NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti release date, news, rumors: Next Pascal GPU cheaper than Pascal Titan X, to be unveiled at CES 2017?

The competition is getting tight for the best graphics card there is on the market today. NVIDIA has been successful so far with its latest family of GPUs, the GTX 10 series. This latest batch of top-of-the-line video cards based on the Pascal architecture offers very impressive specs to give players the best video gaming experience. The latest GeForce GTX Pascal Titan X is the most powerful and most expensive one in NVIDIA's Pascal lineup this year, but if the rumors are correct, the company will release another Pascal GPU boasting the same features of Titan X, yet having a lower price.

The speculations are rife that NVIDIA will soon unveil the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti that will feature almost the same impressive specs of the Pascal Titan X, but will also target those consumers who are not ready to spend too much money for a graphics card. As reported by PC Gamer, the performance of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti will almost be at par with the Pascal Titan, but will be packaged as a more budget-friendly product unlike its quite expensive predecessors.

As of now, all hints point to a possible unveiling of the GTX 1080 Ti at the Consumers Electronic Show (CES) 2017 early next year. This is seen as the best event for NVIDIA to showcase their latest GPU. Fudzilla first suggested that the GTX 1080 Ti reveal at the CES 2017 seems likely.

Even though NVIDIA has not yet provided any details regarding their next GeForce video card, initial reports show that the GTX 1080 Ti will boast Pascal GP 102 with 26 SM clusters enabled and 3328 CUDA cores. It is also expected to run at 12 GB of GDDR5 memory. To compare, the Pascal Titan X has 29 SM clusters and CUDA cores of up to 3584.

Regarding the clock speeds of the Pascal Titan X and GTX 1080 Ti, Overclock 3D provided the information that the Titan X has quite lower clock speeds compared to the GTX 1080 Ti. The GTX 1080 Ti's clock speeds are at 1.6 GHz and 1.5 GHz, which if turns out correct, will surpass Titan X's 1.4 GHz and 1.5 GHz base and boost clock speeds.