Leaked Specs Indicate Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti Is 50 Per Cent Faster Than Titan Black
Written by Jon Sutton on 26 September 2014 at 16:30

The first details have allegedly leaked on the GM200 GPU that may be powering the GeForce GTX 980 Ti or the GTX Titan X, from the very same source responsible for the original GeForce GTX 980 spec leak. Nvidia impressed the high-end PC gaming world immensely with the introduction of the GTX 900 series, offering top-end power for a great price. Now though Nvidia looks to be pushing things to the next level with the GM200, set to be its fastest chip yet.

The Nvidia ‘Big Daddy’ Maxwell GPU is expected to power Nvidia’s newer flagship card in the GTX 900 series. The actual name of the card has yet to be revealed, but it’s thought to be something along the lines of the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Initial specs put this monstrous Maxwell-powered graphics card at roughly 50% more powerful than the GTX Titan Black.

The GeForce GTX 980 and the GTX 970 have both been roaring successes, the 970 in particular, but they may not rule the roost for much longer.

That’s some serious power under the hood, but where does it all come from? Firstly, the GM200 GPU will be on a 551mm2 die, with an estimated 20-22 Streaming Multiprocessors Maxwell (SMM) giving a total of between 2560 and 2816 CUDA cores. This will all be on a 384-bit memory bus, up from the 256-bit bus seen on the GeForce GTX 980 and the GeForce GTX 970.

In total this makes the theoretical performance of the GeForce GTX 980 around 50% faster than the GTX Titan Black, so if these specs are true then we’ve got one heck of a powerful card. Nvidia has yet to pass official comment on the existence of this graphics card but we know at least that MSI is waiting for the imminent release of a faster chip. Reports indicate the GTX 980 Ti, or whatever it ends up being known, will hit stores before the end of the year.

The GTX 980 Ti isn’t the only card set to arrive either, with the GM204 GPU seen in the GTX 980 expected to power a dual-GPU GeForce GTX 990 as well. Whatever the case both of these cards are going to be at the top end of hardware spectrum so we’d expect price points to suit, although we’d be surprised if either of these cards exceeded the price of the GTX Titan Black. Do you think we can expect the sort of impressive performance suggested by these specs? Let us know!

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Aryaan22
17:18 Sep-26-2014
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4GB V-Ram for The Evil Within, 6GB V-Ram for Middle Earth, 8GB V-Ram for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, 10GB V-Ram for GTA V and 12GB V-Ram for The Witcher 3.


This is the age of 'Next Gen' where you get to play these games in Next Generation of your life.

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Igor123
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hahahahah

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Archterror
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You just won everything with that comment :D


But I can assure you that Witcher 3 will be playable on your rig on Ultra. This is CdProjekt, not Ubi and EA

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Aryaan22
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Thank you guys :)

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Witcher 3 won't require 12gb vram, it is a polish game=polished :)

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Aryaan22
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I was just joking guys :P I Believe in CD Projekt, I love the work they put into the games. All the details and little things, It really shows their effort (Played Witcher 1 and 2 about 4 times now). Plus it's a polish game company :P I have a soft corner for it because my ex was Polish. So Yea I believe GTA V and Witcher 3 will be well optimized unlike the others. +1 for all of you :D

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smritimoy1991
18:54 Sep-27-2014

And what we will get ? Old wine in a new bottle…..

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It will probably cost 50% more then the Titan Black.

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and have 50% more marketing gimmicks.

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marketing strategy !!

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I doubt they make ti card so expensive if its under a grand im definitely considering to get it.

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Zilincan
17:39 Sep-26-2014

Never doubt Nvidia marketing, remember titan Z price and PR? :-D

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Yeah but its Titan even the first one costed like hell. But its not a gaming only card either.

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Zilincan
18:43 Sep-26-2014

Yeah its also toaster and dust cleaner

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kaankok
18:46 Sep-26-2014

It can be used to check your Facebook, and selfies in 4K!

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It will probaly cost 1500$, I am Sirius^!^


A 780Ti Kingpin cost 1200$

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Larppa666
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Well who knows if this card is even called 980 ti. Since this isnt anything official.

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I can't say anything… this is just another galaxy of Video Cards… STAY STRONG 7770!!!

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kaankok
19:01 Sep-26-2014

GO 6850!!!

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Here's your big brother too :)
We gotta stay strong!

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I am relaxed with my 650 ti boost!

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kaankok
08:21 Sep-27-2014

I can play most games on ultra anyway. Unless devs don't optimize their games anymore.

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Hey guys what doyou guys think should I get the new gtx970 and sell my two 7950s or just stick with them until I can't run anything lol just trying to make up my mind get 1 great card or stay with my 2 I was thinking of getting r9 290x or 290 as well

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Okay guys, I have GTX 980 Ti and the possible TITAN X.
GeForce GTX 980 Ti 8GB
GeForce GTX Titan X

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Igor123
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Wow just wow. Maxwell at his prime :)

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pip I'm wondering, shouldn't the gtx 980ti have 6gb of Vram, since it has a 384 bit bus, because if the 256 bit bus can handle up to 4gb of Vram, when the 384 bit bus wouldn't make good use of more than 6gb of Vram?

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Pip
09:59 Sep-27-2014

I guess but Maxwell is extremely weird and unpredictable. For example the 256-bit bus-width should be paired with a L2 Cache of 4096 since the 128-bit cores have 2048 but in the end it's 2048 for GM204 as well..

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saito1192
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Sooo this gpu is required to play upcoming games where all of those vram requirements will increase to unbelieveable level…i blame Ryse for starting those 4gb vram trend.

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As long as it's around 700$ or less, this might definitely be my next GPU.

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Pair that with 8GB of VRAM and you've got a TRUE flagship.

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Shaheryar
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And with a price of 8000 bucks, you also have a bank account killer :P

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kaankok
17:02 Sep-26-2014

Did you just say 8000?

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New gpu's are cheaper so this must be also cheaper..

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So now there is something which can make GTX TITAN a loser.Hats Off to those who might have actually bought the TITAN card.I want to assemble a PC in 2015 & I was thinking about getting a Titan & forget the rest.

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I'm afraid to see what the 980 Ti will cost.

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i suspect 700$ just like 780 ti was

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