06-05-2018, 04:32 AM
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/27065...oming-soon
Quote:Now, the question is, is Jen-Hsun being honest, or playing a bit of a game? It’s always hard to call these situations, but if we had to guess, we’d say the cards still point to a GPU launch in the next few months. There are several reasons why. First, Jen-Hsun isn’t going to say anything to sabotage the sale of existing Pascal cards, which are still moving off store shelves briskly as the cryptocurrency market cools down and the gaming market likely picks up some steam as a result. It wouldn’t be surprising for GPU sales in Q2 to be above standard seasonality as a result of deferred demand from the holiday and spring, where prices were so extraordinary high end GPUs were selling for more money in the retail channel than the cost of an entire self-built gaming PC.
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As for when we might see a next-generation Nvidia launch, we’re still thinking end of the summer sounds most likely, but it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that the company could push things back farther. With relatively limited competition in the GPU market these days, Team Green simply isn’t under a lot of pressure to introduce a new round of consumer cards. We still think Pascal’s age will likely tip the scales in favor of an updated card, but if things should slip into the fall, it wouldn’t really represent a challenge to the status quo.