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NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN-X Pictured Up-close

Mar 7th, 2015 10:25 Discuss (85 Comments)

Here are some of the first close-up shots of NVIDIA's new flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX TITAN-X, outside Jen-Hsun Huang's Rafiki moment at a GDC presentation. If we were to throw in an educated guess, NVIDIA probably coined the name "TITAN-X" as it sounds like "Titan Next," much like it chose "TITAN-Z" as it sounds like "Titans" (plural, since it's a dual-GPU card). Laid flat out on a table, the card features an a matte-black colored reference cooling solution that looks identical to the one on the original TITAN. Other cosmetic changes include a green glow inside the fan intake, the TITAN logo, and of course, the green glow on the GeForce GTX marking on the top.

The card lacks a back-plate, giving us a peek at its memory chips. The card features 12 GB of GDDR5 memory, and looking at the twelve memory chips on the back of the PCB, with no other traces, we reckon the chip features a 384-bit wide memory interface. The 12 GB is achieved using twenty-four 4 Gb chips. The card draws power from a combination of 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors. The display I/O is identical to that of the GTX 980, with three DisplayPorts, one HDMI, and one DVI. Built on the 28 nm GM200 silicon, the GTX TITAN-X is rumored to feature 3,072 CUDA cores. NVIDIA CEO claimed that the card will be faster than even the previous generation dual-GPU flagship product by NVIDIA, the GeForce GTX TITAN-Z.

Source: MaximumPC

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85 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN-X Pictured Up-close

#26

HumanSmoke

DinaAngelmmmm i want benches, my wallet wants to be used

This is Titan, I believe the correct phrase is
"mmmm i want benches, my wallet wants to be abused"

#27

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

Uplink10SLI connector?

Yes, two of them, just like every other high end single GPU NVIDIA card. Have another look at the pictures.

#28

the54thvoid

Super Intoxicated Moderator

HumanSmokeThis is Titan, I believe the correct phrase is
"mmmm i want benches, my wallet wants to be abused"

Lol, QFT.

I'm with you on this - I'll hold out till June (or I'll try) and see what falls then. If I see a 50% improvement on a 980 then I might ditch my sli 780ti classy's. I'll go to whoever has the best performing card within certain quality parameters (noise, power etc).

#29

Uplink10

qubitYes, two of them, just like every other high end single GPU NVIDIA card. Have another look at the pictures.

Who is going to buy two of these cards, they are already going to cost an arm and the rest of the body.

#30

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

Uplink10Who is going to buy two of these cards, they are already going to cost an arm and the rest of the body.

Someone with more money than sense will buy two! :p

Or heck, even four...

#31

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

buildzoidBy the looks of the back of the PCB this is going to have yet another underpowered 6+2 phase VRM.

Underpowered based on what? Remember it is Maxwell, so it will have lower power requirements than the last Titan(s).

#32

HumanSmoke

MxPhenom 216Underpowered based on what? Remember it is Maxwell, so it will have lower power requirements than the last Titan(s).

The extra 6GB of VRAM will eat into that a little, and I'd say that Nvidia would just match clocks to the same 250W budget as Titan/Titan Black.

qubitYes, two of them, just like every other high end single GPU NVIDIA card. Have another look at the pictures.

Those should disappear in a generation or so once Nvidia adapts NVLink to consumer graphics - assuming the PCI-SIG incorporate it into the PCI-E 4.0 specification

#33

荷兰大母猪

The inspiration of the color of GTX TITAN X is from my friend whose ID is 控的是AK.

#34

JDG1980

Maybe it's just me, but that "matte black" cooler shroud looks like it's made of plastic. If so, that would be a regression from not only the original Titan, but the GTX 980/970 as well. Hopefully it's just some sort of odd finish on the metal, or else this is a definite step down.

#35

64K

荷兰大母猪The inspiration of the color of GTX TITAN X is from my friend whose ID is 控的是AK.

我找不到他通過搜索

我想驗證

#36

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

JDG1980Maybe it's just me, but that "matte black" cooler shroud looks like it's made of plastic. If so, that would be a regression from not only the original Titan, but the GTX 980/970 as well. Hopefully it's just some sort of odd finish on the metal, or else this is a definite step down.

it is metal. Its pretty much the Titan Black dhroud.

#37

荷兰大母猪

64K我找不到他通過搜索

我想驗證

His ID is in 百度贴吧，which is a Chinese forum. At first he colored his gtx titan to Black. Here is the link of his colored gtx titan. tieba.baidu.com/p/2727846820 Hope u can read the Chinese

#38

64K

我的中國是不是很好

謝謝我的朋友

#39

荷兰大母猪

64K我找不到他通過搜索

我想驗證

His ID is in 百度贴吧，which is a Chinese forum. At first he his 4 gtx Titan

64K我的中國是不是很好

謝謝我的朋友

I am sorry, I cannot understand ur Chinese. Can u speak English?

#40

64K

I wanted to know why you think that your friend inspired the color of the Titan X. I didn't see any evidence of it on your Chinese forum.

#41

荷兰大母猪

64KI wanted to know why you think that your friend inspired the color of the Titan X. I didn't see any evidence of it on your Chinese forum.

At first before gtx Titan black was announced, he colored his gtx Titan to black. Thus, so many forums misunderstood that it and they thought that is gtx Titan black. tieba.baidu.com/p/2719529842
Here is the link that he made his own "gtx Titan black", which is the inspiration of gtx Titan x. And we have a group which is called 神机营. It contains so many users who have gtx 780 sli or higher. The leader is nvidia official staff and my friend 控的是ak and me are in that group.

#42

64K

荷兰大母猪At first before gtx Titan black was announced, he colored his gtx Titan to black. Thus, so many forums misunderstood that it and they thought that is gtx Titan black. tieba.baidu.com/p/2719529842
Here is the link that he made his own "gtx Titan black", which is the inspiration of gtx Titan x. And we have a group which is called 神机营. It contains so many users who have gtx 780 sli or higher. The leader is nvidia official staff and my friend 控的是ak and me are in that group.

Interesting. I wish there was not a language barrier between us and the Chinese. I would like to see what is going on there with your members regarding GPUs and what they think. We're all enthusiasts after all. I try to use Google Translator but it fails regularly.

#43

the54thvoid

Super Intoxicated Moderator

qubitSomeone with more money than sense will buy two! :p

Or heck, even four...

Or people that are able to plan, budget or earn sufficient incomes to purchase said card. If you go into burdensome debt to own this then yes, the saying, "more money than sense" is valid. However, there are many people that can buy the card or two without that issue.
Perhaps its time to call it a day on the whole spending lots of money is stupid mantra.

#44

荷兰大母猪

64KInteresting. I wish there was not a language barrier between us and the Chinese. I would like to see what is going on there with your members regarding GPUs and what they think. We're all enthusiasts after all. I try to use Google Translator but it fails regularly.

Anyway, I will not buy Titan series...

#45

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

the54thvoidOr people that are able to plan, budget or earn sufficient incomes to purchase said card. If you go into burdensome debt to own this then yes, the saying, "more money than sense" is valid. However, there are many people that can buy the card or two without that issue.
Perhaps its time to call it a day on the whole spending lots of money is stupid mantra.

The point is these cards at such inflated prices are often considered not worth it for the performance they offer. Doubly so when a much cheaper gtx version comes out a while later tanking their investment. My comment already refers to people who can afford it.

#46

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

qubitThe point is these cards at such inflated prices are often considered not worth it for the performance they offer. Doubly so when a much cheaper gtx version comes out a while later tanking their investment. My comment already refers to people who can afford it.

I envy people and their ability to indulge on hardware such as this, rather than giving them a hard time on it because I know I couldn't afford it, but wish i could.

And realize, that the first Titan sold extremely well, even surprised Nvidia a bit. The ones who bought the card wanted the best of the best with zero worry on the cost, and I can assure you, those people are still living with roof over their head, all body parts and organs still in tact. :roll:

#47

HumanSmoke

qubitThe point is these cards at such inflated prices are often considered not worth it for the performance they offer. Doubly so when a much cheaper gtx version comes out a while later tanking their investment. My comment already refers to people who can afford it.

The only real issue is that unless you're in a particular persons position, making a call on the validity of the purchase might not cover all eventualities. I used to benchmark as a hobby, and got ridiculed for buying three 8800Ultra's (and many other cards before them), but the enjoyment I gained from tweaking of the system, overclocking, and eventual benchmark scores for me exceeded the financial cost handsomely (especially taking into account card value depreciation), even though the cards and watercooling were a severe financial outlay for me. It's hard to put a monetary figure on a pure indulgence - I also enjoy sport fishing for billfish and it requires sacrifices be made elsewhere to afford to hire and gas a boat, buy reels, beer, rods, beer, lures, bait, beer, goodwill presents to those I leave alone for 2-3 days....all for exultation of catching and releasing a large fish. Large monetary outlay, nil physical gain....is it worth it to me? Hell yeah.

#48

Dave65

They can keep it, will be over priced to make the other new card look attractive, not to mention their shell game with the 970, they don't deserve my cash..

#49

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

@MxPhenom 216 @HumanSmoke

Oh sheesh people, it was just an offhand remark with a grain of truth in it. No need to take it so seriously. :)

I wish anyone who buys them every happiness with their cards and these would make for a good talking point on TPU, too.

#50

GhostRyder

Hmm, I wish they would ditch the DVI port on the card and stick with just the DP's and HDMI. Still the best single GPU output choices on the market though with those 3 DP's and an HDMI...

qubitThe point is these cards at such inflated prices are often considered not worth it for the performance they offer. Doubly so when a much cheaper gtx version comes out a while later tanking their investment. My comment already refers to people who can afford it.

Indeed, though I think the problem with the first round was more the Titan was viewed by most as being the new top end GTX X80 card and expecting the purchase to be more satisfying than it was in the end. I mean who saw that the GTX 780 would be so close in performance for much cheaper or that the 780ti would best it by a great margin and then another Titan would even come besting the previous one. Even after people learned the Titan was no the full die it was one of those wtf moments when the other three cards came out for much better prices and better performance especially if you factor in later people could get 6gb 780's.

But whatever, I personally would not buy one except second hand if I really decided I needed a trio unless the price fell more in line. Though I think the best part will be seeing the benches and then being able to compare it to what could later come out as the 1080.

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