Titan X Launch / Review / Tears Thread
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I'm assuming you're using newest drivers? Did you use DDU to do a clean install before putting these in? Has there been reports of BF Hardline struggling with SLI?
So is that just what you can achieve in a normal non-OC specialized setup?
Regardless... I think I may need to look into getting a case with good fans and airflow.
Hmm, seems like nothing but complaints in the driver thread over at the nVidia forum... I am staying away from 347.88 and sticking with 347.52 for now. People are really starting to lose their patience. I think it's fair to say they have dropped the ball on the quality of their drivers over the past 12 months.
Seems like no matter what card you have (I use a 660 as well) this driver is a buggy piece of crap.
Someone with a 660 non-Ti had the same problem in the driver thread at nVidia so I'm sure it's not just you.Smokey said:
Seems like no matter what card you have (I use a 660 as well) this driver is a buggy piece of crap.
I haven't had a single issue in months and months and months. I'm pretty sure the NVIDIA forums are rife with complaints even when the drivers are "good" - it's where you go to report issues, after all.
Can't say the same with all of the AMD cards that I've cycled through during that time frame!
I need to use them as the first official driver for Titan X. I haven't had any problems with them outside of my cards not ideling.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Hardline is an unoptimized piece of shit.
I picked it up the other day, and at 1080p with everything on ultra (including 4x MSAA), I'm getting drops into the 40s with an original Titan @ +100 and a 3820 @ 4.6.
Thing is, it's a HIDEOUS game - Battlefield 4 looks leaps and bounds better, and doesn't struggle to maintain 60.
icecold1983
Member
i think in general nvidia has been weaker on the software side the last 2 years or so. lots of driver problems, very little in the way of sponsored pc only graphics enhancements, lots of broken gameworks features the few times they are used, unexplainable bad performance in lots of titles on a large portion of their gpus etc. their hardware has been great tho.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
It just got released why wouldn't it support dx12?
OldGangWarily
Member
Still haven't figured what the fuck is wrong with SLI in my rig...but even with one card, this thing kicks ass.
What's going on?
icecold1983
Member
its dx12 tier 1 or 2. the upcoming amd high end gpu will be tier 3 as it supports bindless.
Druz
Member
Just found the page with that info
mr stroke
Member
Newest drivers yes, but no DDU. In fact I haven't used a driver sweeper in years, installing drivers on top of drivers and had zero issues since Win 8.
Maybe this is the reason LOL.
Every other game is playing fine, just BF Hardline is playing like ass(tearing even with Vsync, stuttering, and a fluctuating 40-55 FPS)
OldGangWarily
Member
Not sure. Whenever I put both Titan Xs in my PC, it refuses to display anything. The computer boots and POSTs completely fine but just doesn't display anything. I even went back to my old GTX 780 TIs to see if works fine and it did...sooooo I'll be eternally waiting for Nvidia customer service.
I'm assuming both work in the main slot by itself?
OldGangWarily
Member
Yup!
So that means DSR should work fine as long as the native resolution of the display is 1600p or lower? Irrespective of whether we are downscaling from 4k?
It's hit or miss on day 1 profiles with some of these new games at release. Nvidia tends to be quick about getting then out soon after though if not at launch.
d00d3n
Member
Congratulations! Which card did you buy? SC version?
I had a bit of a setback myself. The online retailer that I used has removed the expected shipping date for the EVGA Titan X SC. I am still hoping for delivery the next week or so, but until that time I don't have access to a desktop computer (sold my 780s). Will have to use the time to work ... or play Bloodborne I guess.
CyberPunked
Member
Is that +220(core), and +409(mem)? Also would there be any benefit to OCing the core only, but to a higher frequency?
viveks86
Member
Got some bad news guys, my system is not stable with 2 Titan Xs 
It works like a champ while it's up. But the moment I cold boot a few hours after shutdown, the system rarely ever makes it to the OS. It gets stuck in an infinite reboot cycle (with a distinct click from the PSU) until safe mode kicks in and then it magically works again. There's no BSOD, graphical anomalies, driver crash or anything. Just an instant hard reboot. Once the system is up, it even works fine if I reboot as many times as I want. So I removed one GPU, let it stay off for a few hours and booted and that works fine too. So at least the problem is isolated to something dual GPU related. First thing that came to my mind is that my system may not be providing enough power to 2 GPUs during cold boot, causing some kind of reset. I'm going to let it rest for the night and try again in the morning with just 1 GPU. If it still works consistently, then there are a few possibilities:
Assuming it's (2) for now, I'm going to have to rewire everything and possibly test plugging in directly into a wall socket and see if that helps. If it doesn't, then I'm screwed. I'd have to start replacing one part at a time, starting with the PSU to see what the issue is
Will report back if I learn anything. Sigh, I start gaming on a PC after 10 years and I already need to deal with this crap! :/
It works like a champ while it's up. But the moment I cold boot a few hours after shutdown, the system rarely ever makes it to the OS. It gets stuck in an infinite reboot cycle (with a distinct click from the PSU) until safe mode kicks in and then it magically works again. There's no BSOD, graphical anomalies, driver crash or anything. Just an instant hard reboot. Once the system is up, it even works fine if I reboot as many times as I want. So I removed one GPU, let it stay off for a few hours and booted and that works fine too. So at least the problem is isolated to something dual GPU related. First thing that came to my mind is that my system may not be providing enough power to 2 GPUs during cold boot, causing some kind of reset. I'm going to let it rest for the night and try again in the morning with just 1 GPU. If it still works consistently, then there are a few possibilities:
- My PSU is inadequate. I highly doubt this because it's a brand new 1000W evga supernova. Granted I have high power requirements, but not THAT high. I was able to reproduce the problem with everything running at stock (and not even under load as it's just OS boot up).
- The power available for my PSU is inadequate/unstable, causing the system to reboot. This is actually possible, because I'm running it on a surge protector that is also shared by my TV, home theater, set top box, PS4, router and a few more things (lol). May bet there's just not enough juice available through one outlet! May be the power up cycle causes a bigger jump in power draw than my overloaded outlet can handle.
- SLI setup is screwed up. This wouldn't make sense as it works fine for others.
- Motherboard issues with SLI. I can't imagine this either as I would think motherboard issues would result in some kind of error screen as opposed to hard resets. Not to mention that it works fine once it is up. It has to be power supply related.
Assuming it's (2) for now, I'm going to have to rewire everything and possibly test plugging in directly into a wall socket and see if that helps. If it doesn't, then I'm screwed. I'd have to start replacing one part at a time, starting with the PSU to see what the issue is
Will report back if I learn anything. Sigh, I start gaming on a PC after 10 years and I already need to deal with this crap! :/
Day 1 isn't such an issue for me - there's not been a crossfire profile for Far Cry 4 from launch until last weeks driver. I really need to look into this.
CyberPunked
Member
Well this explains why my tiled 4K monitor doesn't work with DSR then... :/
PC gaming involves trouble shooting at some point, it's inevitable.Got some bad news guys, my system is not stable with 2 Titan Xs
It works like a champ while it's up. But the moment I cold boot a few hours after shutdown, the system rarely ever makes it to the OS. It gets stuck in an infinite reboot cycle (with a distinct click from the PSU) until safe mode kicks in and then it magically works again. There's no BSOD, graphical anomalies, driver crash or anything. Just an instant hard reboot. Once the system is up, it even works fine if I reboot as many times as I want. So I removed one GPU, let it stay off for a few hours and booted and that works fine too. So at least the problem is isolated to something dual GPU related. First thing that came to my mind is that my system may not be providing enough power to 2 GPUs during cold boot, causing some kind of reset. I'm going to let it rest for the night and try again in the morning with just 1 GPU. If it still works consistently, then there are a few possibilities:
- My PSU is inadequate. I highly doubt this because it's a brand new 1000W evga supernova. Granted I have high power requirements, but not THAT high. I was able to reproduce the problem with everything running at stock (and not even under load as it's just OS boot up).
- The power available for my PSU is inadequate/unstable, causing the system to reboot. This is actually possible, because I'm running it on a surge protector that is also shared by my TV, home theater, set top box, PS4, router and a few more things (lol). May bet there's just not enough juice available through one outlet! May be the power up cycle causes a bigger jump in power draw than my overloaded outlet can handle.
- SLI setup is screwed up. This wouldn't make sense as it works fine for others.
- Motherboard issues with SLI. I can't imagine this either as I would think motherboard issues would result in some kind of error screen as opposed to hard resets. Not to mention that it works fine once it is up. It has to be power supply related.
Assuming it's (2) for now, I'm going to have to rewire everything and possibly test plugging in directly into a wall socket and see if that helps. If it doesn't, then I'm screwed. I'd have to start replacing one part at a time, starting with the PSU to see what the issue is
Will report back if I learn anything. Sigh, I start gaming on a PC after 10 years and I already need to deal with this crap! :/
I think your °2 is the culprit.
I went for the Asus. I have a Asus motherboard, so the possibility of controlling the Titan through the same software is an added bonus. More importantly, it was cheaper.
Not good to hear about the delay on your end. The Titan X delivery dates in Norway are unconfirmed (27 March) as well, so I guess I should prepare for the worst. I have 14 days to return the 970s, so I guess I'll hold on to them a bit longer until I know more.
I'll probably be playing Bloodborne anyway, just as you
d00d3n
Member
I went for the Asus. I have a Asus motherboard, so the possibility of controlling the Titan through the same software is an added bonus. More importantly, it was cheaper.
Not good to hear about the delay on your end. The Titan X delivery dates in Norway are unconfirmed (27 March) as well, so I guess I should prepare for the worst. I have 14 days to return the 970s, so I guess I'll hold on to them a bit longer until I know more.
I'll probably be playing Bloodborne anyway, just as you
Seems like a good choice. In Sweden the non-SC cards from Asus, EVGA, MSI and Gigabyte all cost the same, while the EVGA SC is a bit more expensive. I jumped on the EVGA SC because the initial info was that it would be available at the same time as the other cards and factory oc to not have to use afterburner seemed nice, but it will suck to have to wait for delivery.
Bloodborne will make everything good, yes
I had kind of a similar issue - had to uninstall drivers and reinstall them.
Got some bad news guys, my system is not stable with 2 Titan Xs
It works like a champ while it's up. But the moment I cold boot a few hours after shutdown, the system rarely ever makes it to the OS. It gets stuck in an infinite reboot cycle (with a distinct click from the PSU) until safe mode kicks in and then it magically works again. There's no BSOD, graphical anomalies, driver crash or anything. Just an instant hard reboot. Once the system is up, it even works fine if I reboot as many times as I want. So I removed one GPU, let it stay off for a few hours and booted and that works fine too. So at least the problem is isolated to something dual GPU related. First thing that came to my mind is that my system may not be providing enough power to 2 GPUs during cold boot, causing some kind of reset. I'm going to let it rest for the night and try again in the morning with just 1 GPU. If it still works consistently, then there are a few possibilities:
- My PSU is inadequate. I highly doubt this because it's a brand new 1000W evga supernova. Granted I have high power requirements, but not THAT high. I was able to reproduce the problem with everything running at stock (and not even under load as it's just OS boot up).
- The power available for my PSU is inadequate/unstable, causing the system to reboot. This is actually possible, because I'm running it on a surge protector that is also shared by my TV, home theater, set top box, PS4, router and a few more things (lol). May bet there's just not enough juice available through one outlet! May be the power up cycle causes a bigger jump in power draw than my overloaded outlet can handle.
- SLI setup is screwed up. This wouldn't make sense as it works fine for others.
- Motherboard issues with SLI. I can't imagine this either as I would think motherboard issues would result in some kind of error screen as opposed to hard resets. Not to mention that it works fine once it is up. It has to be power supply related.
Assuming it's (2) for now, I'm going to have to rewire everything and possibly test plugging in directly into a wall socket and see if that helps. If it doesn't, then I'm screwed. I'd have to start replacing one part at a time, starting with the PSU to see what the issue is
Will report back if I learn anything. Sigh, I start gaming on a PC after 10 years and I already need to deal with this crap! :/
Pretty unlikely that it is your PSU - I'm seeing 830W max heavily, heavily OC'd TITAN X SLI with 5960X (using Corsair Link - I know some do not believe it's "reputable") - try without any OC and see how everything runs? Guessing it is that power strip thing. Get another strip for your PC/monitor and put it on a separate outlet or better yet - separate breaker.
Is the mobo SLI certified?
Have you tried swapping the TITAN X cards when in SLI? Have you tried the cards one at a time by themselves?
Have you looked in your BIOS to see how the cards are "seen" (if your BIOS supports showing a device inventory)?
jim2point0
Banned
I'd get a Titan X right the hell now if it weren't sold out on Amazon. Then I could use my amazon card and buy it without my bank account taking a large hit all at once. Would also give me time to sell my 980.
Newegg is out too. Can still get them from Nvidia though, of course.
Newegg is out too. Can still get them from Nvidia though, of course.
Got some bad news guys, my system is not stable with 2 Titan Xs
It works like a champ while it's up. But the moment I cold boot a few hours after shutdown, the system rarely ever makes it to the OS. It gets stuck in an infinite reboot cycle (with a distinct click from the PSU) until safe mode kicks in and then it magically works again. There's no BSOD, graphical anomalies, driver crash or anything. Just an instant hard reboot. Once the system is up, it even works fine if I reboot as many times as I want. So I removed one GPU, let it stay off for a few hours and booted and that works fine too. So at least the problem is isolated to something dual GPU related. First thing that came to my mind is that my system may not be providing enough power to 2 GPUs during cold boot, causing some kind of reset. I'm going to let it rest for the night and try again in the morning with just 1 GPU. If it still works consistently, then there are a few possibilities:
- My PSU is inadequate. I highly doubt this because it's a brand new 1000W evga supernova. Granted I have high power requirements, but not THAT high. I was able to reproduce the problem with everything running at stock (and not even under load as it's just OS boot up).
- The power available for my PSU is inadequate/unstable, causing the system to reboot. This is actually possible, because I'm running it on a surge protector that is also shared by my TV, home theater, set top box, PS4, router and a few more things (lol). May bet there's just not enough juice available through one outlet! May be the power up cycle causes a bigger jump in power draw than my overloaded outlet can handle.
- SLI setup is screwed up. This wouldn't make sense as it works fine for others.
- Motherboard issues with SLI. I can't imagine this either as I would think motherboard issues would result in some kind of error screen as opposed to hard resets. Not to mention that it works fine once it is up. It has to be power supply related.
Assuming it's (2) for now, I'm going to have to rewire everything and possibly test plugging in directly into a wall socket and see if that helps. If it doesn't, then I'm screwed. I'd have to start replacing one part at a time, starting with the PSU to see what the issue is
Will report back if I learn anything. Sigh, I start gaming on a PC after 10 years and I already need to deal with this crap! :/
This sounds like a motherboard issue to me. If it was power you wouldn't be able to game on the system for any length of time. I have my system plugged into a decent APC surge protector so I don't think that's it either, but it wouldn't hurt to try it directly from the wall.
What motherboard are you using ?
Canadian sites finally have it listed and ouch, it looks like it's going to be $1349 CAD. The 0.80 exchange rate would have put it at about $1250 so we're getting punished a bit ($100 duty?). I'll stick with my local shop anyway since they have a nice instant swap exchange service for warranty issues.
viveks86
Member
Welp. Just tested with one titan x and issue happens even then. Now it boots up to windows, shows my wallpaper and boom! Reboot! :/
So it's not dual gpu related. For those asking, this is an asus x-99a mobo that supports up to 3-way SLI. Running everything at stock right now. But as we know now, the issue persists even with one card. Gonna try sorting out the power situation anyway to see if it makes a difference
Edit: just thought i'll reboot one more time. This time it seemed stable until i loaded crysis. Instant reboot! Wtf. I was benchmarking this game just fine a couple of days ago!
Edit 2: removed all the other crap connected to that outlet and plugged directly into it. Now it works and I can play crysis at downsampled 4k just fine. Not at 60 fps as I'm using just one card now, but playable. Don't know if it's a coincidence. So I've shutdown for now. Will wait a couple of hours before trying again
So it's not dual gpu related. For those asking, this is an asus x-99a mobo that supports up to 3-way SLI. Running everything at stock right now. But as we know now, the issue persists even with one card. Gonna try sorting out the power situation anyway to see if it makes a difference
Edit: just thought i'll reboot one more time. This time it seemed stable until i loaded crysis. Instant reboot! Wtf. I was benchmarking this game just fine a couple of days ago!
Edit 2: removed all the other crap connected to that outlet and plugged directly into it. Now it works and I can play crysis at downsampled 4k just fine. Not at 60 fps as I'm using just one card now, but playable. Don't know if it's a coincidence. So I've shutdown for now. Will wait a couple of hours before trying again
OldGangWarily
Member
Case has been elevated to Tier-2 with Nvidia. Hopefully they got something.
Hope you can get issue resolved viveks!
Hope you can get issue resolved viveks!
It's a power issue in your house/apartment. I had the same problems when I started using boss rigs. Luckily, I am close friends with a lot of electricians so they boosted my house's power capabilities, e.g. http://1pcent.com/?p=123.
It's a power issue in your house/apartment. I had the same problems when I started using boss rigs. Luckily, I am close friends with a lot of electricians so they boosted my house's power capabilities, e.g. http://1pcent.com/?p=123.
Or maybe it is power. Huh.
I woukdve thought it would be mobo first. when my machine was having psu issues it would legit shut down in the middle of gaming or benchmark, and then wouldn't cold boot.
therealminime
Member
Yeah I've been thinking the exact same thing. I've got a 680 that is still going decently strong but it's definitely time to upgrade. The 980 would do the trick, but man the Titan X would just be such glorious overkill for 1440p. It's a hard knock life. I'm waiting to see what the price is like in crummy Canadian bucks. The 980 is an easy $800 here.
viveks86
Member
I just tried the cool off period and still having the same problem with even one Titan X directly plugged to the wall socket and nothing else. So I swapped the card with the other one and that mysteriously works! Grrr…. Now I'll have to wait for another cool off period and try agin. If it works, then this could be a case of the other one being a faulty card. I'm clueless at this point.
Dude! I live in a condo. I don't know/think I can pull this off! :/
The thing is, it doesn't even work with a single Titan X at stock. It can't be an apartment power problem then can it? That's less than 500 W total consumption! And I get the problem after windows login on game boot up screen, not under heavy stress. That's not even much load. I don't know, I'm considering this as the worst case scenario for now
I'm still thinking/hoping mobo/PSU/GPU as a potential problem. I won't be able to handle it if it's related to apartment power!
It's a power issue in your house/apartment. I had the same problems when I started using boss rigs. Luckily, I am close friends with a lot of electricians so they boosted my house's power capabilities, e.g. http://1pcent.com/?p=123.
Dude! I live in a condo. I don't know/think I can pull this off! :/
The thing is, it doesn't even work with a single Titan X at stock. It can't be an apartment power problem then can it? That's less than 500 W total consumption! And I get the problem after windows login on game boot up screen, not under heavy stress. That's not even much load. I don't know, I'm considering this as the worst case scenario for now
I'm still thinking/hoping mobo/PSU/GPU as a potential problem. I won't be able to handle it if it's related to apartment power!
Mad Season
Banned
cant justify 1k on a single item no matter how good it is
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Well, this probably isn't the thread for you, then.
OT: First Titan X, from EVGA (through Newegg), shall be here today. Ordering a second tomorrow! Wanted to grab two SC'd, but as I've heard, it won't make much difference for a little extra.
I've gotten all SC versions of previous cards bc reasons. Helps with resale too. didn't this time because I went with Nvidia.
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
I'll add a third around Fall time - because reasons. Right there with ya!
I just tried the cool off period and still having the same problem with even one Titan X directly plugged to the wall socket and nothing else. So I swapped the card with the other one and that mysteriously works! Grrr…. Now I'll have to wait for another cool off period and try agin. If it works, then this could be a case of the other one being a faulty card. I'm clueless at this point.
Dude! I live in a condo. I don't know/think I can pull this off! :/
The thing is, it doesn't even work with a single Titan X at stock. It can't be an apartment power problem then can it? That's less than 500 W total consumption! And I get the problem after windows login on game boot up screen, not under heavy stress. That's not even much load. I don't know, I'm considering this as the worst case scenario for now
I'm still thinking/hoping mobo/PSU/GPU as a potential problem. I won't be able to handle it if it's related to apartment power!
OK - maybe I am wrong. But try to hook it up to another outlet (that is not loaded up as much as this one) and see if it still happens. It just draws a lot of juice. It is not that you need to upgrade or tweak anything - but you do want to make sure that you aren't tripping a circuit. They're not that hard to trip with a lot of electronics on them.
Haha. Was not that big of a deal. Did not cost much at all. A fun tweak. Now that system is a 750 Ti box lol. Potentially will house the 390X.
Does EVGA know you're cheating on them?