Nvidia Turing release date, news, and rumors

Will the real next-generation Nvidia graphics card architecture please stand up? Like, seriously.

Nvidia Turing will probably be the architecture behind the much-anticipated GeForce GTX 1180, or even the RTX 2080 rather than Ampere or Volta. Now, we’ve been waiting for Nvidia to make an announcement for a while – doubly so since there was no near term developments at Computex 2018.

There’s been a ton of speculation pointing at a September release with recent rumors suggesting we might be seeing three cards make it to the public that month. However, we’ve also seen some spots of flimsy rumors that suggest Turing cards will start releasing next month.

Similar to previous generational leaps, like Maxwell to Pascal, we’re expecting the Nvidia GTX 11 series GPUs to elevate efficiency, and possibly PC gaming in general, to a whole new level with true 4K, 60 frames-per-second gaming on a single GPU.

Cut to the chase

What is it? Nvidia’s next generation graphics cards for gamers
When is it out? Rumored for July 2018
What will it cost? Hopefully not much more than Pascal

Nvidia Turing release date

We keep hearing rumor after rumor coming out about the Nvidia Turing release date, but it’s looking like it’s finally coming out in the next couple months.

At the time of this writing, there are two distinct Nvidia Turing release windows that are possible. We’ve seen plenty of rumors pointing to an August release date, which is possible given that Nvidia is holding a GeForce Gaming Celebration at Gamescom 2018 later this month. However, we don’t think Nvidia will release them on the same day.

What’s more likely, is a September release date. We’ve seen reports from people connected to aftermarket manufacturers that Nvidia Turing will be coming out September, with three cards making it to market.

We’ve also seen reports of Turing-powered laptop GPUs launching by the end of 2018. Whether or not this points to when the desktop graphics cards will be getting their launch remains to be seen.

Nvidia Turing price

Given the state of GPU prices, and the amount they fluctuate in a post-bitcoin world, we can’t help but to predict higher prices for Nvidia Turing cards when they come out – especially since Nvidia has a surplus of Pascal cards lying around. Right now we’re expecting Turing GPUs to launch at about $100 more than their Pascal counterparts.

If you need a reminder of the pricing of the Pascal Founders Cards that are currently available, here you go:

Nvidia Titan Xp - $1,199 (£1,099, AU$1,950)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti - $699 (£679, AU$1099)
Nvdia GTX 1080 - $599 (£600, AU$925)
Nvidia TX 1070 Ti - $449 (£419, AU$759)
Nvidia GTX 1070 - $379 (£379, AU$699)
Nvidia GTX 1060 - $199 (£279, AU$429)

Nvidia Turing specs

Given that Nvidia has already introduced its new 12nm manufacturing process with Volta, we expect it to trickle down to the company’s consumer-facing Turing lineup. Beyond that, though, there really isn’t much concrete information surrounding Nvidia’s next line of graphics cards.

That’s not to say we can’t speculate, however. We’ve seen speculation that Nvidia is planning on releasing a 180W, 150W and 120W graphics cards in September, which would potentially mean we’re going to see the 1180, 1170 and 1160 release in a short time frame. The Founders editions of these cards, according to the latest rumors, could be packing dual-fan cooler designs, allowing for breakthrough performance.

This comes on top of leaks we’ve seen on the TechPowerUP GPU database, with a ton of information about the anticipated GPUs. This is all hearsay, mind you, but we’ve seen some evidence that the GTX 1180 will run with 3,584 CUDA cores, 224 TMUs and double the VRAM of the GTX 1080. This is further backed up by a leaked image of a Turning PCB, which suggests there will be room for up to 16GB of GDDR6 memory. This leaked PCB leads us to believe that the GTX 1180 will suck more power than the 1080, though.

That’s not all, either. We’ve also seen some speculation pop up on Wccftech about a possible GTX 1170 with massively better specs than the GTX 1070, including 2,688 CUDA cores, 168 TMUs and a whopping 9.75 TFLOPS.

Whatever the case, we fully expect Nvidia to deliver with new GPU technology that pushes the envelope for PC gaming as it always has.