Geforce GTX Titan X

[Lucas Wong]

I am just wondering what the hell is the Geforce GTX Titan X for because it's so damn expensive yet the GTX 980 ti is quite good also

 

[Robert Cook]

great question, the whole world was left asking that after the 980ti came out. it was the best card on the market, but now there are 980tis for the same price that can beat it. and ones about $200 less than can tie it or get very close. pretty much now that card is just a bragging right. it has a whopping 12 GB or VRAM but unless you are bill gates, good luck getting four of them in SLI to make the full 12 GB usable.

 

[wh3resmycar]

titans are still cheaper than workstation class graphics cards.

 

[Robert Cook]

^ well yes, but those cards still trash the titan at their job.

 

[Robert Cook]

the old titan was good, but the new one is an over glorified gtx 980ti.

 

[TechyInAZ]

The TITAN X is still a mystery. While the 12GB of vram is cool, it won't be maxed out in a long time. Plus, they took double precision (I think) off the Titan X which all the other titans do have. So it's even more crazy to buy now.

I personally think the titan x was a money maker until the 980 tis came out.

 

[Robert Cook]

^ yeah the lack of double precision makes workstation cards far better. the 980 ti seemed to be put out to snuff the fury, which it did real well.

 

[razer switch]

The titan x was made for people who will keep their pcs for a long long time.3d modelers and renderers can fill up the vram on cards pretty quick. Also, a couple of years ago, 1gb was considered enough for 1080p. Now 2gb is the minimum for 1080p gaming. Hope this answers your questions.

 

[TechyInAZ]

The titan x was made for people who will keep their pcs for a long long time.3d modelers and renderers can fill up the vram on cards pretty quick. Also, a couple of years ago, 1gb was considered enough for 1080p. Now 2gb is the minimum for 1080p gaming. Hope this answers your questions.

True, however the RAW gpu horsepower isn't enough for even 4k gaming. Let alone more demanding games in the future.

If they made the titan X with 1/3rd more cuda cores and only 8GB of vram, that thing would be way better off in games.

 

[Robert Cook]

yeah, but I do not think they could cool that. not yet at least.

 

[TechyInAZ]

yeah, but I do not think they could cool that. not yet at least.

True. However, I would just leave the cooling to companies like gigabyte and Asus. The AMD Fury does not have a reference cooler which i think is AWESOME!

 

[Robert Cook]

or MSI, their lightning cooler can dissipate 500 watts supposedly.