It looks like we will soon be looking at a new variant of the GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card with a slightly different memory design. According to the latest report from Videocardz, an NVIDIA board partner has leaked out their own upcoming GTX 1070 model which supports GDDR5X memory.
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This was going to happen eventually as NVIDIA board partners were shipping GeForce GTX 1060 models with GDDR5X memory for a while now. The GeForce GTX 1070 was the only GP104 which was still using the GDDR5 memory but that isn’t the case anymore.
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ZOTAC leaked out their GeForce GTX 1070 AMP! edition graphics card which features 8 GB GDDR5X memory. Now the main change is that the while the GeForce GTX 1070 AMP! with GDDR5X runs at the stock 8 Gbps speeds, GDDR5X is known for great overclocking capabilities and users can tune it to run at higher clock speeds compared to GDDR5 without much effort needed.
Other specifications for the card include the same 1920 CUDA Cores and clocks maintained at 1607 MHz base and 1797 MHz boost. The card is powered by dual 8-pin connectors and has a suggested board power of 250W. Pricing is not yet detailed but the card would be launching.
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Now the main reason to why NVIDIA and their partners are doing this. First of all, we are aware of the excess inventory of Pascal GPUs that NVIDIA and their partners hold. These are mainly GP104 and GP106 GPUs and the only way of reducing this inventory is by making products a lot more appealing to the masses.
NVIDIA GeForce 10 Pascal Family
Graphics Card Name
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA Titan X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA Titan Xp
Graphics Core
GP107
GP107
GP107
GP106 / GP104
GP106
GP106 / GP104
GP104
GP104
GP104
GP102
GP102
GP102
Process Node
14nm FinFET
14nm FinFET
14nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
16nm FinFET
Die Size
132mm2
132mm2
132mm2
200mm2
200mm2
200mm2
314mm2
314mm2
314mm2
471mm2
471mm2
471mm2
Transistors
3.3 Billion
3.3 Billion
3.3 Billion
4.4 Billion
4.4 Billion
4.4 Billion
7.2 Billion
7.2 Billion
7.2 Billion
12 Billion
12 Billion
12 Billion
CUDA Cores
640 CUDA Cores
768 CUDA Cores
768 CUDA Cores
1152 CUDA Cores
1280 CUDA Cores
1280 CUDA Cores
1920 CUDA Cores
2432 CUDA Cores
2560 CUDA Cores
3584 CUDA Cores
3584 CUDA Cores
3840 CUDA Cores
Base Clock
1354 MHz
1392 MHz
1290 MHz
1506 MHz
1506 MHz
1506 MHz
1506 MHz
1607 MHz
1607 MHz
1417 MHz
1480 MHz
1480 MHz
Boost Clock
1455 MHz
1518 MHz
1392 MHz
1708 MHz
1708 MHz
1708 MHz
1683 MHz
1683 MHz
1733 MHz
1530 MHz
1583 MHz
1582
FP32 Compute
1.8 TFLOPs
2,3 TFLOPs
2.1 TFLOPs
4.0 TFLOPs
4.4 TFLOPs
4.4 TFLOPs
6.5 TFLOPs
8.1 TFLOPs
9.0 TFLOPs
11 TFLOPs
11.5 TFLOPs
12.5 TFLOPs
VRAM
2 GB GDDR5
3 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
3 GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5/X
8 GB GDDR5/X
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB GDDR5X
12 GB GDDR5X
11 GB GDDR5X
12 GB GDDR5X
Memory Speed
7 Gbps
7 Gbps
7 Gbps
8 Gbps
8 Gbps
9 Gbps / 10 Gbps
8 Gbps
8 Gbps
11 Gbps
10 Gbps
11 Gbps
11.4 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth
112 GB/s
84 GB/s
112 GB/s
192 GB/s
160 GB/s
224 GB/s / 240 GB/s
256 GB/s
256 GB/s
352 GB/s
480 GB/s
484 GB/s
547 GB/s
Bus Interface
128-bit bus
96-bit bus
128-bit bus
192-bit bus
160-bit bus
192-bit bus
256-bit bus
256-bit bus
256-bit bus
384-bit bus
352-bit bus
384-bit bus
Power Connector
None
None
None
Single 6-Pin Power
Single 6-Pin Power
Single 6-Pin Power
Single 8-Pin Power
Single 8-Pin Power
Single 8-Pin Power
8+6 Pin Power
8+6 Pin Power
8+6 Pin Power
TDP
75W
75W
75W
120W
120W
120W
150W
180W
180W
250W
250W
250W
Display Outputs
1x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
1x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
1x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x DVI
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
3x Display Port 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
Launch Date
October 2016
May 2018
October 2016
September 2016
August 2018
July 2016
June 2016
October 2017
May 2016
August 2016
March 2017
April 2017
Launch Price
$109 US
$119 US-$129 US
$139 US
$199 US
TBD
$249 US
$349 US
$449 US
$499 US
$1200 US
$699 US
$1200 US
Now NVIDIA doesn’t have a solution under the $500 US bracket with their new GeForce RTX 20 series lineup but they do have Pascal which doesn’t cost as much. We can see the GTX 1070 with GDDR5X selling well if it’s priced around the $300 US bracket as the card can still perform really great at 1080p and 1440p with decent quality.
Obviously, the faster NVIDIA gets rid of their excess mid-range GP104 inventory, the sooner we will see more budget options under the RTX brand which replace the GeForce GTX 1060 and GeForce GTX 1070 for around the same prices and feature the new GDDR6 memory interface.
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