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A representative for Gigabyte Technology has confirmed that the company plans to introduce its next-generation Nvdia GeForce GTX 880-based graphics cards this fall. The company even said that the boards will use custom coolers, which may mean that they will also be factory overclocked.
In an interview with a Chinese web-site a graphics marketing director at Gigabyte Technology said that the GeForce GTX 880 G1 Gaming graphics card would be released in late September, or early October, 2014. The timeframe was confirmed earlier by unofficial sources, hence, it is likely that it is correct.
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 880 graphics card is projected to feature improved design (it is unclear whether the card will rely on Gigabyte’s own printed-circuit board, or will feature a reference PCB along with some improvements) with a proprietary cooling system, LED lights, metal back-plate and so on. It is highly-likely that the graphics board will be factory overclocked and will be faster than competitors.
The fact that Nvidia will allow Gigabyte and other makers to pre-overclock the GeForce GTX 800-series graphics card means that the solutions will be positioned exactly as expected: as high-end gaming-class graphics boards. It looks like the GeForce GTX Titan-series products will remain Nvidia’s highest-performing graphics boards this year.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 800-series graphics cards will be based on the GM204 graphics processing unit, which belongs to the second-generation Maxwell family of GPUs. The GM204 is projected to be made using 28nm process technology.
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KitGuru Says: Since there are way too many confirmations about Nvidia’s plan to release three new GeForce GTX 800-series graphics cards this fall, it is highly probable that this will indeed happen. What we are not sure about is performance of the GeForce GTX 880 and how it compares to that of the GeForce GTX 780 and 780 Ti.
They’ve been way too quiet about Maxwell and it’s really bugged me, leading me to think they aren’t all that great as all the technology conferences they’ve jumped straight to talking about Pascal. The low power consumption will be a great feature that will save me having to buy ridiculously big power supplies and the integrated ARM CPU will also be awesome (I’ve never heard then make any big mentions of this. Are they still even doing it?)
But I don’t think it will be a massive improvement to the 700 series and with just a little over a years wait for Pascal we’ve just got to hope they too include low power consumption and the ARM CPU as well as the stacked DRAM and other stuff and just buy one of them instead
I been building rigs since the gtx4200 and the gtx6000 was a big jump then we had the 7000gtx not so much but the game changer was when they launch the gtx8000 series. Omg like night and day going from a gtx7900 to a 8800 .Those basters Also jack the price so high, then came out with an gtx8800ultra just to piss off the ones that bought an hot 8800gtx. Next year made a die shrink and made the 8800gt that was 90% of the shaders of the 8800gtx and it had less bandwidth, but that care keep up with the $600 6 mouth old card like 90% of the time when overclocked.
All i would like to say is wait, these cards could be beta cards test out Maxwell. It didn’t do so well on 20nm remember, I think the amount of ram will double when using dx12. If these cards have dx12 then go for it. Hell run 2 of them in Sli. If it’s a brother of the gtx750ti then dx11.2 forget it.. hold off tell XMas..
I don’t know what to think. I bought a GTX 780 Ti last week and I’m absolutely loving it. Should I feel like an idiot giving that the 880 is coming out soon? This stuff happens all the time with technology and I guess you never have the best thing for long, but still. Even though my card will continue to max everything… I dunno, I just feel a little silly.
Sudah keluar aja ini gtx 880, baru beli Gtx 780ti juga -.-
Unless you are running three monitors, a 2k+ Oculus Rift, or a 4K TV, there’s not much need to upgrade. You’ve got a good card that will serve you till Pascal or Volta.
There will always be something better down the road.
I’ve got a bad feeling that the 880 won’t be that much faster than the 780, if at all. It’s designed to be cheaper, as far as I’m aware.
Yeah I know there’s no reason to upgrade from what I have now – but if I had held off buying it for 2 months then I could have bought a GTX 880.
Thats the problem with graphics cards, always a new one coming out. That 780 Ti should last you 3-5 years though. easy.
A couple months after the 880 release, AMD will respond with their own offering. It will likely approximate NVIDIA’s performance at a lower cost. Then will come the improved PCB and cooler options, and 20nm Maxwell revision cards. The waiting game will never be over.
The best way to purchase a GPU is determine what your realistic usage requirements and just buy what you need to meet them. For 97% of the market, that means 760 – 780 range GPUs. For example, someone who spends 90%+ of their time in CS:GO according to their Steam profile, would be realistically fine with a GTX 760.
I’m one of the 1-3% of gamers that will require a SLI GTX 880 solution. I’m running my computer on a 4K TV, and wish to play Star Citizen modules at 60Hz, high quality settings, and a playable framerate. The GTX 880 will be the first option on the market capable of meeting all these needs.
Yeah, that’s a good way of looking at it. I’m still at 1080p and 60fps, with no plans to upgrade monitor any time soon, so the 780 Ti will last me a good few years.
If you can return it, then you can consider that if you want to make sure. Other than that, there’s really no need for you to worry because that’s still a very fast card that you have there.
nvidia or AMD won’t say much about their future product until they were very close to release date. in Pascal case they only reveal HPC related stuff. this pro customer is not the same as gamer. nvidia need to convince them early on even if the said product will only come out in two to three years later. stuff like NVLink while looks amazing it won’t be used for GeForce line up.
things like massive performance jump jumping from one generation to next is over. looking at the struggle that fab company to deal with current die shrink expect it become much worse in the future.
for me i’m not interested much about performance improvement over current 700 line up but i’m more interested with DX12 full spec. nvidia has mention that the driver overhead reduction is only one aspect of DX12. they said there will be new DX12 feature that will require new hardware.
naw man, that card you got will last a long time. tech will always be advancing, so don’t stress it. just enjoy them games on full blast dude!
Maybe Nvidia wants to be nice after raping everyone that bough the 7 series and the Titan’s…Or they realize that hey wow, yes our cards were $200 over priced!
I’ll buy the 880. And a year later the 980 will come out. Everyone’s rowing the same boat, Friend.
a 770 would have been enough for that so yep, you got a few years in that puppy.