NVIDIA Kepler speculation thread

[CarstenS]

Has anyone seen these?

Wow, I didn't know that Battlefield 3 uses GPU Physx (or Physx at all, that is).

edit2:
Also, take a look at the "GFLOPS" part of the table.

Yep! But maybe they're using a special kind of Shaders here - ones that would do a 1:3 ratio of DP GFLOPS in which case the number would fit the rest of the claimed specs (not that I believe in their validity at any rate).

 

[Kaotik]

Wow, I didn't know that Battlefield 3 uses GPU Physx (or Physx at all, that is).

Oh ye, that's another dead give away, remembered to mention it earlier on another forum but not in my post here

 

[Alexko]

Yep! But maybe they're using a special kind of Shaders here - ones that would do a 1:3 ratio of DP GFLOPS in which case the number would fit the rest of the claimed specs (not that I believe in their validity at any rate).

For GK110 the math works out, for GK104 and the rest, not even close.

Between the weird specs, PhysX in Battlefield, the absurd FLOPS numbers, and the incredible performance jump… I suggest we don't waste any more time on these specifications that aren't even double confirmed.

 

[CarstenS]

Agreed, but GK104 seems to (intendedly?) consistent with GF104/B's articifially limited 1/12th DP throughput.

 

[trinibwoy]

You may be right, but they are appearing in different sites at the same time..

Repetition on the Internet hardly makes something true.

40% overclock relative to what?
Factory overclocked means it wouldn't need a 40% overclock...

Besides, given the absurd overclocking potential of Tahiti we've seen so far, I wouldn't be surprised if by Q3 2012 AMD comes out with some HD7xxx "+" or "XTX" or just HD8xxx with rebranded+overclocked SI chips in order to keep competing with nVidia on the performance front.

Yeah we'll see. AMD's partners don't have a track record of shipping heavily overclocked parts in volume but that may change with Tahiti's abundant headroom.

 

[Alexko]

Agreed, but GK104 seems to (intendedly?) consistent with GF104/B's articifially limited 1/12th DP throughput.

It's still a bit off, even with 1/12. GK108 is even off by 21.5%.

 

[DarthShader]

I would also question the mem clock numbers, being so high on lower models. I'd rather expect 384 bit and 1000mhz for the GK104 and 256bit for the GK106...

 

[Ailuros]

Fakes are always extremely funny during silly season.

 

[Man from Atlantis]

 

[rpg.314]

It's a pretty old slide.

 

[Man from Atlantis]

It's a pretty old slide.

searched the entire thread but didnt see it unless someone post it like just link not img tag, sry

 

[Picao84]

It's a pretty old slide.

Its not. I think you are confusing it with a slide about pc gaming vs console sales. This one is about hardware performance.

EDIT- Also does anyone else think this is damage mitigation, since it looks like AMD GPUs will be on all new consoles?

 

[boxleitnerb]

Its not. I think you are confusing it with a slide about pc gaming vs console sales. This one is about hardware performance.

Seems a bit weird though. Where is G80 sitting, 2007? Didn't 8800GTX come out 2006?

My 2 cents:
2005: 7800GTX
2006: 7900GTX
2007: 8800GTX (should be end of '06)
2008: GTX280
2009: GTX285
2010: GTX480
2011: GTX580
2012: Kepler

 

[rpg.314]

Its not. I think you are confusing it with a slide about pc gaming vs console sales. This one is about hardware performance.

Oh yes,

 

[trinibwoy]

Also does anyone else think this is damage mitigation, since it looks like AMD GPUs will be on all new consoles?

What do console design wins have to do with the PC market? AMD already has 2/3 of the consoles this generation.

 

[Alexko]

What do console design wins have to do with the PC market? AMD already has 2/3 of the consoles this generation.

Prestige? Plus, if AMD does get all three consoles, there's a good chance that console ports will run better on AMD hardware.

 

[Picao84]

Plus, if AMD does get all three consoles, there's a good chance that console ports will run better on AMD hardware.

This.

 

[Vardant]

Didn't we hear that once before, when people learned about Xenos being in the 360?

 

[Picao84]

Didn't we hear that once before, when people learned about Xenos being in the 360?

Yes, but nVIDIA got the PS3, which competes toe to toe. This time it doesnt seem to have either.
Why else would they be comparing console power versus pc power then?

 

[trinibwoy]

Prestige? Plus, if AMD does get all three consoles, there's a good chance that console ports will run better on AMD hardware.

We all know how that turned out. Console ports tend to favor the PC IHV with better developer relations for a given title than the one making the console hardware.

Why else would they be comparing console power versus pc power then?

Lol, I don't know - maybe to highlight that PC's have far more power than consoles and promote the platform for which they make GPUs? Or was that a rhetorical question?