NVIDIA has recently unveiled their new GTX 1080 and the cheaper but slightly slower GTX 1070 which would be perfect for those who want to build a killer gaming rig with on a budget.
The GTX 1080 was claimed to be faster and cheaper than the current GTX Titan line. What makes the GTX 1070 a good choice is its price to performance ratio.
Currently, the GTX Titan costs about $999. NVIDIA claims that the $379 GTX 1070 has roughly the same performance for more than half the price.
Of course, the cheaper video card will be slower than the GTX 1080 but not by a large leap. The CUDA cores are reduced to 1920 from 2560 and the texture units are also down from 160 to 120.
However, the core clock has a small difference from 1607MHz to 1506MHz. The GTX 1080's memory clock is still faster at 10Gbps GDDR5X compared to the GTX 1070 which has 8Gbps GDDR5, The Verge reported.
For some, the decline in the specs figures could be a turn off. It is worth noting that the 1080 is designed for virtual reality headsets and 4K gaming.
NVIDIA's GTX 1070 should be more than enough for gamers who have 1920 x 1080 screens. They will be able to run most 1080p games at Ultra settings with stable framerates.
The GTX 1080 costs $599 for the base model, but people are expecting the third-party GPU variants to be cheaper once all have been released. In fact, there are already designs and leaks popping out from the Internet.
Inno3D has teased fans by showing off a GTX 1080 with an iChill series air cooler design which is expected to cool off the graphics card better than NVIDIA's stock. The design features four fans in total with three at 92mm and one at 50mm in size, WCCFTech has learned.
The iChill cooling solution from Inno3D features their proprietary Active Power Cooling System which involves cooling almost everything on the card. The GPU would also include GPU loading indicators to tell the user if it is under load, low power or idle.
NVIDIA will be releasing the GTX 1080 on May 27 while the cheaper GTX 1070 will be launched on June 10. Founders Edition or the premium reference cards will cost $699 and $449, respectively.