NVIDIA introduces GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 graphics cards

NVIDIA has revealed two new graphics cards — the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070.  They are the first consumer cards based on the company’s Pascal architecture which is more energy efficient and promises an exponential leap in terms of performance.

During the event where it was introduced, NVIDIA’s CEO mentioned that the GTX 1080 is twice as fast as the GTX Titan X which is the current flagship. Not only that, it is also reported to be three times more power efficient.

Engadget also reports that it’s built with a new 16nm FinFET manufacturing process which adds to it being faster and able to save energy. Meanwhile, Ars Technica adds that the 1080 is running on a speedier Micron GDDR5X memory while the 1070 functions on a standard GDDR5 memory.

Other information includes pushing around 9 TFLOPS of performance for the 1080 and 6.5 TFLOPS for the 1070.

As for the pricing, the NVIDIA GTX 1080 will sell for $599PHP 35,153INR 50,765EUR 570CNY 4,360 (approx. Php28K) after its launch on May 27 and the GTX 1070 will be at $379PHP 22,242INR 32,120EUR 361CNY 2,758 (approx. Php18K) following its June 10 launch.

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