NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Official Price Cuts Are Now Live – Here are The Best Deals, 1847 MHz GTX 1080 Custom Model With GeForce Bundle Under $500 US
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070 price cuts are officially live at several retailers around the globe. The new price cuts were announced during NVIDIA’s GDC 2017 keynote where the company also unveiled their flagship GeForce, the GTX 1080 Ti.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 Price Cuts Go Live – $499 and $349 For The First Pascal GeForce Cards, Free $60 Game Bundle With Each Card Purchase
The GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070 were the first NVIDIA Pascal based consumer offerings. The cards launched in May 2016 and have served almost a year, capturing the interest of enthusiasts and high end gamers. NVIDIA announced at GDC 2017 that these cards will be getting a price cut along with update for the GTX 1080 and GTX 1060.
The price cuts on these two graphics cards are now live and we found some really interesting deals at the various retail sites. NVIDIA also has a game bundle promotion going on so every GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 purchase gets you a copy of either Ghost Recon: Wildlands or For Honor. That adds $60 to the value of these cards which is a superb deal for builders upgrading to either of the two cards.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Deals:
- MSI GTX 1080 DUKE OC 8 GB 1847 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $499.99 at Newegg
- Gigabyte GTX 1080 Turbo OC 8 GB 1797 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $499.99 at Newegg
- ZOTAC GTX 1080 AMP! Edition 8 GB 1822 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $549.99 at Amazon
- EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid 8 GB 1860 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $589.99 at Newegg
- AORUS GTX 1080 Extreme OC 8 GB 1936 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $599.99 at Newegg
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Deals:
- ZOTAC GTX 1070 Mini 8 GB 1708 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $379.99 at Newegg
- Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce 8 GB 1771 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $369.99 at Amazon
- Gigabyte GTX 1070 Mini OC 8 GB 1746 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $369.99 at Amazon
- MSI GTX 1070 Armor OC 8 GB 1746 MHz Boost w/GeForce Game Bundle – $399.99 at Newegg
ASUS Cashback Promotion on GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070 Graphics Cards
For those of you living in the United Kingdom, ASUS has a £50 cashback promotion going on the GeForce GTX 1080 and £30 on the GeForce GTX 1070 series cards. UK based retailers have already issued price cuts on the GeForce cards from other AIBs so this is only specific to the STRIX series cards from ASUS.
Following are the retailers who have applied the ASUS cashback promotions on STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070 graphics cards:
- Buy from SCAN
- Buy from OCUK
- Buy from AMAZON
- Buy from BOX
- Buy from eBuyer
- Buy from Aria
- Buy from Novatech
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Update – $499 US Price and Fastest G5X Memory
The first update is for the GeForce GTX 1080 which was NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce offering before the 1080 Ti launch. This card was launched last year and more details on that could be seen here. NVIDIA launched the card at $699 US for the Founders Edition and $599 US for custom variants. A year later, NVIDIA will be offering a price update and will sell the card for just $499 US which is impressive.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 features the GP104 GPU (GP104-400-A1) core which comprises 2560 CUDA cores. NVIDIA’s FinFET architecture allows significant increase in clock frequency. The GeForce GTX 1080 was shown clocking in at 2.1 GHz clock speeds on air cooling.
The actual clock speeds are maintained at 1607 MHz base and 1733 MHz boost but the FinFET architecture allows for extreme overclocking as demoed at the event. The chip features 8 GB of GDDR5X (next-gen) memory across a 256-bit bus. Aside from the price update, the card will also receive an updated memory architecture in the form of faster G5X memory. The new chips will operate at 11 GB/s, delivering bandwidth of 352 GB/s. This is a nice boost over the 320 GB/s which shipped as reference.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Update – $349 US Price For Absolutely Competitive Performance
The second update is aimed at the GeForce GTX 1070 in the form of another price cut. The GeForce GTX 1070 was already the most stellar value to performance ratio card and the price cut to $349 US makes it even better. The card is faster than the competitors flagship product and comes in several custom design products. The card was originally priced at $379 US with a $449 US Founders Edition model but that one is no longer available in the market. Users can now enjoy 1440p gaming performance with top-notch VQ (Visual Quality) and 8 GB of fast GDDR5 memory for under $350 US.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Update – Faster 9 GB/s Memory Across All Models
And lastly, we have the GeForce GTX 1060 which is receiving an update in the form of faster memory across all models. The new GeForce GTX 1060 models will be shipping with 9 GB/s GDDR5 chips that compared to 8 GB/s, deliver 216 GB/s bandwidth. This is faster than the 192.2 GB/s on the original variants and we can also see some AIB specific price adjustments on the new models too.
NVIDIA GeForce 10 Pascal Family
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA Titan X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | NVIDIA Titan Xp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Core | GP107 | GP107 | GP107 | GP106 / GP104 | GP106 | GP106 / GP104 | GP104 | GP104 | GP104 | GP102 | GP102 | GP102 |
| Process Node | 14nm FinFET | 14nm FinFET | 14nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET |
| Die Size | 132mm2 | 132mm2 | 132mm2 | 200mm2 | 200mm2 | 200mm2 | 314mm2 | 314mm2 | 314mm2 | 471mm2 | 471mm2 | 471mm2 |
| Transistors | 3.3 Billion | 3.3 Billion | 3.3 Billion | 4.4 Billion | 4.4 Billion | 4.4 Billion | 7.2 Billion | 7.2 Billion | 7.2 Billion | 12 Billion | 12 Billion | 12 Billion |
| CUDA Cores | 640 CUDA Cores | 768 CUDA Cores | 768 CUDA Cores | 1152 CUDA Cores | 1280 CUDA Cores | 1280 CUDA Cores | 1920 CUDA Cores | 2432 CUDA Cores | 2560 CUDA Cores | 3584 CUDA Cores | 3584 CUDA Cores | 3840 CUDA Cores |
| Base Clock | 1354 MHz | 1392 MHz | 1290 MHz | 1506 MHz | 1506 MHz | 1506 MHz | 1506 MHz | 1607 MHz | 1607 MHz | 1417 MHz | 1480 MHz | 1480 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1455 MHz | 1518 MHz | 1392 MHz | 1708 MHz | 1708 MHz | 1708 MHz | 1683 MHz | 1683 MHz | 1733 MHz | 1530 MHz | 1583 MHz | 1582 |
| FP32 Compute | 1.8 TFLOPs | 2,3 TFLOPs | 2.1 TFLOPs | 4.0 TFLOPs | 4.4 TFLOPs | 4.4 TFLOPs | 6.5 TFLOPs | 8.1 TFLOPs | 9.0 TFLOPs | 11 TFLOPs | 11.5 TFLOPs | 12.5 TFLOPs |
| VRAM | 2 GB GDDR5 | 3 GB GDDR5 | 4 GB GDDR5 | 3 GB GDDR5 | 6 GB GDDR5 | 6 GB GDDR5/X | 8 GB GDDR5/X | 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5X | 12 GB GDDR5X | 11 GB GDDR5X | 12 GB GDDR5X |
| Memory Speed | 7 Gbps | 7 Gbps | 7 Gbps | 8 Gbps | 8 Gbps | 9 Gbps / 10 Gbps | 8 Gbps | 8 Gbps | 11 Gbps | 10 Gbps | 11 Gbps | 11.4 Gbps |
| Memory Bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 84 GB/s | 112 GB/s | 192 GB/s | 160 GB/s | 224 GB/s / 240 GB/s | 256 GB/s | 256 GB/s | 352 GB/s | 480 GB/s | 484 GB/s | 547 GB/s |
| Bus Interface | 128-bit bus | 96-bit bus | 128-bit bus | 192-bit bus | 160-bit bus | 192-bit bus | 256-bit bus | 256-bit bus | 256-bit bus | 384-bit bus | 352-bit bus | 384-bit bus |
| Power Connector | None | None | None | Single 6-Pin Power | Single 6-Pin Power | Single 6-Pin Power | Single 8-Pin Power | Single 8-Pin Power | Single 8-Pin Power | 8+6 Pin Power | 8+6 Pin Power | 8+6 Pin Power |
| TDP | 75W | 75W | 75W | 120W | 120W | 120W | 150W | 180W | 180W | 250W | 250W | 250W |
| Display Outputs | 1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
1x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b |
3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b |
| Launch Date | October 2016 | May 2018 | October 2016 | September 2016 | August 2018 | July 2016 | June 2016 | October 2017 | May 2016 | August 2016 | March 2017 | April 2017 |
| Launch Price | $109 US | $119 US-$129 US | $139 US | $199 US | TBD | $249 US | $349 US | $449 US | $499 US | $1200 US | $699 US | $1200 US |
Overall, these announcements made by NVIDIA mean that they have made their GeForce gaming brand accessible to a wide spectrum of gamers. With high-performance products and amazing prices across the board, we can expect the competition to be sweating as they have no product or GPU announcements imminent to match the performance caliber of GTX 1070, GTX 1080 and let alone the GTX 1080 Ti for the next few months.
