Titan X Launch / Review / Tears Thread

CyberPunked said:
Is there any way to unlock the Voltage?
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Do you mean beyond what Precision X allows? I know most use Afterburner and I also prefer it, but as of today AB does not allow voltage changes where as Precision X does. If you are looking beyond what Precision X, then like others have said, downloading a Bios that has been edited to allow voltage changes.
 
Looks like Samsung is a out to acquire AMD. If that happens, this are going to change pretty damn quick. I'm pretty sure Samsung wants to bury NVIDIA.
 
LL
 
Anyone know if I can get a water block for the Titan X other than from ekwb? They're out of most of them and they're overseas, so shipping cost would be high.
 
Lol Baasha.... geez. Well, I look forward to those benchmarks :P

Meanwhile, there's 1 TitanX somewhere in my town trying to find its way to my door. And I'll be at work when it gets there. Boo hiss.

EDIT: Review on amazon. Is this guy for real?

1) This card runs hot. It also runs loud. Quite a bit louder than the GTX 980, though not as loud as your wife screaming into your ears for dropping a few grands on graphics cards.

1a) I run these cards in SLI, and as such, they get extremely hot on air. I like the design of the NVTTM cooler, but it just won't cut it for this card. In my quite spacious case (800D), the cards consistently idle at ~40-50C, and when under load, the cards will hit the ~80C thermal ceiling in minutes, and then throttle considerably, significantly reducing performance (clockspeed drops from ~1500 to ~1300 when throttled, and 1100-1200 steady state).

1b) Thus, we come to hidden cost #1, the need for custom water cooling. These cards are not meant to be run on air, as they simply cannot reach their true potential with the air cooler.

2) Because these cards come with 12GB frame buffer, you should ideally have 24-48GB of system memory, due to the way Windows handles VRAM.
Basically, whenever the VRAM is full, Windows will swap the data onto the RAM, meaning that the 12GB VRAM on the card needs 12GB of system memory as swap space.

2b) Thus, hidden cost #2, memory upgrade. As of this writing, 32GB of decent quality DDR3 will run you ~$350US, while 32GB of decent quality DDR4 will run you ~$500US.

3) This card is rated for 250W TDP, but when overclocked it can draw as much as 300W. Nvidia recommends a 600W PSU minimum, but since it's never a good idea to run PSUs at max load (reduced lifespan, increased noise, increased heat), I would recommend ~800W for single card, ~1000W for dual SLI, ~1300W for triple, and ~1600W for quad.
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neilka said:
scan.co.uk have just picked my EVGA SC so they're out there...
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Did you get your Titan X SC yet?

Bought mine from OCUK, but they're saying April 2nd. If Scan are already shipping theirs, I'll just cancel my order and go with them.
 
mines in, of course the cost is ridiculous but for me after 20 mins it's worth it. running stock clocks (for now) at 4k gsync, had 780 sli before. games where sli didn't work before are like night and day (evil within for example) with close to or over 100% performance gain, ryse where sli was working went from 35fps to 50+

back to testing, will hopefully get 1400mhz oc at the weekend
 
All i know is that my next GPU has to have more than 4GB of VRAM. Hitting a vram wall is one of the worst feelings as the game becomes unplayable. I want to avoid that at all costs.
 
Dictator93 said:
All i know is that my next GPU has to have more than 4GB of VRAM. Hitting a vram wall is one of the worst feelings as the game becomes unplayable. I want to avoid that at all costs.
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It took me playing AC Unity at Ultra High with 8x MSAA at 4k to get 11GB to show up on this card.

I feel confident in saying with 12GB you'd never have a VRAM issue when gaming :p
 
Smokey said:
It took me playing AC Unity at Ultra High with 8x MSAA at 4k to get 11GB to show up on this card.

I feel confident in saying with 12GB you'd never have a VRAM issue when gaming :p
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It is ultra tempting to have such an "unlimited" supply of VRAM. :D I must exercise control though.
 
Smokey said:
It took me playing AC Unity at Ultra High with 8x MSAA at 4k to get 11GB to show up on this card.

I feel confident in saying with 12GB you'd never have a VRAM issue when gaming :p
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Until 5k or 8k becomes a thing at least :P

Btw, didn't you say that your card does not seem to down clock while idling? Mine seems to do it just fine. I've been running it on stock though…
 
Wait a second. I always thought the Titan was an SLI card in the same card. As in, it was a 2x core (Same as 295x)

Isn't this the case for the Titan and Titan X? Aren't you dependent on the SLI profiles for the games to make the card take maximum performance?
 
Dictator93 said:
Did you grab yourself a Titan X?!
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Yeah, just the one. I hated SLI with my 780s and 980s, and won't be going back. I got a considerable overclock on the Titan, plus there are games that have awful SLI support that I can actually play now.
I'd forgotten how smooth games were with a single card actually.
 
Just curious, has anyone bought/tried ASUS's Titan X (or any of their cards for that matter - vs EVGA)? I can buy two right now (going from Newegg and then to Newegg on eBaY - since you are limited to one per sale), but I want to be sure that their cards are reliable, quiet, and OC good. I'm an EVGA guy, but I'm willing to take the plunge on ASUS if they're worth it!
 
Quad SLI? I'm not sure why anyone would run it. It's not officially supported by Nvidia, many games will hardly use the 4th card, or will flat-out not work in Quad-sli mode. I guess some folks like to build benchmark machines?

Has anyone tried watercooling their Titan X yet? I would love to see how well this monster overclocks.
 
Smokey said:
Mine stays at 1001mhz and around 55c on idle. Yours are properly downclocking in that pic...Mine aren't
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That's odd. 55c?! Doesn't that mean your idle power consumption will be high? Let me test with OC in a bit and see if it still down clocks properly
 
Smokey, you might want to get your cards checked. I overclocked it to mirror your settings. Played crysis till i hit target temperature. Let it cool off for 3 minutes and this is what i ended up with

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Are people noticing substantial upgrades from the OG Titan that makes this a reasonable upgrade path? I game at 1440p and my Titan shows its age these days with the more demanding titles.

I think I'm more excited to be able to put my Titan in my HTPC...
 
joesmokey said:
Are people noticing substantial upgrades from the OG Titan that makes this a reasonable upgrade path? I game at 1440p and my Titan shows its age these days with the more demanding titles.

I think I'm more excited to be able to put my Titan in my HTPC...
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I don't know what the Titan gets you, but I'm getting 75+ frames in Far Cry 4 @ 2560x1440, SMAA, everything else maxed. My 980 averaged around 55 at that resolution. This is, of course, one of the more demanding games I've played recently. From what I understand, the 980 is a decent bit more powerful than the OG titan.

35-45 FPS at 4K as well (depends on how much foliage is on screen).
 
CyberPunked said:
Yeah, just the one. I hated SLI with my 780s and 980s, and won't be going back. I got a considerable overclock on the Titan, plus there are games that have awful SLI support that I can actually play now.
I'd forgotten how smooth games were with a single card actually.
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Awesome that you got one. Congrats!
Exile20 said:
What resolution were you running?
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1080p, but I am talking about future proofing my VRAM for a future monitor / the highest texture settings. I have been butting against a VRAM wall for so long with every card I have... I want to go over kill with my next GPU interms of VRAM.
 
yet to find a game that runs worse on my stock clocked titan x vs my old oc'd 780 sli, very nice, only disappointment is stalker lost alpha, i gained like 25% to a mammoth 30fps! 1.004 patch plz, also looking forward to trying it with my oculus dk2 at the weekend
 
curiouscharles said:
wouldn't be surprising if true - never understood Titans when the Ti variants always seem to out perform them for the dollar [though i'm not a developer, so i guess that's why Titans existed or something?]
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You have to remember this is the second iteration of Titans . The first being Titan and Titan Black. When I bought my Titan only the GTX 780 was out, and that wasn't an option at 1440p. The Ti's are a new brand that started after the Titan Black came out.

Kezen said:
But with twice as less VRAM.
What is genuinely surprising is that this will not be a cut-down variant of the GM200.

650 MSRP most likely.
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Yeah that surprised me as well, a non-cut-down variant.

And 12GB of VRAM would only help those with 4K displays. Less than 0.5% of people own a monitor at that resolution.

Source: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

Smokey said:
6GB VRAM plebs tho
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PLEASE SMOKEY YOU AND THE 5 OTHER PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN THAT!
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Playing Ziggurat at 144hz is quite a trip. Although just keeping my monitor at this refresh rate even on the desktop is pushing my card to 32% TDP with the core at 810mhz. Is this normal?
 
jim2point0 said:
I don't know what the Titan gets you, but I'm getting 75+ frames in Far Cry 4 @ 2560x1440, SMAA, everything else maxed. My 980 averaged around 55 at that resolution. This is, of course, one of the more demanding games I've played recently. From what I understand, the 980 is a decent bit more powerful than the OG titan.

35-45 FPS at 4K as well (depends on how much foliage is on screen).
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you have a single titan x? single titan x isnt pulling 75+ fps in fc4 at 1440p with soft shadows
 
soft shadows cuts your fps almost in half. perf in your top screen was probably abnormally high because of a lack of shadows being rendered
 
i actually have four screens hooked up to the card but only one active at a time , i can recreate the no downclock issue by changing stuff in 3d settings in nvidia control panel, i just changed a load of stuff, mfaa, frames ahead etc but i'm guessing it was power management at maximum performance? i restored to default and rebooted and it downclocks again anyway, no overclock though for now so that could be an issue also
 
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