Last night, after numerous rumours about their make, the first consumer graphic cards from Nvidia based upon their Pascal architecture have been revealed – the GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080. Both are to be launched in around a month’s time, with the 1080 releasing at the end of this month on May 27th and the 1070 coming June 10th.

The main boasting points for Nvidia’s new cards are that they’re both supposedly faster than the current flagship cards, the 980 Ti and the Titan X. Nvidia says that the 1080 will be twice as fast as the Titan X in certain VR applications and 3 times as energy efficient. That sounds really appealing.

Both cards are also going to run cooler as well, leaving plenty of room for overclocking. This is all down to a re-design of the cooling system that Nvidia’s used since they released the Titan in 2013, but this new system will only be sold upon Founders Editions of the cards which are just that bit more expensive.

The GTX 1070 will retail at $379/£270 with its Founders Edition being $449/~£310; while the GTX 1080 will be sold for $599/£450 and its Founders Edition at $699/£~485.

For those of you who prefer its competitor AMD, they’re due to reveal their next-gen graphic cards in the coming weeks based off their Polaris architecture. They have claimed that they’ll be offering theirs at a more mainstream price, so it’s likely to not be as powerful but might gain audience through cost efficiency instead.