Next-generation memory is primed to be one of the highlight features for Nvidia’s next-generation graphics cards. Nvidia is expected to debut first successor GPUs to GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 in the following months and plans are already in place for a Q2 launch it would seem, according to a recent confirmation by memory supplier SK Hynix.
Gamers Nexus was given production timeline of GDDR6 at GTC 2018 this week. Despite the on-going worldwide DRAM shortage, GDDR6 is all set to enter mass production in three months. That lands a time-frame June or July. Interestingly, when SK Hynix announced GDDR6 last year, it reported the memory would be mass produced for a client to be used in high-end graphics card “by early 2018”. The new information points to a change of plans on perhaps Nvidia part. It is worth noting that SK Hynix listed GDDR6 as available in its product catalogue back in February.
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GDDR6, at least in during the first age of production, will be about 20% more expensive to produce than GDDR5. It is obvious to expect the cost of production to pass on to consumers. And as such, it is likely that Nvidia will choose GDDR6 for GTX 1180 and equip GTX 1170 with the more conventional and less expensive GDDR5.
Now that we have confirmation on when the delivery for a key component of Nvidia’s next-generation GPU will take place, we can safely assume Nvidia will target a summer launch for its next GeForce series.
