NVIDIA and AMD will both officially release new next-generation graphics card products before and after the Taipei Computer Exhibition. Their process and architecture have undergone significant evolution, which is very worth looking forward to. And as usual, in order to make way for new products, existing products will definitely fade out slowly.
But unexpectedly, NVIDIA's actions were so fast this time. According to information obtained by South Korean media HWBattle, NVIDIA has basically stopped the production of three existing graphics cards, namely the GTX 980 Ti on the GM200 core and the GTX 980/970 on the GM204 core.
These three graphics cards are based on the Maxwell architecture and are currently the absolute main force of NVIDIA in the mid-to-high-end market. It was a bit unexpected that the production suspension process was about one and a half months before the release of the new card.
However, this may show that NVIDIA has high expectations for the next generation of graphics cards. Moreover, if inventory digestion can be completed as soon as possible during this period, it will inevitably be greatly accelerated for the launch and distribution of new cards, which is also a good thing.
As for the first consumer-grade core GP104 of the NVIDIA Pascal family, the news shows that there will be three products in the first batch, including the high-end desktop GTX 1080/1070, replacing the GTX 980/970 respectively. And the GTX 980 Ti is about to be discontinued. Does it mean that the arrival of the large-core GP100 is not far away? Only wait and see at the moment!
In addition to the news about graphics cards, NVIDIA is also quite enthusiastic about VR. Today, NVIDIA China released a video (friends who want to watch the video suggest you watch it directly @NVIDIA China's official Weibo account), which is to help everyone assemble a platform to enjoy VR games, after all, this is the future trend.
This platform uses the recommended configuration given by Oculus\HTC Vive\Steam VR, including i5-4590 CPU, 8GB memory and GTX970 graphics card, with the final total cost of $820.
Specifically, it includes the i5-4590 processor, ASRock H97 M-ITX motherboard, Corsair 8GB DDR3-1600 memory, EVGA GTX 970 graphics card, Western Digital 1TB 7200 rpm hard drive, EVGA 500 watt power supply and Pirate Ship's Air 240 chassis, the monitor is not included, and the demonstration is Acer. This is a relatively reasonable solution for both VR fun and fun.
However, the price of the Oculus Rift is $599. If you add a monitor and gamepad, a comprehensive set of solutions that can be played will cost at least 10,000 yuan.
