Nvidia announced its new flagship GPU last week, and we’re currently hard at work taking it through its paces for a full review (which will be live soon). Will it actually run faster than two GTX 980s in SLI, as the company claims? You'll know soon enough! In the meantime, there is nothing preventing us from at least showing off the new $699 graphics card in pictures!

The shroud of the GPU looks both different and familiar. The casing uses a familiar color palette that Nvidia has been using on its graphics cards since its 700-series reference GPUs, but there's a much more sharp, polygonal aesthetic this time around.

The sharp angles carry over to the clear window, which showcase the card's heat sinks.

A close up of the GTX 1080's blower fan.

The iconic green GeForce GTX logo remains intact.

Like the GeForce GTX 980 before it, the two-slot GTX 1080 also features one HDMI, one DVI and three DisplayPorts.

Nvidia is now calling its "reference design" GTX 1080 the "Founder's Edition." Why the name change? Nvidia felt like "reference design" indicated a baseline model and the company wanted to make a more premium version right out of the gate that uses high-quality materials. This card will retail for $699, but Nvidia tells us you should see more affordable versions of the card made by hardware partners that start at $599.

The GeForce GTX 1080 only requires one 8-pin power connector and has a 180-watt TDP. This is impressive considering the GTX 980 Ti before it requires a 6-pin and an 8-pin connector and has a 250-watt TDP.

The GeForce GTX 1080 features a slightly different-looking back plate compared to the GTX 980 before it.