YIBADA

AMD Radeon RX 490 vs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: Which graphics card is worth waiting for?

| Oct 12, 2016 09:46 AM EDT

NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti: Graphics card to have better performance than Titan X, powerful memory clock and more

There is indication that AMD will unveil its next GPU architecture, Vega 10, in Q1 2017. The company's upcoming GPU, the Radeon RX 490, will start of the new architecture powered by HBM2. However, a central concern is how the Radeon RX 49 will compare to NVIDIA's upcoming graphics card, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.   

It is surprising that although the Radeon RX 490 will be packed with a more powerful RAM, many analysts suggest that NVIDIA's graphics card under Pascal architecture referred to as GeForce GTX 1080 Ti will still be more powerful. Users are wondering how this will be possible when the GTX 1080 Ti will only be powered by GDDR5X.

Tech analysts believe that the upcoming GeForce GTX 1080 Ti will outshine AMD's Radeon RX 490 for one simple reason - it is tried and tested, according to iSports Times. It is still unknown how analysts have managed to try and to test the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti when the manufacturer has not yet released the graphics card in question.

With regard to the specifications of the upcoming GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, it can be concluded just like most tech analysts that the card closely resembles GeForce Titan X, apart from a few features. However, one aspect stands out the most - the pricing of GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is said to be almost the same as that of GeForce GTX 1080, according to a different report by the same publication. It can be likened to Titan X sold during Black Friday sale, almost half the price.

The memory size and bandwidth of both GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Radeon RX 490 is the only sure way to establish the difference between them. The latter has a memory size of at least 16 GB HBM2, which might be expanded up to 32 GB. Its bandwidth is at least 512 GB/s, but it can be stretched up to 1 TB/s.

On the other hand, GeForce GTX 1080 Ti features a memory size of 12GB GDDR5X and memory bandwidth of up to 480 GB/s. The specifications are similar to those of GeForce Titan X except for the difference in CUD Cores.

Users should make their own judgment on which GPU to go for. Here is footage for further information: 

Related News

Most Popular

EDITOR'S PICK