NVIDIA GeForce Titan X 12 GB

[Ikaruga]

So why nVidia launch 12 Gb card?Because they can...yup...hoping that every average joe jumped in to buy 12Gb card for their 4k monitor(s).

This is almost enough to achieve 2/10 troll level. This card is made for enthusiast and high end users who want the best and want it now, and definitely not for average Joes.
It's the fastest GPU on the planet, it's quiet and doesn't need a nuclear reactor under the bed. People who work with software like Deep Learning or other SP cuda applications, or people who do video editing or CG and need to keep large images/textures in the VRAM, etc... there are a shit ton of people out there who need as much VRAM as possible.
This card has only two cons, it doesn't have DP and it's expensive, the rest are all as good as it can be in March 2015 AD.

Yes,overclock will bump performance,but that is extra,not true experience out-of the-box

Just like your FX8350 running at 5Ghz has nothing to do with the out-of-the-box experience, right?

 

[64K]

This is almost enough to achieve 2/10 troll level. This card is made for enthusiast and high end users who want the best and want it now, and definitely not for average Joes.
It's the fastest GPU on the planet, it's quiet and doesn't need a nuclear reactor under the bed. People who work with software like Deep Learning or other SP cuda applications, or people who do video editing or CG and need to keep large images/textures in the VRAM, etc... there are a shit ton of people out there who need as much VRAM as possible.
This card has only two cons, it doesn't have DP and it's expensive, the rest are all as good as it can be in March 2015 AD.


Just like your FX8350 running at 5Ghz has nothing to do with the out-of-the-box experience, right?

I'm glad it does have some uses for professionals. That shores up my hopes that Nvidia will release a GM200 with 6 GB VRAM for gamers only for hopefully ~$700 on release like the Kepler GTX 780 Ti. That is the card I want with non-reference cooler so that it won't throttle due to getting too hot. 12 GB VRAM seems like a lot now but rumors have it that a high end Pascal in the next year or two will have 32 GB VRAM.

 

[1d10t]

This is almost enough to achieve 2/10 troll level. This card is made for enthusiast and high end users who want the best and want it now, and definitely not for average Joes.
It's the fastest GPU on the planet, it's quiet and doesn't need a nuclear reactor under the bed. People who work with software like Deep Learning or other SP cuda applications, or people who do video editing or CG and need to keep large images/textures in the VRAM, etc... there are a shit ton of people out there who need as much VRAM as possible.
This card has only two cons, it doesn't have DP and it's expensive, the rest are all as good as it can be in March 2015 AD.
Just like your FX8350 running at 5Ghz has nothing to do with the out-of-the-box experience, right?

So average joe who had $1000 doesn't allow to buy this card?
Yep,this is the fastest single GPU,and the fastest GPU configuration if you SLI'ed them.just wow.
And for other purposes,rather than gaming i think professional go for Quaddro for real time rendering,and back to CPU and RAM for finalizing.
As for my CPU,did i mention anything outside GPU?

 

[Ikaruga]

So average joe who had $1000 doesn't allow to buy this card?
Yep,this is the fastest single GPU,and the fastest GPU configuration if you SLI'ed them.just wow.
And for other purposes,rather than gaming i think professional go for Quaddro for real time rendering,and back to CPU and RAM for finalizing.
As for my CPU,did i mention anything outside GPU?

I was talking about enthusiast and high end users. People who might work as a professional also, but need the best card in their home PC for gaming, developing, experimenting with stuffz, to finish work at home now and then....etc... Individuals who want the best, they are the target audience, and this card delivers.

 

[radrok]

so maxwell is already MAX then?



Good point.Would you like to take risk to flash $1000 card and voiding it's warranty?And as far as i remember,nVidia prohibited overclocking or there's a policy change in their Term of Use?
VRAM doesn't have advantage,yet.So why nVidia launch 12 Gb card?Because they can...yup...hoping that every average joe jumped in to buy 12Gb card for their 4k monitor(s).
Yes,overclock will bump performance,but that is extra,not true experience out-of the-box.

Did that multiple time on my GPUs, flashing is completely safe if you know what to do.

The REAL problem with this graphics card is that Nvidia markets this thing at enthusiasts and it doesn't provide the tools that an enthusiast card should come with.

This should have been a reference version equipped like an EVGA's Classified GPU, no more no effin less.

We get poop phase VRM and a retarded voltage regulator. That's the problem, not the 12GB or the price because last time I checked Nvidia has GPUs in all price segments so there's no reason to complain they are selling a 999$ GPU.

NO one is complaining that Intel sells a 999$ CPU, get over it guys, Nvidia has the upper hand and it's in the position to create an halo product.

That's what it is.

 

[Ikaruga]

We get poop phase VRM and a retarded voltage regulator.

They used "6+2" phase design. Would you be kind to tell what "numbers" should be there? You want Nvidia to put stuff there for you on a consumer product to achieve things like this?:

 

[radrok]

They used "6+2" phase design. Would you be kind to tell what "numbers" should be there? You want Nvidia to put stuff there for you on a consumer product to achieve things like this?:

Something that isn't comparable to a 500$ GPU for starters. Their profit is at a maximum with Titan X PCB.

 

[Vlada011]

This review is excellent and usually TPU reviews help me to decide between NVIDIA graphic card versions.
Example 780Ti Classified review only confirm me that upgrade from 780 to 780Ti worth.
But this confirm one more thing... If you pay 1200e, pay little more for 130MHz fabric OC, because this sample and 50-60% of people will get similar will crash with EVGA Superclocked BIOS example. That's not nice when you invest so much in card. Most people will not dream about 1500MHz and similar number on reference PCB and 8+6pin but warranty on 130-150MHz for 50-60e over reference clock is welcomed. Than in start customer avoid 20-30% worse chips.
And if you have nice backplate to cover naked memory chips on 1200e card from same manufacturer that's even better.

 

[Vlada011]

If someone have TITAN X should explain how high temps go in latest games if fan is set manual to 80%.
For me is that not so loud except on AMD cards.

 

[Ikaruga]

If someone have TITAN X should explain how high temps go in latest games if fan is set manual to 80%.
For me is that not so loud except on AMD cards.

Why would you set the fans to manual?

 

[Vlada011]

Because anyway fan will work on some speed and better to spin constant on one speed than every 2 min to change 20% up and down.
First I check how much fan spin in some game and if need 60-70% I will set immediately 70% and that's it.

People talk TITAN X work on 85C and If they measure on Auto, NVIDIA profile that's expected temp for premium graphic chip.
But if temps are 75C on 70-75% fan speed that's not bad.
In theory TITAN X with 6GB = GM200 6GB could even work on 1200MHz base clock.
At least some better models. TITAN Black had 900MHz, little less, some GK110 models are launched with 120-170MHz more. That can happen again.

 

[xorbe]

I used MSI AB to ramp fan min/max from 50C to 100C -- that lets the gpu temp top out around 76 celcius. A bit more fan than stock default.

 

[ZeroFM]

what about memory usage at 1080p , no AA ?

 

[tpapas]

It would be nice to see also the 3x1080 game comparison for eyefinity users. You were one (if not the only) site that included it and now you ceased?

 

[xorbe]

Why would you set the fans to manual?

Some people game with closed-back earphones, and just pump up the fan for lowest temps. *shrug*

 

[Ikaruga]

Some people game with closed-back earphones, and just pump up the fan for lowest temps. *shrug*

Wouldn't be still easier to set a custom profile with high fan speeds then? I still don't get it why would anyone thinker with the fans manually every time they start or stop a game.

 

[xorbe]

Wouldn't be still easier to set a custom profile with high fan speeds then? I still don't get it why would anyone thinker with the fans manually every time they start or stop a game.

Because they think 13 MHz more on the gpu is earth shattering, hah. Oh, they probably do just use an aggressive profile. I guess I missed some detail of the discussion here. Max manual for benchmarking.

 

[Arabianknight]

Hello ,

Can you please update this test using three 1440P , 1600 P screens in Ultra settings ?

that is : 7680 x 1440 or 7680 x 1600

People are ignoring 3 screens tests after the release of 4K monitors

 

[Zero3606]

Because anyway fan will work on some speed and better to spin constant on one speed than every 2 min to change 20% up and down.
First I check how much fan spin in some game and if need 60-70% I will set immediately 70% and that's it.

People talk TITAN X work on 85C and If they measure on Auto, NVIDIA profile that's expected temp for premium graphic chip.
But if temps are 75C on 70-75% fan speed that's not bad.
In theory TITAN X with 6GB = GM200 6GB could even work on 1200MHz base clock.
At least some better models. TITAN Black had 900MHz, little less, some GK110 models are launched with 120-170MHz more. That can happen again.

I have a Titan X and my temps do not get above 67 degrees and any game.