Nvidia's GTX 1180 has been papped in the buff... but it might be a case of mistaken identity

An image of an unreleased graphics card PCB has appeared online claiming to be that of an Nvidia GTX 1180. The PCB features connections for eight memory modules, a moderate GPU die, 10 phase VRM, dual fan headers, and 6+8 pin power connectors. It also comes with an NVLink connector. Odd.

The image shows both sides of a potentially finalised reference PCB, although whether or not this is the fabled GTX 1180 is still very much up for debate. The memory config will allow for either 8gb or 16gb chips in each slot, for a total of either 8GBs or 16GBs of, what we can only assume to be, GDDR6 memory.

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The current GTX 1080 features 8GB of GDDR5X memory. While we’d love to see the flagship card come in with 16GB of GDDR6, that could also be ludicrously expensive. 8GB of speedier GDDR6 memory would still offer greater bandwidth at lesser voltages, and it seems a little strange for Nvidia to bump the memory so significantly without all that much impetus from consumers, devs, the competition, or anyone other than enthusiasts.

As for the power delivery, the leaked PCB image from Baidu (via VideoCardz) depicts some seriously chunky VRM components for a reference Nvidia GeForce design. This leaked GTX 1180 PCB has enough room for 10 whole phases worth of power componentry, potentially 8+2 phase, powered by 8+6 pin connectors.

from PCGamesN https://ift.tt/2LVRqCA