The GeForce GTX 980 Ti, an AMD fanboy’s worst nightmare

Should NVIDIA officially announce the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, PC gamers will surely rejoice in both splendour and awe for the new addition to the PC master race’s arsenal.

This is what one of the latest rumours claims will be going down at the Computex Taipei 2015 trade-show. If the rumour proves true, then you can probably expect an announcement of the card’s sale date shortly after.

Apparently, comfortable in their performance lead, NVIDIA has postponed the launch of the GTX 980 Ti from May to early in June.

The truth of the matter is that AMD doesn’t have a direct rival for NVIDIA’s offerings, particularly the GTX Titan X, and there really isn’t need to unveil the GTX 980 Ti just yet.

AMD does sell a dual GPU solution, the Radeon R9 295X2, but most enthusiasts prefer a single over a dual GPU for a number of reasons.

As far as the GTX 980 Ti itself is concerned, it’s expected to sport a GM200-310 graphics processing unit. It’s uncertain whether the GM200-310 will have the same configuration as the GM200-400, the processing unit which powers the GeForce GTX Titan X.

Without much of an insight into what exactly is under the hood of this potential new card, the parameters and specifications of the GTX 980 Ti are pretty much an unknown. The best we could do is be certain that it will fall somewhere in-between the GTX 980 and GTX Titan X:

Card	Nvidia GeForce GTX 980	Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti	Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X
Stream processors	2,048	?	3,072
Core Clock	1,126MHz	?	1000MHz
Boost Clock	1,216MHz	?	1075MHz
Memory Clock	7GHz GDDR5	?	7GHz GDDR5
Memory Bus Width	256 bit	?
VRAM	4GB	?	12GB
Max Digital Resolution	4096 x 2160	5120 x 3200	5120 x 3200
Max VGA Resolution	2048 x 1536	2048 x 1536	2048 x 1536
Power Consumption	165W	?	250W
Price	R7,800 – R12,000	?	R16,000 – R17,800

We’re going to guess that whatever the GTX 980 Ti is, it’ll very likely outdo or at the very least draw with AMD’s forthcoming R9 300 series, AMD’s re-branded HAWAII chips are a certain – FIJI is a bit of an unknown at this point.

The GTX 980 Ti will, of course, be more expensive than the standard GTX 980, but will be a far cheaper option than the GeForce GTX Titan X. And should AMD’s FIJI manage to overcome the GTX 980 Ti in performance, expect the prices of the GTX 980 Ti and 980 to drop in response – that’s good news for us.

Nvidia’s partners will be able to release their own aftermarket versions of the GTX 980 Ti upon its reveal, and if the card is announced at Computex, it is nearly certain that it will be demonstrated as part of the show.

On top of this, there are rumours swirling around that NVIDIA are developing another GM200-based graphics card, the GeForce GTX 980 Metal Edition. That’s something we just have to see.

It speaks for itself.

Just so you know, Computex Taipei 2015 begins 2nd June, 2015. We’re hoping that this rumour is true because the GTX 980 Ti would be another great addition to our ultimate dream PC. But we’re still left wondering how AMD will respond.