Just a few short weeks ago Nvidia official released their next-generation graphics cards, the GTX 980 and 970. Powered by their new Maxwell technology, the cards focused more on power efficiency, but still managed to outpace the staggeringly fast 700 series’ best. The GTX 980, in particular, is an incredible card, and it could be getting an upgrade already.
That’s according to WCCFTech, who have heard via their source grapevine that Nvidia is prepping a new variant of their flagship card. Right now, bot the GTX 980 and 970 ship with 4Gb of VRAM, which is more than enough for your sub-4K gaming needs. If you’re looking for smooth, super-resolution gaming though, you’re a bit out of luck in terms of single cards (dual-cards excluded).
That could change next month, as Nvidia is apparently planning to launch a new 8GB GTX 980. That’s around the region of memory you need to be for proper 4K gaming nowadays, with the power of the Maxwell chip to back it up. A single card may not be enough for the smoothest 4K gaming around, but two of these cards would definitely fit the bill – especially since VRAM isn’t doubled over Crossfire and SLI configurations, making a single pool of 8GB extremely useful. There’s no official word from Nvidia on the authenticity of the rumour, but it’s a move that would make a lot of sense to me.
Gaming at 4K is still very niche at the moment, but a card like this would definitely sell like hotcakes to anyone venturing into that realm. Or, better yet, anyone looking to future-proof their desktop for the foreseeable future.
Last Updated: October 30, 2014
Ranting Raptor Llew
October 30, 2014 at 11:06
But can it run AC:Unity?
Ranting Raptor Llew
October 30, 2014 at 11:06
I’ve been waiting so long to say that
Corrie
October 30, 2014 at 11:24
And how do you feel to finally say that?
Ranting Raptor Llew
October 30, 2014 at 12:30
Amazing
Admiral Chief 0
October 30, 2014 at 12:12
SATISFACTION!
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 30, 2014 at 11:42
…
Ranting Raptor Llew
October 30, 2014 at 12:30
hahahahahaha
Rags
October 30, 2014 at 11:08
WCCFTech, the Huisgenoot of the tech world. 😛
Matewis Jubilai
October 30, 2014 at 11:19
still better than Sarie
house_hero
October 30, 2014 at 11:09
dammit… my 780TI is still new to me.
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
October 30, 2014 at 11:46
lol! I feel your pain. My MSI 780GTX Lightning is still new to me too.
Guess you can’t get past the fact that your hardware will get old 🙁
house_hero
October 30, 2014 at 12:33
Worst part is when you see the new pricing for your current card. 🙁
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
October 30, 2014 at 12:36
Luckily I got mine second hand from a trusted friend. So asking price is still like R8300 and I paid R7000, but I just know that time is coming 🙁 #GeekComputerProblems
Go gory
January 27, 2015 at 23:41
Dammit…my 980 is still new to me.
Kikmi
October 30, 2014 at 11:11
I really need to upgrade my ram again considering my total is severely outpaced by a goddamn GPU lol. Master Race, but with thin pockets FTW
Matewis Jubilai
October 30, 2014 at 11:18
I wonder what it will be like : GTAV 3840 X 2160 with MFAA (whatever that is) running at 100fps
Weanerdog
October 30, 2014 at 16:11
Real worlds resolution is great but its all endless grinding on monotonous fetch quests and boring crafting.
Matewis Jubilai
October 30, 2014 at 16:19
Yeah, but you need to do the grinding to be able to afford the portal leading to the other world 😛
Corrie
October 30, 2014 at 11:26
Damn that was really odd, just saw the article and see everyone posted 2 days ago, either everybody can see into the future oh. wait idiot me had turned my clock forward -_-
One day I shall finally have one of these… hopefully
Now how much would this thing cost over the 10k 4GB variant?
victor
October 30, 2014 at 12:04
Is it the 980 ti with better specs?.
Bob Austin
October 31, 2014 at 06:34
ill wait for the gtx 980 ti with 8gb ram
StockStalker1
October 31, 2014 at 08:10
I’m somewhat expecting/hoping the 980 Ti to be 8GB + higher clockspeed version of the 980.