Tuesday, March 25th 2014
NVIDIA Announces the GeForce GTX TITAN-Z
Here it is, folks, the fabled monster dual-GPU graphics card from NVIDIA, based on its GK110 silicon, the GeForce GTX TITAN-Z (sounds like "Titans"). The first reference-design graphics card to span across three expansion slots, the GTX TITAN-Z features a cooler design that's an upscale of the GTX 690, with a pair of meaty heat-pipe fed heatsinks being ventilated by a centrally-located fan. The card features a pair of GK110 chips, with all 2,880 CUDA cores enabled, on each. That works out to a total core count of 5,760!
That's not all, the two chips have 480 TMUs, and 96 ROPs between them; and each of the two is wired to 6 GB of memory, totaling a stunning 12 GB on the card. At this point it's not clear if the GPUs feature full-DPFP, but their SPFP totals 8 TFLOP/s. Display outputs on the card include two dual-link DVI, a DisplayPort, and an HDMI. According to its makers, the GTX TITAN-Z is the first graphics card that's truly ready for 5K resolution (5120 x 2700 pixels) on a single display head, for gaming. At US $2,999, the card costs thrice as much as a GTX TITAN Black, for twice its performance.
That's not all, the two chips have 480 TMUs, and 96 ROPs between them; and each of the two is wired to 6 GB of memory, totaling a stunning 12 GB on the card. At this point it's not clear if the GPUs feature full-DPFP, but their SPFP totals 8 TFLOP/s. Display outputs on the card include two dual-link DVI, a DisplayPort, and an HDMI. According to its makers, the GTX TITAN-Z is the first graphics card that's truly ready for 5K resolution (5120 x 2700 pixels) on a single display head, for gaming. At US $2,999, the card costs thrice as much as a GTX TITAN Black, for twice its performance.
122 Comments on NVIDIA Announces the GeForce GTX TITAN-Z
But for $3000, the scaling has to be better than that!
Nvidia....taking WIN to Obscene levels........
The other side to that particular coin is that, pushing voltage becomes a case of diminishing returns. Would there be much to be gained by allowing 1.6V through a GK 110 ? I can understand the interest for sub-zero (suicide) runs, but for 24/7 operation ?
Where do you find this logic layout price. There is nothing you would not already have 2xK110, 2x6GB RAM, PLX chip, 2x power units. Busiest frequency does not appear and is unlocked and possible further clockeng we do not know! 5K (5120 x 2700 pixels) !!!And do not fucking way because there are no monitors I have not seen offered anywhere, not to mention outdated outputs! This price is for a rich man and they do not know what they are buying. Yes, I had at least two but you can dream about them at this price rather wait for the Maxwell and get in the a single processor which offers two here, and will also be supported with desired outputs but this is more dependent on Apple's rights i observed. AMD will issued 2 x R-9 290X for $ 1000 max $ 1,100 and INVIDIA will not be sold 10 pieces !:toast:
Later (Not much later hopefully) I bet Nvidia releases "the true gamer dual card" The GTX 790.
My guess is the Titan-Z will have a really low production rate and only an extreme (Retarded) few will buy it.
Nvidia (speaking to them as if they can hear me).... with releases like the Titan-Z, AMD is looking better and better everyday.... and this is coming from someone who is not afraid to drop thousands on Tri and Quad GPU setups.
Dropping 6+k on a Dual chip card Quad SLI setup that will not scale as well as a single chip quad SLI setup is just plan price gouging and dumb.
For gaming, it's obviously a play for the halo effect. A counter to the dual Hawaii card, and makes no sense - hence the pricing. There's a good chance that Nvidia will have to bin low vCore GK 110's for the Titan-Z, so they will be taking from the same bin as Tesla K40/Quadro K6000 ( runtime precision excepted).
For CG rendering and the like, it might depend more on how much power you can jam into a form factor. People are obviously shoehorning as many Titans into a box as possible, so why fill sixteen slots with 8 GPUs, when you can fill fifteen with 10 GPUs ? If rendering time is money, the added initial expense might not enter into the equation
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yeah, the price is normal for extreme (idiot) rich people or die hard fanboy (willing to die for JHH)
With this revelation I dont see why you aren't working at Nvidia yet.
But I try to educate through the tears and tantrums.
"RELEASE THE KLEENEX!!!"
Nice to see so many of the usual anti-Nv trolls finally join the party. Nap time must be over.