What's the odds the 1060 is like the 970 was to the 1080? i.e. A slightly lower binned version of the 1070. Or was that just a one off thing?
>>54486678
Fuck 980 instead of 1080
>>54486678
Binning is going to happen. Better get ready. Tears will be spilled, as usual.
990 Ti confirmed
>>54486678
>960
>970
>40% less physical hardware, half the bandwidth
>slightly
>>54486678
Probably yes:
Making different dies is expensive, so what pretty much every manufacturer does (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA) is make a few dies and then cut and bin them based on which price point they want it to sell at. It also raises yields.
Example: The i5-6600k and i7-6700k are the same chip with different microcode.
The GTX 970 and GTX 980 are the same chip with certain cores, shaders, ROPs and TMUs disabled on the 970.
The FX-8350 and 9590 are the same chip, but the 9590 is binned higher and runs a higher stock clock.
That being said 1080 MIGHT be different from the 1070 since they use incompatible memory technology.
>>54487546
Even further, FX4300 and FX9590 are the same chip.
That said usually companies only make two SKU's from a chip, with a few exceptions like the 660 Ti being a cut 680, or the 7870 XT being a cut 7970
