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GDDR6 Memory Is 70% More Expensive Than GDDR5
GDDR6 Memory One of the biggest upgrades seen to graphics cards in 2018 was the release of the new GDDR6 memory. The transition to the newer memory has given many benefits to manufacturers. This includes lower consumption, faster data transfer speeds and larger sizes being available. In very basic terms,…
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ZOTAC Announces New GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5X
A Faster GTX 1060 Option from ZOTAC ZOTAC is the latest NVIDIA partner to launch their new ‘GTX 1060 6GB’ variant. This is of course different from both the GTX 1060 6GB and GTX 1060 3GB which uses the GP106 GPU. These latest GTX 1060 6GB make use of a…
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MSI Launches the GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC with GDDR5X
New GDDR5X Equipped GTX 1060 Variant For the past few weeks, NVIDIA GeForce video card partners such as Gigabyte and Palit have announced their GDDR5X equipped GTX 1060 variants. Now it is MSI‘s turn with the GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC. Since it is part of their ARMOR video…
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Palit Reveal GeForce GTX 1060 GamingPro OC+ With GDDR5X
Palit Reveal GeForce GTX 1060 GamingPro OC+ With GDDR5X Over the weekend, we were treated to the news that Gigabyte had revealed a brand new updated version of the highly popular Nvidia 1060 graphics card. The update, which would include a boost with GDDR5X VRAM was seen as a means…
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Micron Achieves 16Gbps Memory Speeds Over GDDR5X
Premier graphics memory manufacturer Micron has announced that it has broken the 12.4Gbps limit on GDDR5X memory. The company has achieved an industry-first memory speed of 16Gbps. Experimental lab conditions determined the result, so don’t expect comparable performance from your retail graphics card just yet. A New First For the…
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ASUS STRIX GTX 1060 9Gbps and GTX 1080 11Gbps Models Surface
News of NVIDIA planning to release faster memory refreshes of their GTX 1080 and GTX 1060 video cards surfaced last month but apparently have delayed them to match AMD’s Radeon RX 580 and RX 570 launch date itself on April 18th. Some retailers and partners have slipped however and it…
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INNO3D Announces Their Custom GeForce GTX 1080 Ti iChiLL Cards
Yesterday it was ASUS and MSI that teased us with their takes on custom Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti cards and today it is Inno3D’s turn to do the same. The company introduces its new flagship INNO3D GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards and the new range will be available…
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The GTX 1080M Might Not Use GDDR5X Memory
There have been rumours floating around that NVIDIA plans to forgo their traditional mobile strategy and include full desktop-grade chips in gaming laptops. While this could be the case because we’ve seen MXM modules on certain devices which offer better performance than mobile editions, it’s not entirely clear. According to…
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Micron GDDR5X Enters Mass Production
Last year, we first got word of GDD5X, a cheaper alternative than the expensive jump to HBM/HBM2. Using a similar controller to GDDR5, Nvidia and AMD would be able to increase bandwidth while dropping power consumption. The memory standard moved along quickly, getting official standardization, and entering limited production in just 3 months.…
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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming Pictured
Pascal is almost upon us with Computex coming in a month. After getting out first looks at GP104 two days ago, more pictures have come out purporting to show the GTX 1080. The first GP104 we first got a look at was the GP104-200, the SKU reportedly used for the GTX…
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Nvidia May Launch 3 Pascal GP104 SKUs at Computex
For those of you hoping for massive performance jump with the launch of Pascal, prepare to be disappointed. Every new generation tends to improve performance but some more than others. According to previous rumours, Nvidia is using their GP104 die to replace the GTX 980Ti with the GTX 1080 and…
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Micron Starts Sampling GDDR5X to Customers
Even when much of the excitement about VRAM is coming from HBM2, that technology isn’t quite ready for prime time yet. For now, HBM2 is still a ways away and still a premium product. To hold the line, memory vendors have come up with GDRR5X, a significantly improved version of…
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Micron Declares GDDR5X Right on Track
Engineers at the Micron Development Center in Munich have announced that they have gotten their first samples of GDDR5X back from their fab before schedule and have started testing. In addition to that, Micron is expecting to ramp up volume production of GDDR5X on their 20nm memory process sometime in…
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GDDR5X Graphics Memory Standard Announced by JEDEC
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association is one of the world leaders in the memory standards field and today published JESD232, the specification for GDDR5X graphics memory. With both sides of the graphics card battle seemingly set to use this new standard going into 2016, the standard should herald the release of new…
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AMD Polaris Will use HBM2 and GDDR5
Ever since HBM1 was revealed and launched with Fury X, many have been looking forwards to what HBM2 would bring along in 2016. While HBM1 brought large power savings and a major boost in memory bandwidth, it was largely limited to a relatively low 4GB capacity. HBM2, however, is set…
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