GTX 1080 unveiled; 9 teraflops

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New info about the GTX 1080

The Geforce GTX 1080 Graphics Card Can Do Asynchronous Compute

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1080-asynchronous-compute/#ixzz4858gdBA3

The Async Compute problem is probably one of the most controversial issues surrounding the older generation of Geforce graphics cards from Nvidia. Something very interesting, however, is present in the press release that they sent out to, well, the press. According to the official statement, the GTX 1080 is fully capable of performing Async Compute. If this turns out to be true, then this will give negate a major edge that Radeon graphics cards from AMD have enjoyed this past year.

If you read the press release, it is mentioned in the Five Marvels of Pascal

• Superb Craftsmanship. Increases in bandwidth and power efficiency allow the GTX 1080 to run at clock speeds never before possible -- over 1700 MHz -- while consuming only 180 watts of power. New asynchronous compute advances improve efficiency and gaming performance. And new GPU Boost™ 3 technology supports advanced overclocking functionality.

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 reviews out on May 17th

http://videocardz.com/59695/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-reviews-on-may-17th

Even though official ‘hard launch’ is set to May 27th, NVIDIA decided to let reviewers release their benchmarks sooner. Of course it is no secret that some reviewers already have their samples. Unfortunately not all information related to Pascal architecture was released at launch, so we are still waiting for confirmation about TMUs, ROPs and other GP104 specific data.

According to tweet that has since then been removed by the author, NVIDIA will lift NDA for reviews on May 17th:

FYI: Embargo for all the PASCAL info we’re getting today and @nvidia GTX 1080 reviews is May 17th

NVIDIA has been very generous during Editors day. Attendees received two cards for SLI reviews, so I’m confident there won’t be any problem finding reviews before official launch date.