zarx on 08 September 2014
| JEMC said: ^Another interesting question is, yes, the 980 is faster (at least 19% faster) than the 780, but almost on par with the 780Ti, so how will Nvidia market it? They can't put it as the 780Ti successor as there's (at least in that benchmark) a negligible improvement in performance, right? But if they market it (and price it) as the 780 successor, they will find themselves with no market for the 780Ti or even the Titan Black among gamers. |
I don't think they need a replacement for those cards at the moment. They are not that old yet and without a new manufacturing process getting a card that is a significant enough upgrade to spur people into upgrading would need an insanely massive die and would have nightmarishly low yeilds. They have the Titan Z for insane people anyway. This refresh will be more targeted at the mid to high market segment, the fact that Maxwell was lead with a lower mid part and is focused on effeciency is pretty telling IMO.
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