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Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB “Maxwell� (28nm) Gra?= phics Card Review

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB “Maxwell†(28nm) Graphics Card Review

 

Nvidia's newest Maxwell architecture first made its appearance in

February this year when Nvidia revealed their entry level GTX 750 Ti

graphics card

<http://www.eteknix.com/nvidia-gtx-750-ti-2gb-maxwell-graphics-card-review/>

. One of the obvious hallmarks of Maxwell, that the GTX 750 Ti

revealed, was an incredible level of power efficiency as well as a

drastic increase in compute performance. Since Nvidia gave us a taste

of Maxwell we've been eagerly awaiting that high-end variant and

that's exactly what we get today with the GTX 980′s launch. The GTX

980 is a direct upgrade of Nvidia's “middle†desktop GPU; it

takes the GK104 and bumps it up to GM204. This means one of two

things; firstly, the GTX 980 is the true successor to the GTX 680/GTX

770 and secondly, the GTX 980 means we will see an even higher end

GM210 Maxwell part arrive later to replace GK110. However, let's not

get ahead of ourselves as today is all about GM204. GM204 is 28nm

Maxwell, just like the GTX 750 Ti, which means all the rumours about

the potential for Nvidia to release two iterations of Maxwell; one

28nm and one next year based on 20 or 16nm, remain credible.

 

On paper the GTX 980 doesn't look that impressive; it offers the same

size manufacturing process as its predecessors with a reduction of

CUDA cores and ROPs. However, don't let the numbers fool you: Maxwell

is not like-for-like comparable with Kepler as it is a totally

redesigned architecture. As anticipated, Maxwell's power

efficiency results in the GTX 980 boasting a TDP of 165W; that's 85W

lower than the GTX 780 that it succeeds in naming terms. It also

offers a welcomed video memory boost to 4GB to match AMD's offerings

and silence the critics who claim Nvidia doesn't offer enough video

memory to be 4K ready: except on the insanely priced GTX Titan series

products. Pricing isn't bad either: compared to the GTX 780 it

replaces it holds a $50 premium and is $100 cheaper than the GTX 780

was when it launched.

 

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http://www.eteknix.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-4gb-maxwell-28nm-graphics-card-review/

 

 

 

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