discussion The NVIDIA TITAN X 12GB Review Comment Thread

[SKYMTL]

Phenomenally expensive, ludicrously powerful and able to provide eye-searing performance, NVIDIA's Pascal GP102-based TITAN X is here. Is it the real deal or simply a money grab?

Read more here: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...8-nvidia-titan-x-12gb-performance-review.html

Oh and it purred me to sleep and kept me warm at night....I think. h34r:

 

[lowfat]

Snot to shabby.

 

[ontariotl]

While I will admit this card is damn fast, but for the price 1440p shouldn't even be in the equation for reviews.

For $1200US it should be aimed at 4k only, and sadly still can't run 60fps average in Witcher 3 even with Hairworks off. Granted, 2 games will reach 60fps average in 4k, but an o/c'ed 1080 can reach that as well. The ones that struggle for both cards, there really isn't that big of a gap for the added extra cost.

So to put in perspective. On top of the extra $200US from the original Titan X, spending another 1k for a g-sync 4k monitor to enjoy the less than 60fps tear free experience range, is ludicrous. A 1080 with a good overclock would be damn close to utilize the G-sync experience as well and at a lesser cost (well maybe in the US).

Kudos to those who can afford it without pissing off the wife/girlfriend. I'm sure they will sell like hotcakes.

For me, 4k will have to wait a little longer. I kinda like my money in the bank right now.

 

[SKYMTL]

To be perfectly honest with you, I'm still not sold on 4K either. Give me a 144Hz, 16:9, 2560x1440, 30" monitor and I'm in heaven.

 

[fla56]

it's not the 4K card we were looking for...

Phenomenally expensive, ludicrously powerful and able to provide eye-searing performance, NVIDIA's Pascal GP102-based TITAN X is here. Is it the real deal or simply a money grab?

Read more here: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...8-nvidia-titan-x-12gb-performance-review.html

Oh and it purred me to sleep and kept me warm at night....I think. h34r:

thanks for the review but sorry it's noisy and still isn't 4K -i really think we're waiting for Titan-Volta, no?

what about Doom Vulcan benchmarks?

 

[Lysrin]

Well what can be said? I think it would run my 1440p ultrawide just fine! :haha: I think including the 1440 results in the review is a good call (no offence intended ontariotl) because that resolution is becoming the new 1080p and so seeing a cards performance at that res is certainly beneficial. I would love if HWC would add 3440x1440p for a least a few of the really crushing games. I know the performance would be in between 2560x1440 and 4K, but it would still be nice to see actual numbers because the difference isn't linear. The price, yes crazy, and I was going to ask who this card is really for until I read the review conclusion. I think you summed it up perfectly SKYMTL. And I'm with you, my responsible self wouldn't let me buy it, but who wouldn't want that level of performance in their games if they could find the money? It would be amazing!!!

But who knows... I didn't think I would spend north of $1K on the monitor either but I have an X34 on my desk now and I couldn't be more pleased! ... well I could be a little more pleased if I added... :biggrin:

Just to clarify something with the overclocking, you mention the "generous 20% Power Limit overhead". Does that mean that the Titan X isn't restricted in same ways that we discussed with the MSI 1080 Gaming Z review? Voltage still locked though.

 

[Rison]

pfft, it doesn't even have a VGA port!

Kidding aside, obvious question is obvious. Why didn't you include the 1080 SLI numbers in the review? Now i'm left flipping between two browsers trying to compare this to a dual SLI 1080 setup.

 

[SKYMTL]

thanks for the review but sorry it's noisy and still isn't 4K -i really think we're waiting for Titan-Volta, no?

what about Doom Vulcan benchmarks?

Id pushed a massive (12GB!) Doom update while I was finishing up the RX 470 review. It affected Vulkan results and I didn't have time to redo all the testing for this review or the RX 470 review so, it'll unfortunately be left off the charts for the time being. :sad:

 

[SKYMTL]

pfft, it doesn't even have a VGA port!

Kidding aside, obvious question is obvious. Why didn't you include the 1080 SLI numbers in the review? Now i'm left flipping between two browsers trying to compare this to a dual SLI 1080 setup.

I'm embarrassed to say....I don't have a second reference GTX 1080 or 1070.

 

[Dark Knight]

This is an embarrassing release for Nvidia not only are they not allowing any partners to sell that card (which means that Canadian RMA is not an option) but they do not allow non-reference designs or voltage unlocking (which was allowed on Kepler for example). Then to top it off they named it the same as Maxwell's Titan and haven't provided any real differentiating features. It's a money grab and I agree with SKYMTL for that.

I'm not going to consider this video card especially not at the price point of $1200 USD. That's more than what the previous Titan's were priced at and it still lacks compute/workstation capabilities unlike the original GK110 Titan's.

Also saw someone on Kijiji in Toronto trying to sell one for $2300 when even after conversion it's nowhere near his "firm" asking price. I had a good chuckle when I looked at his asking price because even with tax the person that posted the ad is taking advantage of gullible consumers.