Last year we called NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080 “the upgrade you’ve been waiting for, ” and now PC gamers have another high-end graphics card to drool over. Now, at GDC 2017 CEO Jen-Hsun Huang presented its successor, the GTX 1080 Ti, which promises “35 percent more performance, ” packs 11GB of GDDR5X memory and will go on sale March 10th for $700. In fact, NVIDIA even claims this new card is faster than its $1, 200 Titan X that launched late last year. At the same time, the company announced the 1080 is getting a price cut and will now start at $500. Developing… Watch live video from NVIDIA on www.twitch.tv The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti – faster than TITAN X – will be $699 and available next week. #UltimateGeForce pic.twitter.com/aW6XIv0Cyv — NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce) March 1, 2017 Click here to catch up on the latest news from GDC 2017! Source: NVIDIA (Twitter)
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NVIDIA reveals its $700 top of the line GTX 1080 Ti
I’ve been hoping that the compact but powerful new Mac Pro, recently announced by Apple, would come in at about the same price as the current model.