The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is out and it's got the grunt to challenge the Titan X Pascal

The #PCMasterRace keeps getting more gifts. First it was AMD’s Ryzen, today it’s the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti.

We’ve been expecting the 1080 Ti for a while now, it’s unveiling was inevitable, after all. Again, inevitably, its performance, on paper, promises to blow every other GPU out of the water.

Let’s start with the RAM. The new chip from Nvidia uses high-speed 11GB of GDDR5X memory that runs at a blistering 11GHz on a 352-bit interface. The result is a bandwidth of around 484 GB/s.

The choice of 11GB of memory is odd, especially as the Titan X offers 12GB of memory, but we don’t think it matters too much. 11GB is puh-lenty. Especially at these speeds.

The GPU boost clock hits 1.6GHz; Nvidia claims that the chip can easily hit 2GHz when overclocked.

The card packs in 3,584 Stream processors, 224 texture units and 28 ROPs. It’s rated at a 250W TDP and requires one 6-pin and one 8-pin PCIe connector for power.

Nvidia claims that the card is up to 35 percent faster than the GTX 1080, up to 78 percent faster than the GTX 1070 and that it’s faster than the monster that is (was) the Titan X Pascal. Though we will point out that the Pascal is meant for deep learning, AI, rendering, and other such tasks.

The Founder’s Edition version of the card uses a vapour chamber cooling system to keep it cool.

Pre-orders for the card begin on 2 March and it will ship worldwide from 10 March. Official US pricing for the card is $699 (Rs 47,000). India pricing is unknown, but we’ll update this story with prices when we have them. Indian prices are usually 15-20 percent higher than global prices.

ArsTechnica reports that the price of the GTX 1080 will fall to $499 (around Rs 34,000).

To mark the occasion, Nvidia is giving away 108 1080 Ti cards.

To participate, you simply need to install GeForce Experience 3.0 and follow the instructions.

Overclocked versions of the 1080 and 1060 are also expected. They will feature 11GHz and 9GHz memory speeds respectively.