GeForce GTX Titan review - Comments (Page 3)

tsunami231

2013-02-21 16:51

nice card but damn screw that price. 660gtx will serve me well for 3 years before it both, Unless a game comes out I really need new card for.

#4533951

AbjectBlitz

2013-02-21 16:53

Anyone find any in stock? In uk? Glad I cant find any or would have been a touch tempting 😉

#4533959

southamptonfc

2013-02-21 17:00

Anyone find any in stock? In uk? Glad I cant find any or would have been a touch tempting 😉

Here you go and sorry 🙂 https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/NVIDIA+GeForce/GeForce+Titan Also just noticed that EVGA have overclocked versions on their website so don't buy an EVGA reference Titan, apart from being more expensive, chances are its already been binned! http://www.evga.com/articles/00729/

#4533968

Darren Hodgson

2013-02-21 17:03

Any chance you could test The Witcher 2 with the Uber filter enabled, as this is currently one of the most power hungry games ?

And Max Payne 3 and Hitman Absolution with 8xMSAA as well on single and multiple displays? In fact, I would love to see a feature on VRAM usage. Is that 6 GB of VRAM really worth having at this point?

#4533970

kache

2013-02-21 17:04

Thanks for the thorough review. Please double check the article for typos.

#4533971

WhiteLightning

Moderator

2013-02-21 17:05

Nice review. disappointed about the card. hoped it would beat the 690 when oc'd.

And Max Payne 3 and Hitman Absolution with 8xMSAA as well on single and multiple displays? In fact, I would love to see a feature on VRAM usage. Is that 6 GB of VRAM really worth having at this point?

Good point, its exactly what ive been thinking. there seems no bottleneck when it comes to that ? (680's and 690's when reaching 2gb)

#4533972

keroro185

2013-02-21 17:08

Yea.... edit: I confused by the Crysis 2 performance table. (the order the cards are listed in that table is different to others). No typo! Nice review overall!

#4533980

kache

2013-02-21 17:15

Nice card thanks for the review Hilbert. Not as powerful as 690 on air even Hilbert couldnt get his one to go up to 1200mhz on the core. My 690 does 1215mhz on the cores fully stable and it isnt the best tbh its above average. Remember not everyone will be able to achieve 1176mhz with there Titan card. Like i said the other day in another thread once you put a custom block on the Titan it will surpass the 690 even of the 690 is watercooled because of the unlocked voltage. It just shows how much Nvidia have progressed in the last 12 months since the 690 was released. Imagine how powerful Maxwell is going to be!

They didn't actually progress, since the GK110 core has been out for more than 1 year already (although, only for Tesla cars).

#4533981

Illnino

2013-02-21 17:16

Would have liked to see some compute performance benchmarks , just out of interest. Good review none the less. Dont think ill get one to be honest, will just wait till the next series comes out.

#4533982

Agent-A01

2013-02-21 17:16

This card is mine.. Cant wait until next week

#4533984

kache

2013-02-21 17:18

nice card but damn screw that price. 660gtx will serve me well for 3 years before it both, Unless a game comes out I really need new card for.

Crysis 3...

#4533986

H83

2013-02-21 17:19

About the card´s price, it´s obviously too much for a gaming card and for the performance it offers but we have to remember that this is the same silicon that powers the Tesla range, where cards are sold at more than double the price. So if gamers want the privilege to game with a card that is sold at a much higher price as an workstation card, it´s only natural that Nvidia is going to charge a lot for it!!! In a certain way, i think this price is Nvidia´s artificial way to unsure most of this chips are sold as Tesla cars instead of Geforce cards because producing a chip this complex shouldn´t be easy and the yields on this thing should be very poor.

#4533990

Mr_Alexander

2013-02-21 17:22

Haha, it beats the 'can it play Crysis' thesis alright 😉

Actually I would not mind to see benchmarks for Crysis 1 with this card. Of course I understand that is too old game and there is not enough time but it still would be interesting. No matter what everybody says it is still my favorite game till now. Very nice review Mr. Hilbert. Thank you very much for the article.:)

#4533993

Darren Hodgson

2013-02-21 17:24

This card is mine.. Cant wait until next week

Are you buying two because your GTX 680 setup is faster than a single Titan, surely? Or is it the extra VRAM you want it for?

#4534012

millibyte

2013-02-21 17:37

20-30% faster than the competitor's over one year old single chip flagship is not even an impressive engineering feat. When you factor in the absurd pricing, it's even more ridiculous. Before my 7970, I had always bought nvidia (6800GT -> 8800GT -> 285GTX) but this price gouging leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I though AMD was bad for their high pricing of the 7970 at launch but this is literally twice as repulsive.

#4534041

Koniakki

2013-02-21 17:51

Lucky US members. Its over 200euros cheaper in the US vs EU. Ehm, anyone is going for a Trip soon in the US? I will pay some extra for your trouble! 😀

#4534050

Veteran

2013-02-21 17:57

Lucky US members. Its over 200euros cheaper in the US vs EU. Ehm, anyone is going for a Trip soon in the US? I will pay some extra for your trouble! 😀

Always is cheaper in the US. My 690 in the US was $1000. UK price i paid $1400. Almost 50% more. Britain is a ****ing ripoff.

#4534059

Koniakki

2013-02-21 18:00

Always is cheaper in the US. My 690 in the US was €757.60. UK price i paid €1,060.63. Almost 50% more. Britain is a ****ing ripoff.

I know about the price differences. Its been like that, well, forever almost. But damn! A Titan at estimated 745euros/650 pounds. That would be amazing. But lets not forget warranty, shipping etc. Especially warranty. And VAT etc etc.

#4534073

alanm

2013-02-21 18:10

20-30% faster than the competitor's over one year old single chip flagship is not even an impressive engineering feat. When you factor in the absurd pricing, it's even more ridiculous. Before my 7970, I had always bought nvidia (6800GT -> 8800GT -> 285GTX) but this price gouging leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I though AMD was bad for their high pricing of the 7970 at launch but this is literally twice as repulsive.

Not a typical card, its basically a luxury item that has its own niche, hence the price. People know they can get faster multi-GPU setups, but there is a strong appeal for the smoothness and trouble-free running of a single card vs multi-GPU setups, and thats where its value lies. Personally, if it was in my budget, I would choose it over a faster SLI or CF rig any day.

#4534075

---TK---

2013-02-21 18:16

My guess is this card will sell out very quickly, and I said it before the gk110 Tesla cards are far mor expensive. Maybe amd will counter with 30 free games with a 7000 series purchase