Allen
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Since we've provided some Nvidia info in this AMD thread, here's a bit more to clarify Nvidia's new-era 16nm products that AMD new-era 14nm products will be competing against:
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[Nvidia] Founders Edition means "reference clockspeeds with an upgraded heatsink"
With the launch of Nvidia’s Geforce Pascal lineup this week beginning with Geforce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 .. [what are the] actual differences between Nvidia’s reference card designs and the alternative Founders Edition models that will cost an extra $70 and $100, respectively.
..According to journalists briefed on the matter, the basic idea here is that Nvidia is replacing the word “reference card” with the term “Founders Edition” .. its new “Founders Edition” units will feature some upgraded heatsink and cooling technology ...
And another AMD rumor similar to previous ones,
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...26th – 29th May. AMD will be officially announcing their next-gen Polaris based graphics cards. These will include products based on both Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 chips. It’s not surprising that AMD is hosting this event just a few days after the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 will be available to public. It is not confirmed whether AMD will paper launch their graphics cards at this date but knowing that the NVIDIA cards will already be out in the market, AMD will definitely [it is speculated] be aiming for a full retail launch...
