Gainward GTX Titan
Test Setup, Overclocking and Temps
Published: 11th March 2013 | Source: Gainward | Price: �£834.95 |
Test Setup
Gainward GTX Titan
Forceware 314.09
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.6GHz
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Corsair Dominator Platinum
Corsair AX1200i
Corsair Neutron GTX
Corsair H100i
Windows 7 x64
Overclocking
This is a double-edged thing. When we first tested the Titan's overclocking ability we used the latest beta of the always good MSI Afterburner. All of today's overclocking results were based upon that overclock. However, and it's a big however, we weren't happy with our initial findings and further testing has made it clear that Afterburner isn't quite up to scratch.
Moving on to EVGA Precision we finally saw the overclocks we were hoping for and got the results that we expected. As you can see the Gainward ended up at nearly 300MHz faster than stock. So the results in this review are using Afterburner, and we'll be revisiting the overclocking results in a follow up review next week.
Temperatures
With the GPU Boost 2.0 the card always hits the stops, so pure temperature isn't so important. What is the most jaw-dropping part is that the card is near silent. We don't mean near silent if you're using headphones, or playing Far Cry 3. We mean silent in the "is it still working" way.
Most Recent Comments
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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Originally Posted by Solanos
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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