Gainward GTX Titan
Under the Hood
Published: 11th March 2013 | Source: Gainward | Price: �£834.95 |
Under the Hood
Let us refresh your memory for a moment. On the left is the new GK110 chip that beats at the heart of the Titan. On the right, the GTX680. So say this is a monumental leap in computing power is understating things. In every department the Titan lives up to its name. 48 Raster Processors compared to the 32 on the GTX680. 6GB of GDDR5 compared to 2GB. 1152 more CUDA Cores. In every conceivable number the Titan dwarfs its predecessor.
So what does all this mean? A good place to start is the GigaFlops number. A measure of pure calculative performance the Kepler GK110 has the capability to perform 4,500 billion floating point operations per second. If that doesn't seem like a lot to you, then compare it to the current CPU king, the Intel Core i7-3960X, with its measily 316 billion, and the insane power of the nVidia effort starts to become clear.
For comparison, the HD7970 has 3800 GigaFlops and 4.3 billion transistors..
There are a lot of tweaks and clever things going on beneath the hood of the GK110, but we've never been ones to baffle you with meaningless science here at OC3D. Certainly not for the sake of just making our reviews needlessly lengthy. You're busy people. What we care about is the end product and how fast it is, and we're sure you're the same. So perhaps the biggest change to the way that the Titan works is the adjustment in the GPU Boost. Whereas the GTX6xx series adjusted the clockspeed of the GPU relative to the amount of power that was being drawn, the GPU Boost 2.0 on the GTX Titan takes the temperature of the card as the limiting factor.
This might seem like a small change, but if the thermals are the only limit, and you can water cool them or even go sub-zero, then hopefully you're all smiling like us at the practical applications of this tweak. Lastly nVidia believe that the Titan should give a substantial performance boost over its predecessor, but that's what we're here for.
So enough preamble, let's take a look at today's card, the Gainward GTX Titan.
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Nice read, nice card, poor price! The future looks promising for future gpus though.
great card, but the price when looking at 3x7870 or 2x7970 and new ssd, even a pretty good system for that price is the put off
Great review! I love the looks of the Titan, but it's waaay to overpriced 
Just a quick question. with the 3D Mark graph is that the combined results or gpu results?
Interesting.
I know it would be unbalanced in terms of CPU/GPU , but if you aren't interested in benchmarking a 3770k with a h100i and this in a betfenix prodigy is perhaps the ultimate single screen gaming rig , small, cool , quiet.
For me thats probably the perfect system.
I know it would be unbalanced in terms of CPU/GPU , but if you aren't interested in benchmarking a 3770k with a h100i and this in a betfenix prodigy is perhaps the ultimate single screen gaming rig , small, cool , quiet.
For me thats probably the perfect system.
It's the combined result, like all of our 3D Mark scores.
ok 
thanks for the clarification
thanks for the clarification Tom, that card took some time get naked :P
- But what a video to see, 1 hour and 24 mins, a good break after 10 hours of work
- But what a video to see, 1 hour and 24 mins, a good break after 10 hours of work
you, sir, said the f word at least twice in this review while i get a slap in the neck when i say it on the forums. i feel disadvantaged!
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4 times! not counting the ones in crysis 3
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4 times! not counting the ones in crysis 3
Epic review as always
And if you could send me back the Titan as soon as, that would be great
And if you could send me back the Titan as soon as, that would be great
I was reading a youtube comment. Yes I know...
But it was very interesting. It compared the titan to a quadro gpu. The titan is apparently a very good deal for applications where you need a load of ram and cuda cores. This would make sense.
So should this be branded as an entry level quadro card?
I mean if you look at the pricing of a quadro card with 6GB of ram Clicky Then having triple SLI titans, (or even a single titan might be enough,) seems like a better deal.
But it was very interesting. It compared the titan to a quadro gpu. The titan is apparently a very good deal for applications where you need a load of ram and cuda cores. This would make sense.
So should this be branded as an entry level quadro card?
I mean if you look at the pricing of a quadro card with 6GB of ram Clicky Then having triple SLI titans, (or even a single titan might be enough,) seems like a better deal.
great review as always, love your long videos
so much better than the 10 minutes stuff so certain people upload
so much better than the 10 minutes stuff so certain people upload
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great review as always, love your long videos
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Really enjoyed sitting through the video. You can't get more detailed than that.
Well that was a loooong video. My YT broke playing it. The progress bar appeared at 47mins and stopped despite the video continuing to the end
However, and I hate to be the fuddy-duddy, the language, does come across as a little bit unprofessional and I think some companies that supply you with goodies may start to have an issue with it if it becomes regular.
Plus you have to think that you may be getting younger viewers, who probably know more swear words than us adults however parents walking past their young kids computer and hearing it might take offence.
Personally, doesn't really bother me but devil's advocate and all that.
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Just to add though. great card but I wish nVidia would start and listen to consumers regarding LED lighting and use RGB. I understand that yes green is representative of the company but for those that take the time in choosing a colour scheme for their rig it's annoying that one component can't match in.
However, and I hate to be the fuddy-duddy, the language, does come across as a little bit unprofessional and I think some companies that supply you with goodies may start to have an issue with it if it becomes regular.
Plus you have to think that you may be getting younger viewers, who probably know more swear words than us adults however parents walking past their young kids computer and hearing it might take offence.
Personally, doesn't really bother me but devil's advocate and all that.
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Just to add though. great card but I wish nVidia would start and listen to consumers regarding LED lighting and use RGB. I understand that yes green is representative of the company but for those that take the time in choosing a colour scheme for their rig it's annoying that one component can't match in.
Great review as always, such a great looking card and great performer if I could afford it I'd have one in my rig in a heart beat.
Nicely done Tom, as always definately worth the wait...
Keep them coming..................
Keep them coming..................
So Tinytomlogan, our Guv. Got his mitts on the TITAN 6GB GPU the kool accommodating staff too hopefully.
After the feature film to show off the titan, 1 hour 26mins. if I remember correctly indeed was showing great stuff as in features and the power engineered into just one nVidia card, well so far it's unrivaled.
This leaves me (a lot) diss-heartened as I bought the nVidia EVGA version of the GTX690, as I only just bought it weeks before the titan card came out/even knew about it.
Where I'm going with this is it was a smart marketing play by nVidia
but my next GPU purchase will be a good 2 ATI's (FirePro's) or a top of the range Quadro (which I will be sure to check its the only one for a while to come/industry-wise!).
Otherwise the money grabbing gits at nVidia will keep making these kind of cards for gaming and might end up charging £2000+ for one, simply because they're being bought (great cards, credit to them) ATI will catch up and show no mercy, win in the battle for the best gaming card I'll bet money on that!
But paying out that kind of money for a graphics card? Yes it's awesome, yes TTL got in the first best review, but that kind of cash, it can field a whole system if you buy smart, simple.
After the feature film to show off the titan, 1 hour 26mins. if I remember correctly indeed was showing great stuff as in features and the power engineered into just one nVidia card, well so far it's unrivaled.
This leaves me (a lot) diss-heartened as I bought the nVidia EVGA version of the GTX690, as I only just bought it weeks before the titan card came out/even knew about it.
Where I'm going with this is it was a smart marketing play by nVidia
but my next GPU purchase will be a good 2 ATI's (FirePro's) or a top of the range Quadro (which I will be sure to check its the only one for a while to come/industry-wise!).
Otherwise the money grabbing gits at nVidia will keep making these kind of cards for gaming and might end up charging £2000+ for one, simply because they're being bought (great cards, credit to them) ATI will catch up and show no mercy, win in the battle for the best gaming card I'll bet money on that!
But paying out that kind of money for a graphics card? Yes it's awesome, yes TTL got in the first best review, but that kind of cash, it can field a whole system if you buy smart, simple.
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So Tinytomlogan, our Guv. Got his mitts on the TITAN 6GB GPU the kool accommodating staff too hopefully.
After the feature film to show off the titan, 1 hour 26mins. if I remember correctly indeed was showing great stuff as in features and the power engineered into just one nVidia card, well so far it's unrivaled. This leaves me (a lot) diss-heartened as I bought the nVidia EVGA version of the GTX690, as I only just bought it weeks before the titan card came out/even knew about it. Where I'm going with this is it was a smart marketing play by nVidia but my next GPU purchase will be a good 2 ATI's (FirePro's) or a top of the range Quadro (which I will be sure to check its the only one for a while to come/industry-wise!). Otherwise the money grabbing gits at nVidia will keep making these kind of cards for gaming and might end up charging £2000+ for one, simply because they're being bought (great cards, credit to them) ATI will catch up and show no mercy, win in the battle for the best gaming card I'll bet money on that! But paying out that kind of money for a graphics card? Yes it's awesome, yes TTL got in the first best review, but that kind of cash, it can field a whole system if you buy smart, simples. |
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Originally Posted by SeekaX
something is messed up here
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Dear Nvidia.
It's perfectly OK to rebadge a failed Tesla card and ask £1000 for it.
All our love,
Your faithful (and rather stupid) audience.
It's perfectly OK to rebadge a failed Tesla card and ask £1000 for it.
All our love,
Your faithful (and rather stupid) audience.
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Originally Posted by 2Dcypher
1 word, what?
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Is it a coincidence or is that avatar a still frame of Tom there?? lol
Evin funny! Funny cheeky grin time everybody
Evin funny! Funny cheeky grin time everybody
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Originally Posted by 2Dcypher
1 word, what?
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I feal dummer for doing so
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Is it a coincidence or is that avatar a still frame of Tom there?? lol
Evin funny! Funny cheeky grin time everybody |
He looks so happy! Was that the TITAN or... Hang on, where are those hands?
The Titan is indeed a tasty looking and performing card.
I built my current rig in Nov last year with the plan of upgrading the GPU to 1 or 2 780's or what ever the top performing next gen/architecture card was. I even planned for stupid prices of about 35% more the the MOST expensive single core cards out at the time. That worked out at about £650. So if it cost £650 ..1 card, if it cost £400 i would push to 2 cards. I knew Nvidia would be expensive so why not plan ahead.
But damn ..Nvidia really pulled a number on us, the cheapest u can find these cards is £830 ....'ridiculous' just doesnt quiet mean enough in this case lol.
Pitty really, the Titan wont get the sales it deserves imo, even those with LGA 2011 rigs probably wont stomach spending that much on a single core card..i know i wont.
I for one will now have to wait for the 780 which will likely be within the price range i originaly planed on..it just wont be the 'flagship' model i wanted
.. owell such is life. I deffinatly need a upgrade this year so its gunna have to be Nvidia since AMD wont be releasing anyting till next year...i wanna play Crysis 3 but im holding off becouse i just know my 560ti will get a proper thrashing trying to play it otherwise :P
Anyway nice review
I built my current rig in Nov last year with the plan of upgrading the GPU to 1 or 2 780's or what ever the top performing next gen/architecture card was. I even planned for stupid prices of about 35% more the the MOST expensive single core cards out at the time. That worked out at about £650. So if it cost £650 ..1 card, if it cost £400 i would push to 2 cards. I knew Nvidia would be expensive so why not plan ahead.
But damn ..Nvidia really pulled a number on us, the cheapest u can find these cards is £830 ....'ridiculous' just doesnt quiet mean enough in this case lol.
Pitty really, the Titan wont get the sales it deserves imo, even those with LGA 2011 rigs probably wont stomach spending that much on a single core card..i know i wont.
I for one will now have to wait for the 780 which will likely be within the price range i originaly planed on..it just wont be the 'flagship' model i wanted
.. owell such is life. I deffinatly need a upgrade this year so its gunna have to be Nvidia since AMD wont be releasing anyting till next year...i wanna play Crysis 3 but im holding off becouse i just know my 560ti will get a proper thrashing trying to play it otherwise :PAnyway nice review
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Pitty really, the Titan wont get the sales it deserves imo, even those with LGA 2011 rigs probably wont stomach spending that much on a single core card..i know i wont.
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I wouldn't mind but you can set up a SLI arrangement for around £500 and beat it easily.
really nice review as usual
the price tag is massive but the card just looks stunning and the performence is proper aswell
the price tag is massive but the card just looks stunning and the performence is proper aswell
What i would like to see as an addition to this long review is a power consumption benchmark. I mean a single core card with a TDP of 250Watts must be much lower than 2 Crossfire/SLI overclocked cards right? So performance wise we have the fastest single core card that costs a ton of money, hmmm I think I can live with an overclocked GTX670 that runs Crysis 3 @ 1080p maxed out @30-45 FPS.
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What i would like to see as an addition to this long review is a power consumption benchmark. I mean a single core card with a TDP of 250Watts must be much lower than 2 Crossfire/SLI overclocked cards right? So performance wise we have the fastest single core card that costs a ton of money, hmmm I think I can live with an overclocked GTX670 that runs Crysis 3 @ 1080p maxed out @30-45 FPS.
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Times like this I miss 'Doom', no I'm happy enough with a rig build in process no titan for moi just the very cool GeForce GTX690, takes up little energy, not watercooling it as the body is just so cool, and chuck on the backplate from EVGA.
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Dear Nvidia.
It's perfectly OK to rebadge a failed Tesla card and ask £1000 for it. All our love, Your faithful (and rather stupid) audience. |
Is 1.2v safe for Titan.
Maybe I'm being ignorant but just why would you overclock the most powerful GPU on the market to date?
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Maybe I'm being ignorant but just why would you overclock the most powerful GPU on the market to date?
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Becouse it still has untapped potential and to be blunt, it may be the most powerfull single GPU card available for gaming ..but its still not powerfull enough when u concider what it can manage in the most demanding games and specialy its price.
I want overclock it for benchmarks.
BTW Crysis 3 with everything max out and Motion Blure High killing this card
So is it safe, or not ?
BTW Crysis 3 with everything max out and Motion Blure High killing this card
So is it safe, or not ?
Speaking of overclocking has anyone tried to overclock their monitor?
not yet, but I have 120Hz so I don't need more :P
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