[SOLVED] Titan X (maxwell) in 2022?

[Lewis_35]

So I’m building a cheap-ish gaming pc for my brother and we’ve got a 5600x and a MSI b450 motherboard and that runs fine. He has a budget of 300 for a graphics card and with the current market it’s most definitely going to have to be pre owned, would the Titan X be good for a 2022 machine? He has a gtx 770 right now and it just can’t handle anything. He wants to play god of war, the Witcher 3. Titles like that, the Titan X used is cheaper than any rtx card available where we live too, and it’s cheaper than a 1080 ti but I’m worried the age of the card won’t be too capable of todays games. Thanks for any help!

 

[hotaru.hino]

Pass on the Titan X. It doesn't even beat a GTX 1080: https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2059?vs=1940 , whose performance is now attainable on a RTX 3060.

Video card prices are dropping according to a lot of tech news outlets. I'd watch the prices and availability like a hawk.

 

[Lewis_35]

Pass on the Titan X. It doesn't even beat a GTX 1080: https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2059?vs=1940 , whose performance is now attainable on a RTX 3060.

Video card prices are dropping according to a lot of tech news outlets. I'd watch the prices and availability like a hawk.

I see, but the RTX 3060 even online is around the 400- 500 mark, and a used 1080 from our local shop is £365 compared to the Titan X. They have 1070ti in stock and 1660ti. I’m just wondering if it’ll hand recent titles for 60fps at 1080p as the 770 can’t even run God of war on low settings

 

[hotaru.hino]

I see, but the RTX 3060 even online is around the 400- 500 mark, and a used 1080 from our local shop is £365 compared to the Titan X. They have 1070ti in stock and 1660ti. I’m just wondering if it’ll hand recent titles for 60fps at 1080p as the 770 can’t even run God of war on low settings

The Titan X performs similarly to the GTX 1070 and 1660 Ti, which both are about the same as an RTX 3050.

I would also avoid the Titan X as while it's DirectX 12 compatible, it doesn't really benefit from it as much as the later cards do. And more games are going to start using DirectX 12 or Vulkan.

 

[Lewis_35]

The Titan X performs similarly to the GTX 1070 and 1660 Ti, which both are about the same as an RTX 3050.

I would also avoid the Titan X as while it's DirectX 12 compatible, it doesn't really benefit from it as much as the later cards do. And more games are going to start using DirectX 12 or Vulkan.

Thanks man, I’ll try and convince him to spend a bit more 😂

 

[Eximo]

Agreed, even an RTX 2060 or 2060 Super would be an improvement for most games.

RTX3060 is superior in every way effectively.

I just gave my Nephew a GTX980, I consider that marginal for high end titles today, not enough VRAM. Tail end of driver support as well.

 

[Lewis_35]

Agreed, even an RTX 2060 or 2060 Super would be an improvement for most games.

RTX3060 is superior in every way effectively.

I just gave my Nephew a GTX980, I consider that marginal for high end titles today, not enough VRAM. Tail end of driver support as well.

Well he’s just informed me he has a £280 gift card at the place he’s gonna get a card from (tallied all the cards up he got for Christmas etc) So I think I can try to convince him to spend more.

 

[helper800]

This is as good as it gets right now for loosely that budget new.

 

[Karadjgne]

Titan X is not all that much better than a 980ti and is roughly comparable to a 1070, 2060, 3050 in stock form, depending on the game. Of course that's not considering the affects DLSS has on games, which really make the Titan X look bad when it comes to Fps.

Spending that much cash for a 7 year old gpu, that's most likely seen OC, has been pushed and abused by heavy gaming and now has questionable longetivity just doesn't sit right.

7 years ago it was a great card. 4 years ago it was pretty decent. Last year it was somewhat ok. Today, blah.

 

[Lewis_35]

Titan X is not all that much better than a 980ti and is roughly comparable to a 1070, 2060, 3050 in stock form, depending on the game. Of course that's not considering the affects DLSS has on games, which really make the Titan X look bad when it comes to Fps.

Spending that much cash for a 7 year old gpu, that's most likely seen OC, has been pushed and abused by heavy gaming and now has questionable longetivity just doesn't sit right.

7 years ago it was a great card. 4 years ago it was pretty decent. Last year it was somewhat ok. Today, blah.

The Titan X comes with a 24 Month Warranty also, so any issues with the card will be straight swapped for a different one, we’ve decided to spend the extra 60 for a 1080ti which also has a 24 month warranty, thanks for your input everyone

 

[Karadjgne]

1080ti is a much better card in every way vs a Titan X.

View: https://youtu.be/q_k8TosMV80
It's a move from a 2060 equivalent(ish) gpu upto a 2070-2070Super class card. For the extra 60, And a 2 yr warranty, that's a steal of a bargain.

 

[Voodoo8648]

So I’m building a cheap-ish gaming pc for my brother and we’ve got a 5600x and a MSI b450 motherboard and that runs fine. He has a budget of 300 for a graphics card and with the current market it’s most definitely going to have to be pre owned, would the Titan X be good for a 2022 machine? He has a gtx 770 right now and it just can’t handle anything. He wants to play god of war, the Witcher 3. Titles like that, the Titan X used is cheaper than any rtx card available where we live too, and it’s cheaper than a 1080 ti but I’m worried the age of the card won’t be too capable of todays games. Thanks for any help!

I have a Maxwell Titan X. It handles all the latest games at Ultra setting that I can throw at it........ That was until the Water Cooler went bad. It even does pretty good with running Flight Simulator 2020 triple screens at 1080p on mid-ranged settings. If you can find an air cooled one for $300, I'd go for it. DONOT buy a hybrid from EVGA..... they are JUNK and when the cooler goes bad, your perfectly good Titan X is pretty much worthless after that.

 

[Eximo]

Reference boards are very easy to get coolers for. Either a replacement hybrid system like a Kraken G12 bracket and an AIO or a full cover block. Older blocks, if available, are usually quite well discounted. And there is the simple option of finding a reference board heatsink from a dead card. EVGA is usually straightforward, Classified and FTW boards are their custom ones, all their ACX coolers should fit reference boards from that era, and any other reference board should also have compatible coolers. So you would look for broken GTX 980 Ti essentially that weren't the fancy ones.