Nvidia 11-series GPUs set for launching on Aug 20
SANTA CLARA, California: Nvidia will finally unveil its 11series graphics on Aug 20, one day before Gamescon 2018 in Cologne, Germany.
In an invitation posted overnight, the company promises, among other things, “hands- on demos of the hottest upcoming games” and “some spectacular surprises”.
The launch will reveal the GTX 1180, GTX 1170, GTX 1160 and GTX 1180+. First out of the door, according to an email to partners leaked last week, will be the GTX 1180, which will replace the popular GTX 1080. This will be available from Aug 30, while the GTX 1170 and GTX 1180+ will be available from Sept 30, and the GTX 1160 from Oct 30.
The cards are expected to be built on TSMC’s 12nm process and will come bearing the latest GDDR6 RAM. Rumours suggest, through, that Nvidia will also be releasing a GPU built to TSMC’s 7nm process before the end of the year. It’s not clear whether this will likely be the GTX 1180+ or a new product intended for the high-performance computing market.
Other rumours suggest that the GTX 1180 will weigh in at a price of US$ 999 ( RM4,036), which will be around about £ 910 in the UK, including 20
Other rumours suggest that the GTX 1180 will weigh in at a price of US$999 (RM4.036), which will be around about £910 in the UK, including 20 per cent value-added tax.
per cent value- added tax. They also include the suggestion that the cards will not feature DVI connectors, but will come with VirtualLink USB Type- C for attaching and running virtual reality headsets.
Nvidia and partners have also spent much of the year preparing cooling systems for the cards, including water cooling solutions.
News of the launch event comes a week after the leak of an email to partners warning them to shift overstock of current generation graphics cards ahead of new devices hitting the shops on Aug 30.
The overstock of currentgeneration cards is the reason why Nvidia held- off from launching the 11- series cards earlier in the year.