[RUMOR]New Generation of NVIDIA GPU to be called...

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I'm sure Nvidia will change the naming scheme for these new cards, they always do it when there's a change in the number of digits (they went from the 9800 GTX to the GTX 280). Besides, as OdinHades has pointed, these cards have 4K gaming in mind, and it will be hard to market it right with the 1080(p) name.

And if the card launches in May/June, it will have GDDR5 memory chips. The GDDR5X variant won't go into production until summer, so it will be impossible to use them when the card is rumored to launch. That said, nothing stops the board partners (Asus, Gigabyte, EVGA, MSI, etc) from launching variants of the card with that new memory once it becomes available.

And last, the 8-pin power connector ensures a total TPD of 225W max, although I don't think it will use that much power. Given that Pascal is expected to deliver 2xPerformance/Watt over current Maxwell cards, it should be a nice upgrade from what's now on the market.

Oh, and that article doesn't mention it, but the card will come with 8GB of VRAM compared to today's 4GB of the GTX980 and 6GB of the 980Ti.