Both graphics cards will bring a significant performance increase to the table, and sport unrivalled power efficiency.
The processing behemoth will be available in two models.
Similarly, the GTX 1070 cards will go on sale June 10 starting at $379.
There are several reasons to expect faster performance from the new cards.
Nvidia uses a new microarchitecture called Pascal in the GPUs (graphical processing units) for the cards.
Microarchitecture is the design of the processors electrical circuitry.
The GTX 1080 is faster than two GTX 980 cards running together using SLI technology.
The tinier size of the node is essential to making the card work harder while consuming less power.
Despite this speed boost, heat buildup is minimized.
Huang indicated this is the highest speed that any previous GPU has ever achieved with even liquid cooling.
The GTX 1080 can push out 9 Teraflops of single-precision graphics compute power and has 8GB of VRAM.
On other hand, the GTX 1070 is rated for 6.5 Teraflops and has 8GB of VRAM.
Nvidia also announced three new software features for the cards.
source: www.techworm.net
