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

Mar 7, 2017 07:07 EST

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.

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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:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Deals:

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:

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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.