It's that time of the month when Gamescom is right around the corner and Nvidia is looking to announce new hardware on August 20th. It is rumoured that Nvidia is planning to launch the GeForce GTX 1180 and GTX 1170 at an event called “GeForce gaming Celebration”.

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According to the invitation, the company has promised “spectacular surprises” at its booth and we're already excited what the company has in store for us. 

Previously, it was leaked in an email that Nvidia will release the GeForce GTX 1180 on Aug. 30 and it seems like Gamescom would be the perfect place for it to launch. 

The company is also going to announce additional hardware such as the Turing-based 11 series of GPUs. It is rumoured that the GTX 1170 and GTX 1180 will be launched at a later date at one-month intervals.  

In terms of specifications, rumours suggest that the GTX 1170 is already faster than the GTX 1080 Ti. Benchmarks for the upcoming GPU was leaked online and according to the results, the GTX 1170 is supposed to have 256-bit memory interface and as much as 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM running at 2.5 GHz frequency. The GPU managed to score 29,752 points in the 3DMark FireStrike test, and outperformed the GTX 1080 Ti by 65%.

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If these leaks are true, that's more than anybody could have hoped for and it is destined to change the gaming experience on PC forever. Having said that, these numbers should be taken with a pinch of salt, as it could be fake test results as well. The results were posted by WCCFTech, so there is no way of corroborating the leak as of now. 

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In terms of pricing, the new GPUs are expected to cost anywhere between $999 and $1499 and prices for India would be known closer to the launch date. If you're interested in upgrading your PC, we suggest you start saving some moolah now. 

Source: WCCFTech