Nvidia is set to unleash a new video card that will use the same graphics processing unit (GPU) as its GTX 1080 or GTX 1070 variants. The upcoming GTX 1060 cards will be made from the GPUs that failed to meet the specifications required for the 1080/1070 models.
It appears that Nvidia is set to maximize its Pascal GP104-140 GPUs that did not meet the technical requirements for the company's GTX 1080, GTX 1070 or 1070 Mobile cards. With plans to re-purpose the said GPUs, the said cards will be used for the GTX 1060 3GB variant, according to Video Cardz.
The said Nvidia GPU may have been considered as "defective" by the tech company, however, the GP104 cards are still in good condition. It was only labelled as such given the card's failure to meet the 1920 working CUDA Cores required for the GTX 1080 or GTX 1070.
Speculations posted on the same news site pointed to the re-purposed GTX 1060 cards having higher power requirements as compared to old GTX 1060 models. Using GP106 GPUs, the current 1060 cards may even be more power efficient than the upcoming new video cards.
Given its potential power efficiency issues, the said cards will not be advertised and available in the global market. The GTX 1060 variant with the GTX 1080 GPU will only be marketed in China, according to the same report.
In other news, the new GTX 1080 Ti is speculated to be featured at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show 2017 (CES 2017). If compared against the GTX Titan X, Nvidia's new video card share a few similar features to the Titan X.
The two video cards boast of a 12 GB DDR5X memory configuration, as well as a 384-Bit memory interface. Apart from the two features, both cards have the same 10 Gbps memory speed and 480 Gbps memory bandwidth.
The Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti is speculated for release in January 2017. Learn more about the said video card in the clip below:
