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Nvidia’s latest GeForce flagship gaming card, the GTX 1080, is already in the hands of reviewers as Nvidia begins seeding evaluation samples to the press who will be putting the company’s latest product through its paces ahead of the card’s May 27th launch date.

Reviews will go live on May 17th.


The Nvidia "1080" is anticipated to be a $600 card and the 1070 closer to $500. The May 27 launch is for a $700 card. Previous rumors indicated Nvidia production was behind AMD. So, the first cards out may be in "short supply" -- almost a "paper launch" (Nvidia has done this before -- we'll see how it turns out this time).

Recent AMD Polaris 10 rumors imply AMD will first release a $299 to $350 product. AMD's rationale is rumored to be that the vast majority of Gamers won't spend much more than $300 for a card (although, SimHQ members might be exceptions to that rule smile ).

Anyhow, the new AMD marketing plan is rumored to be "high sales volume" (with excellent performance) versus Nvidia's "fastest card on the market" (that few will actually buy because of the high price). Nontheless, the Nvidia strategy does keep Nvidia in the "public eye" -- which has great impact on sales volume overall.

Hopefully, AMD will keep the "late May to early July" time frame that they are rumored to be targeting.


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