GTX Titan X versus a GTX 1080 ?

[PCDesignerR]

I am trying to decide if I should upgrade to a GTX 1080 or if I should keep what I've got SOLELY for the purpose of getting something better than I have already. Please let me know if what you see above would considered to be decent graphics settings or if there is a way that I can get something better. I currently have a GTX Titan X but is a GTX 1080 a better card, or no?

Also (above image from CPU-Z) isn't my MHz rating on the card supposed to be much higher than what is listed?

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This is what I'm seeing right after just having ran the CPU-Z software. It seems like the speed is really low but I don't known if that is how it should be.

 

[Gam3r01]

Do you need something better?
The 1080 is not a very large performance increase over the Titan-X.
The clock speeds are because you checked it at idle speeds.

 

[weberdarren97]

The 135MHz is not the final clock sped. It's before the base and boost speeds are factored in and before the magic that is GPU Boost is even considered. That's why it seems wrong, because it's not the final result.

Anyways, the GTX 1080 runs at a much higher clock speed, has much better floating point performance (useful for 3D modeling and rendering of effect-heavy videos at 4K and above), has a higher texture rate, and offers much faster memory. On the other hand, the Titan X has a lot more Render Output Processors, has more Texture Mapping Units (although fills texture slower than the GTX 1080 due to lower clock speed), has 4GB more VRAM and offers more shading units.

The GTX 1080 is the clear winner here, able to render large scale objects faster and able to achieve higher framerates in games. I feel that I should also mention that the performance of the GTX 1080 comes at a much lower TDP of 180 watts, 70 watts lower than the 250 watts the Titan X consumes.

 

[PCDesignerR]

Hmm, so if I am actually running something the clock speed will increase. I don't know if I need something better but I was thinking of 2-way SLI-ing MSI GTX 1080s.

 

[PCDesignerR]

Thank you that actually helps a lot. The idea that a GTX 1080 is a sheer winner over GTX Titan X tells me which card I want to be in my computer. My final question is, from the PrecisionX control panel is there anything as an X user currently that I should be doing to gain peak performance out of my card or does that sort of thing kick in automatically as needed when gaming? Thanks again!

 

[weberdarren97]

Hmm, so if I am actually running something the clock speed will increase. i don't know if I need something better but I was thinking of 2-way SLI-ing MSI GTX 1080s.

What exact model? It's worth noting that there are plenty of GTX 1080's on the market that are worse than reference because the manufacturers wanted to offer it at a slightly lower price and ended up cutting corners to manufacture it.

In my opinion, these are the best GTX 1080's you can get.

 

[PCDesignerR]

Hmm, so if I am actually running something the clock speed will increase. i don't know if I need something better but I was thinking of 2-way SLI-ing MSI GTX 1080s.

What exact model? It's worth noting that there are plenty of GTX 1080's on the market that are worse than reference because the manufacturers wanted to offer it at a slightly lower price and ended up cutting corners to manufacture it.

In my opinion, these are the best GTX 1080's you can get.

Out of the 3 listed in that link which would you pick to be the ABSOLUTE best?

1 or 2 or 3 ???

 

[PCDesignerR]

This is also my processor I would like to upgrade to:
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-6950X-Processor-Extreme-BX80671I76950X/dp/B01FJLA9IM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478484499&sr=8-1&keywords=Intel+10+core+processor

 

[weberdarren97]

Thank you that actually helps a lot. The idea that a GTX 1080 is a sheer winner over GTX Titan X tells me which card I want to be in my computer. My final question is, from the PrecisionX control panel is there anything as an X user currently that I should be doing to gain peak performance out of my card or does that sort of thing kick in automatically as needed when gaming? Thanks again!

Even if you're running EVGA cards, I recommend MSI Afterburner for tuning your graphics cards. It's worth noting that MSI Afterburner may be incompatible with certain Asus cards due to the completely custom BIOS on the card.

Some things you could do to increase performance? Well, I'd set an aggressive fan curve to lower temperatures during gaming and I'd increase the clock speed.

I created a YouTube playlist to help you out.

Out of the three cards that I listed earlier, I think the Zotac AMP! Extreme is the best card. To give you an idea of why, Jay was able to overclock it to 2100MHz right away and it stayed cool enough that it was able to turn off the fans while benchmarking (overclocked) without overheating.

This is also my processor I would like to upgrade to:
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-6950X-Processor-Extreme-BX80671I76950X/dp/B01FJLA9IM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478484499&sr=8-1&keywords=Intel+10+core+processor

What do you intend to use these CPUs for? If all you're doing is gaming, it's completely unnecessary to get an extreme edition i7 at all. But if we ignore that and just focus on the question of which is best, the 6950X wins by a very small amount. I don't think that it's necessary to upgrade.

 

[TMTOWTSAC]

If you can make due with your Titan X for a little while longer, the rumor mill is buzzing about the imminent release a 1080 ti, and AMD's response with Vega possibly at CES.

 

[PCDesignerR]

My need comes from a heated determination to build a computer better than anything that DigitalStorm can offer and I'm pretty close but there are some pretty hefty upgrade areas.

 

[PCDesignerR]

Thanks for the help guys I really really appreciate it. DigitalStorm, eat your heart out. I'm coming up the line!