That's about right, but Titan has never had the same price/performance ratio. This is much cheaper than I expected. Also comparing it to a OC'd card isn't apples/apples, since you can do the same on the Titan as well.
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Titan X announced, 12GB framebuffer, 8 billion transistors.
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That's about right, but Titan has never had the same price/performance ratio. This is much cheaper than I expected. Also comparing it to a OC'd card isn't apples/apples, since you can do the same on the Titan as well.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Where are these $999 rumblings coming from? I'm very suspicious.
At $999, I don't know if I can resist. At $1350, I can comfortably say I don't need it ;p
At $999, I don't know if I can resist. At $1350, I can comfortably say I don't need it ;p
I sure as hell can't. If it's $999, I'm buying 2!
You buy it to hang around your neck to let people know what's up.
Killing_Joke
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$999 would be pretty damn great.
alexandros
Banned
Yep. I expected more.
1000 $/£/€ seems very likely and I cannot see Nvidia teasing this card two weeks before their GPU Technology Conference and then not releasing. The product packaging is already finalised, which is something that happens in the run up to product release. A price of 1350, which has been rumoured by some, would be very hard to justify to me. Yes, the die is massive, but this is a mature 28nm process.
Pricing is hard to predict precisely though, because when it releases, there will be no single faster GPU available and this means Nvidia could set whatever price they want. They are sitting on a 70% share of the market and do not have to place price pressure on AMD.
Where's that coming from? The sites I've seen have all said $1350 so far.
alexandros
Banned
Is @NeoGAFshitposts still active?
I think he is referring to pricing of past models.
Yeah I'm a little skeptical about that price. Really hope it's true. I'm getting back to pc gaming after 10 years and this could be a good start!
You must not have paid attention at all to multiplats on PC.
Dictator93
Member
You dont have a PSU at work with an 8 and 6 pin? That is really weird.
Probably, but I'm really hoping Nvidia goes for psychological pricing and avoids a 4 digit sticker.
Yeah at that TDP, i'd think even an SLI can comfortably run with a 1000W PSU
I said "starts at $999" which means it's the lowest possible rumor price. And, anyone looking for it to be cheaper should look elsewhere.
Ah, ok. Seems unlikely at this point but I wouldn't complain if that was the case. We'll find out in a week I guess.
Sadly you're probably right. They may well launch at 1350, as the Titan X will be supply constrained (the yields on a 600 mm2 GPU can't be that great) so you know it will sell out, even at that price.
Fiji XT launches in Q2 for what is likely to be 550-650 and comparable performance. Titan X could have the shortest reign at the top for a GPU in recent memory.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
You're forgetting the triple amount of VRAM, GDDR5 isn't cheap.
Good point. Forgot about that. With the amount of RAM, it actually seems like the right price. Now I'm even more skeptical of $999 :/
Most of our computers are Mac Pros, which have dual six pins to the motherboard. If I wanted I could draw power from a hard drive bay and the optical bay and get enough power, but that's finicky as anything.
We've got Dells that have similarly small PSUs, and then two HPs Z820s that already have last-gen Quadros and Teslas in them, and given how finicky early access drivers have been for Nvidia it's not worth possibly taking them out of commission.
The nice thing is that this only requires 8+6. The Titan Z required dual 8 pins and nothing but the 1125W chassis for the Z820s we had would support that kind of draw to the cards.
There won't be a 980ti as the 980 already has the complete GM204.
So, what, wait for Pascal?
Or whatever follows Pascal (Volta?). So there really is nothing else to look forward to for the next 12 months from Nvidia
No, wait for cheaper GM200 powered GPUs.
Dictator93
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ashecitism
Member
Just like last time with the Titan, expect the Titan X to get a cut-down version. Like how the 780 and Ti were, this time it will be 1080/Ti or whatever they'll call it.
Ok, I'll try and clear this up a bit better.
TitanX(stock) - 7427
Gigabyte 980 - 5884
On the graph, TitanX is 100%(which means its the basis for comparison) and the GB 980 is 79%. What that means is that the GB 980 is 79% as powerful as the TitanX.
But it is *not* the same thing to say that the TitanX is only 21% more powerful than the 980. The basis for comparison has changed. The 980 is now the 100%, in which case the stock TitanX is actually 27% more powerful than the GB 980.
So, here we have
1) Stock TitanX is 40% more powerful than stock GTX980.
2) Stock TitanX is 27% more powerful than the Gigabyte 980.
3) Overclocked TitanX is 63% more powerful than the stock GTX980.
4) Overclocked TitanX is 47% more powerful than the Gigabyte 980.
Nvidia gonna milk that titan for a looooooong time.
Oh yeah. And I think Nvidia will need two cards because of AMD's 390 and 390x. The 390x should be equal or better and the 390 will be 20% faster or more than a 980 therefore they will need to do something about it.
ashecitism
Member
Nvidia gonna milk that titan for a looooooong time.
Well, the 780 was released 3 months after the Titan. And the Ti came 5 months after that.
Dictator93
Member
It would be nice if it came out in those time frames (albeit.. 3 months is rather long when one considers the time span of previous card gens). I guess we have to see what AMD is doing and pricing.
Do you live in a cave. My year old 280x beats both my ps4 and x1 together..
Mine lasted till 30/06/2011. I too got my money out of it.
SuperEpicGuy
Banned
No, I remember someone mentioning that a 980 or 970 ran the witcher at 40-50 fps.
Found the source:http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=149331596#post149331596 If I remember correctly there's also an ultra preset too.
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Ok not too bad, around 50% improvement. Hoping the next generation cards will be a 50% upgrade over this too. Now I just wish the damn CPU's started to get better. I swear it's the same shit since 2500k.
michaelius
Banned
Well 980 can be overclocked too - so it should end in 35-40% better area compared to overclocked 980.
What's with the original post calling out Xbox and PlayStation?
Also I swear I keep hearing 8 billion transistors. Maybe I'm just getting tired of hearing nvidia batman physx PR.
Though I do wonder the actual application for this card this time since the other titans were more for cuda stuff but could still push games easily.
$2000 btw
Also I swear I keep hearing 8 billion transistors. Maybe I'm just getting tired of hearing nvidia batman physx PR.
Though I do wonder the actual application for this card this time since the other titans were more for cuda stuff but could still push games easily.
$2000 btw
Not sure I understand. GB 980 IS an over clocked 980. It's just factory overclocked.
Well it's the first GPU on PC which can rival the PS4, so understandably this is celebrated. We've waited one year and a half for that. Before that they were no GPU as fast as the 8gb of GDDR5 of the PS4.
Don't let any PC elitist tell you otherwise.
Physx was anything but PR in Batman games. You might want to play them with Physx enabled. It impacted all three games tremendously IMO.
The two previous Titans were 1.000$. The Titan Z was a dual GPU, this new one is a single one and will be priced between 1.000$ and 1350$.
In regards to application you can be sure this is a gaming card. It's advertised as such (this card has been running VR demos from Epic, Occulus and Valve).
thewhitehawk
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You must be new if you think this is the 970 is the first fiasco. I also don't understand what you stand to gain for defending a corporation that doesn't have your best interests in mind.
Given that the 970 was released so recently that's an even greater reason for us to be skeptical of any surprising specifications.
Assuming corporations like Nvidia are innocent just after they've done wrong to their consumers is a very poor decision in my opinion.