.calculators.ro/22-number-increased-with-percentage-of-its-value.php?number=100&percentage_increase=130&new_value=276

A name from the past (code breaker)

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/new-nvidia-gpu-is-named-at-reuterscalled-turing.html

nVidia has suddenly become the master at fooling outsiders as to release dates and specs. In the past, by now, someone in the Far East would have gotten their hands on an engineering sample of the next gen card.  Bitcoin mining must be so lucrative for both miners and nVIdia that they've kept this series under wraps. We don't even know yet if it's called Volta, Turing or Ampere. Or maybe all three.

It's just a name ... but good to see another release date suggesting March.  Even if the new GPU is only 25-30% better than my current TitanXP, that's enough for me to dump the TitanXP and go with the latest and greatest with go faster stripes.  I think the HBM2 or more likely HBM3 variants will eventually make it late this year but it seems DDR6 is "good enough" for now.

Cheers, Rob.

On ‎02‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 9:15 AM, rjfry said:

Based on rumors it not likely you will see the high end cards till near the end of the year, but rumors will become hard facts in a couple of months.

Those cards are only for BitMiners, some of us lucky gamers might get one at the 200% markup once supply has dwindled.

A new and worrying trend for the user.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43085055