Nvidia Titan X Review - X gon' give it to ya

[Dr. Pezus]

Concluding

Alright alright, it is time to wrap things up. While reviewing the GeForce GTX Titan X I had this song in my mind. Before reading this conclusion, browse downward, turn up the volume and then begin reading my final words.

The GeForce GTX Titan X is VERY impressive. But it is a niche product due to its very high pricing level. Depending on street prices you can expect a 1000 USD/EURO pricetag. Huge performance with a huge die-size GPU and you'll get more graphics memory usable for the years to come. In that respect the X is a rather future proof product. But obviously that alone does not justify a price tag at this level. Price / performance wise a 3.5 GB GeForce GTX 970 or 4 GB GeForce GTX 980 would make more sense, but IF you need that extra memory and a third additional performance on top of that while staying in a single GPU configuration then the card is an obvious winner alright. If you game at 2560x1440 (WQHD) then it's barely relevant to go 12 GB. That said, it's darn fast in performance. Very fluid framerates is what you'll play your games with. It does so while hardly making any noise and keeps the product at OK temperatures. A GeForce GTX Titan X with 12 GB in return will offer you fluid framerates while gaming with the newest game titles and you get plenty of reserve for titles that like heavy usage of graphics memory. But as recent history has shown, a 4 GB card (with actual 4 GB VRAM working at full speed) is more than sufficient in the year 2015. Now, "X" is a good notch faster compared to the reference GeForce GTX 780 Ti and is a nice notch faster compared to the GeForce GTX 980, for what if offers that's not a bad performance position to be in alright. At 2560x1440 you can expect an increase of 30% performance over a reference GeForce GTX 980, at Ultra HD we have seen that number grow to 40% more performance depending on the title you play. What I find interesting to see is that with a GPU of this size and that many memory ICs there still remains to be room left for tweaking.

The Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X is great, grand really. But I am certain that most of you can't look away from the price-tag. Overall the product is just impressive and has great aesthetics with the all new dark looks. We do hope to see a card with that other small extension, GTX 980 Ti with 6 GB, eh? Price wise of course the X is too expensive in the regular consumer domain. But hey, this is the enthusiast game, it is the black painted Ferrari among the graphics cards and as niche and expensive as it gets. People love this stuff regardless of the fact they can't afford it. The X certainly did raise my heartbeat when I first had it in my hands. The X is top notch, we bow to it.

Now where is GTA-V for PC? Surely that game will eat away over 6 GB VRAM, right?

H.


Full review: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/nvidia_geforce_gtx_titan_x_review,33.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGx6K90TmCI

[Dr. Pezus]

http://www.techspot.com/review/977-nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-gm200-maxwell,4091.html

"By all measures this is a niche product, ideal for only certain PC gamers. But if you're in its target demographic, GeForce GTX Titan X has no equal. Though the appeal is narrow, such high-end hardware earns our Tom's Hardware Recommended award."

[Shinobi-san]

wow thats some serious performance in a single GPU :O