Nvidia GP100 and GP104 Release Dates Revealed?

For those waiting on Nvidia’s next-generation GPUs, the wait may not be as long as expected. Last week, we found out that Pascal would be arriving a bit sooner than expected, in the earlier parts of 2H 2016 rather than late in 2016. Now, it looks like Nvidia may be moving even faster than those rumours, with GP100 to arrive in April with GP104 to follow 2 months later in June. What’s more, the GTX 1080 will also debut in June and reportedly be based off GP104; perhaps we’ll see it at Computex 2016?

While GP100 or Big Pascal will launch first in April, that is only for the Titan and various enterprise models. This is in line with what Nvidia has done in the past by launching models with higher margins in order to reduce their risk and grab as much of the early adopter crowd cash. Later on, the more mainstream GP104 will follow up with gaming oriented GeForce models with the compute units cut out. The biggest change is that the Titan will be launching before the GeForce this time.

If the GTX 1080 is based off GP104 as rumoured, this would suggest a GTX 1080Ti based off of GP100 would arrive later on, just like what happened with the 9xx and 6xx series. For those looking to get the very best gaming card for the next generation, waiting may be a smart move. AMD is also set to launch their own Polaris GPUs around the same time though it looks like Nvidia may beat them to the punch with GP100.