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Geforce Titan rumours.
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Doesn't confirm or deny those rumours that they were salvaged from K20/K20X runs - tho 10K parts with 14x SMX fully working sounds like a lot just for salvaged parts alone unless the yields are truly shocking (for the ratio of almost make the grade to making the grade parts). 10K could hint at being a run specially for GeForce.
Actually, if true, for me it confirms that it's cast offs from the K20x. Yields were bad I reckon, and this is why Titan exists at all. Because so many cores didn't make the K20 cut.
1st post so hello gents and ladies (maybe).
Good read so far very excited for the Titan, the rascallion inside me says do it buy me forget the cost buuuy meee or even two, then the other side is all, Hey man just sli your 680 and any AAA title will eventually get the sli profile right and it will all be ok, save the cash buy a hat and go on an adventure.
WWJD? I have no idea I did ask but NDA prevented a response.
If it's less than £800 the beast will be unleashed.
Good read so far very excited for the Titan, the rascallion inside me says do it buy me forget the cost buuuy meee or even two, then the other side is all, Hey man just sli your 680 and any AAA title will eventually get the sli profile right and it will all be ok, save the cash buy a hat and go on an adventure.
WWJD? I have no idea I did ask but NDA prevented a response.
If it's less than £800 the beast will be unleashed.
I think you might be right, they'll want to cover the costs of a bad yield and what better way than to release a monster to the GPU enthusiasts.
Soldato
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Agreed £650 ish would be fair,
I'll hazard a guess off between £750 - £850
I really dont think it will be above the price of a 690, limited editiion or not. Given that I think 690's will end up settling around £740, I expect the Titan to be around £650 to be honest. Of course based on speculation that it will be 10% slower. The 690is still a quality piece of kit
Fingers crossed
come the 18th and we should know for sure. The suspense is killing me, feel like I'm 5yrs old and its a week until Christmas.
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Its pretty simple, if it were a full product they'd sell it, its not very difficult to work out. If they can run wafers and sell for profit at whatever yields they get by doing them for £600-800, they would and it wouldn't even remotely be limited, they'd make them till no one bought, nothing more or less.
They aren't doing this, therefore they aren't anything but cast offs, not necessarily a bad thing, and it also depends on professional sales, they may have simply over estimated design, maybe more are buying Intel cards and they added a few more, who knows.
Either way, if profitable and makes sense, they'd make them till there was no demand, limited run implies nothing more than salvaged parts in general.
They aren't doing this, therefore they aren't anything but cast offs, not necessarily a bad thing, and it also depends on professional sales, they may have simply over estimated design, maybe more are buying Intel cards and they added a few more, who knows.
Either way, if profitable and makes sense, they'd make them till there was no demand, limited run implies nothing more than salvaged parts in general.
I like your thinking
Just can't see them being £650, as if it is the sales of 690's will be hit (IMO)
This is one of the occasions I'm praying to be proved wrong
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Only problem is, logic like that doesn't work when you get limited edition GPU's that cost a lot more than more GPU's than what it's composed of.
7970 Ares for exampke, 1.2k, you could get 3 7970's WC'ed for that, or 4 299.99 ones.
I want one so bad !!!
I hate SLI and Crossfire because both of those SUCK ASS in 3d gaming.
Not only that you got drivers problems you got 3d support problems to.
I think this will be fastest single gpu card till 880gtx i can bet that 780gtx wont even come close. But it wont be in 800f price range either.
For me this card is worth 2x680 price atm.
Not to mention that AMD wont have anything to touch this card till 9970 card heh.
I hate SLI and Crossfire because both of those SUCK ASS in 3d gaming.
Not only that you got drivers problems you got 3d support problems to.
I think this will be fastest single gpu card till 880gtx i can bet that 780gtx wont even come close. But it wont be in 800f price range either.
For me this card is worth 2x680 price atm.
Not to mention that AMD wont have anything to touch this card till 9970 card heh.
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If you look at other SLi / xfire vs single card of comparable speed the single card solution is always MUCH more.
If the titan is anywhere near 690 speed it will be MORE £££ than the 690.
Why would you want to faff with SLi with only 2GB when 6GB titan is the same price and 85% as quick (when SLi works)?
Single card solution over SLI = price premium.
THE fastest single card out there = price premium.
6GB = price premium.
Limited stock = price premium.
I fear its going to be shocking!
If the titan is anywhere near 690 speed it will be MORE £££ than the 690.
Why would you want to faff with SLi with only 2GB when 6GB titan is the same price and 85% as quick (when SLi works)?
Single card solution over SLI = price premium.
THE fastest single card out there = price premium.
6GB = price premium.
Limited stock = price premium.
I fear its going to be shocking!
Whoah Neddy easy !
FWIW I ran GTX 480 in SLI and they ate 3D. The only game that stuttered was LA Noire and it doesn't support SLI nor is there a profile for it (not at least in the very latest Betas nor have EVGA made one for it).
Other than that though I played a plethora of titles and they all flew along happily in passive 3d using an over ride for the monitor.
Well of course. Two cheapo cards may try and take on the single card but what happens when you add two of those single cards? haha you end up with stratospheric GPU power that no mid range cards can touch.
I run two 670s and there's no single card (yet
) that can touch them.
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Why would you want to faff with SLi with only 2GB when 6GB titan is the same price and 85% as quick (when SLi works)?
Limited stock = price premium.
I fear its going to be shocking!
I didn't think Sli related issues affected single but dual chip cards? 2GB is still enough for current games on a single monitor even at 1440p. Ithink farcry 3 was using 1.25GB last time I checked.
Limited stock of slower speed than the fastest single card availbe(690) = still premium price?
Must admit I havent really taken the memory into considering. I gathered it would be overkill and therefore people wont pay a premium for it(4GB is more than enough for most) but of course there are those out there running multiple screens for gaming.
Personally, if the performance figures are correct, I don't see it retailing for more than a 690 or even if it does, it wont be far off (ie not shocking!
). The 7 series wont be far behind either which will be even better im sure.Will be interesting to see how it pans out. They will I'm sure be priced appropriately anyway, ie, knowing they will sell all of them
.I will be interested at the right price but as not a huge gamer, anything too close to the 690 in price I think I'd prefer the 690 (although I'll decide when full spec/price/performance released.). If prices not great I might even just sit it out until the 780 comes available which will definately be priced well, and I think many will consider doing the same, hence another reason I don't think the titan will be priced toooooo high
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It does, it's still SLI, just on one PCB rather than 2 and bridged.