Titan Z

arc@css · 27 Mar 2014 at 05:23

Video reminds me of the menu in the game hard reset.

DarrenM343 · 27 Mar 2014 at 06:58

Looks like a bargain to me

Potential to have up to 4 in Sli.
Hardware anti-stutter or whatever it's called.
Looks good.
And most importantly, look at the size of that thing. Sorry, but you're not a man if you can't get one of those into your case

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Given it's size I would say they have tried to do well with the cooling.

Besty · 27 Mar 2014 at 08:08

Lol at that picture.

The 690 was at a price point people could understand, this card is way out west and not only is the entry point steep but you will get hammered on resale as I cant see Amd shifting the dual 290x card at anything more than $1500.

Boomstick777 · 27 Mar 2014 at 08:28

The 28nm gaming card market is saturated. Clearly this Titan Z is not aimed at the casual gamer. You can pick up 780's / 780Ti's and even Titan Blacks for much less.

If someone was stupid enough to spend this much money on a GPU just for gaming then it would their own fault. We're not talking 'bang for buck' here. Seems stupid to even argue it's price point. Nvidia have a card for every pocket.

GTX 750Ti / 760 / 770 / 780 / 780Ti / Titan / Titan Black / Titan Z

Anyway 28nm has become old and boring at this point tbh. This is Nvidia's last hurrah, a developer GPU that if they can sell a few onto gamers with huge pockets well good on em.

Maxwell is probably only a 3-5 months out..

Kaapstad · 27 Mar 2014 at 08:37

Boomstick777 said:
The 28nm gaming card market is saturated. Clearly this Titan Z is not aimed at the casual gamer. You can pick up 780's / 780Ti's and even Titan Blacks for much less.

If someone was stupid enough to spend this much money on a GPU just for gaming then it would their own fault. We're not talking 'bang for buck' here. Seems stupid to even argue it's price point. Nvidia have a card for every pocket.

GTX 750Ti / 760 / 770 / 780 / 780Ti / Titan / Titan Black / Titan Z

Anyway 28nm has become old and boring at this point tbh. This is Nvidia's last hurrah, a developer GPU that if they can sell a few onto gamers with huge pockets well good on em.

Maxwell is probably only a 3-5 months out..

There is no point in any gamer or bencher buying this card but it does allow NVidia to boast that they have the fastest card, well until a watercooled dual Hawaii turns up.

Wait a few months and there will be a GTX 790 based on this card for about £800.

Kaapstad · 27 Mar 2014 at 08:46

Just found this

I think the Titan Z is going to be a bit gutless and underpowered, check out the power connectors in the pic. 2 x 8 pin is not going to cut it.

Fruitbooter · 27 Mar 2014 at 08:59

Boomstick777 said:
The 28nm gaming card market is saturated. Clearly this Titan Z is not aimed at the casual gamer. You can pick up 780's / 780Ti's and even Titan Blacks for much less.

If someone was stupid enough to spend this much money on a GPU just for gaming then it would their own fault. We're not talking 'bang for buck' here. Seems stupid to even argue it's price point. Nvidia have a card for every pocket.

GTX 750Ti / 760 / 770 / 780 / 780Ti / Titan / Titan Black / Titan Z

Anyway 28nm has become old and boring at this point tbh. This is Nvidia's last hurrah, a developer GPU that if they can sell a few onto gamers with huge pockets well good on em.

Maxwell is probably only a 3-5 months out..

I don't think Maxwell is 3-5 months out else they would have gave details at GTC. I think it will be earliest Q4 if not then Q2 2015 and they will milk 28nm some more with 6GB 780s and Titan Blacks.

triss · 27 Mar 2014 at 09:01

Kaapstad said:
Just found this

I think the Titan Z is going to be a bit gutless and underpowered, check out the power connectors in the pic. 2 x 8 pin is not going to cut it.

Good find i wonder how low it will be clocked

Fruitbooter · 27 Mar 2014 at 09:20

The 690 was 2 x 8pin and that coped fine, I think to play it safe though the Titan Z should have 8+8+6 pin

Kaapstad · 27 Mar 2014 at 09:26

Fruitbooter said:
The 690 was 2 x 8pin and that coped fine, I think to play it safe though the Titan Z should have 8+8+6 pin

The GTX 690 used nearly everything that the 2 x 8 pin setup delivered. The Titan Z will be using two full fat GK110 chips that are a lot more power hungry than the GK104 chips found in the GTX 690.

Gregster · 27 Mar 2014 at 09:30

There is 375W on show with the 2x150w 8 pins and 75w PCI-E socket and I feel it would need more than that. They may have got it more efficient but efficient isn't always a good thing.

Kaapstad · 27 Mar 2014 at 09:58

Gregster said:
There is 375W on show with the 2x150w 8 pins and 75w PCI-E socket and I feel it would need more than that. They may have got it more efficient but efficient isn't always a good thing.

+1

The GTX 690 is very efficient at it's stock clocks, unfortunately these are 915/1502 which is quite a bit lower than stock GTX 680s.

To get the best out of the Titan Z, I think 450+ watts is really needed.

Still looking on the bright side, by the year 3811 you will have saved enough on your electricity bill to justify the extra cost of the Titan Z over two Titan Blacks.

triss · 27 Mar 2014 at 10:03

See Nvidia keeping it green

trisp · 27 Mar 2014 at 11:30

I like the titan z i just dont get the price... i think at 1500-2000 range they would have sold them like hot hot cakes but at the 3k mark is pretty crazy.

Gregster · 27 Mar 2014 at 21:06

We were shocked to learn the Geforce Titan Z price yesterday, but then we went on a quest to find out who will be willing to pay such an amount money for what is essentially a gaming card. Two GK110 GPUs are hard to pack in a single card, but Nvidia managed to pull it off.
AMD will have its R9 295 water-cooled cards ready soon, but we still don't know anything about AMD's pricing. We can only guess that it will be nothing close to Nvidia's.

However, the Geforce Titan Z will should be an easy sell, believe it or not. That is something that was confirmed by e-tail players, science community contacts as well as boutique PC makers such as Northwest Falcon or Maingear. Wealthy gamers will be after the card for sure, while in the science and computation community these guys believe that $2,999 is a bargain for such compute power. These guys are used to spending even more on high performance gear, so they will consider Titan Z as an affordable solution, believe it or not.

Boutique manufactures can sell their great creations for more money and it is a win situation for them. Even AIBs won’t mind the price hike as Titan Black and the original Titan were selling well at the original $999 price tag. Adding even pricier cards might earn them a bit more made cash, although the market for $2,999 cards will be very limited.

Two Titan cards or two GTX 780 Ti cards will give you probably more performance than a single Geforce Titan Z, but they will need more power. There will be people who will be buying two Titan Z cards, and imagine the power that comes out of such setup. 4K gaming with all details cranked to maximum, even 3D and maximum FSAA and anisotropic filtering should not be an issue for a single, let alone a dual Geforce Titan Z.

So this is what we expect that will happen with Geforce Titan Z. Yes, it is a pricey, niche product, but that does not mean that it does not have a market.

Geforce Titan Z can sell at $2,999

Sources confirm We were shocked to learn the Geforce Titan Z price yesterday, but then we went on a quest to find out who will be willing to pay such an amount money for what is essentially a gaming card. Two GK110 GPUs are hard to pack in a single card, but Nvidia managed to pull it off. AMD...

www.fudzilla.com

Kaapstad · 27 Mar 2014 at 21:22

I think fudzilla have got it wrong on this occasion, the science community won't go near these cards as they can put four Titan Blacks on a mobo running on air and get considerably more performance for less money. The Titan Z is a triple slot card even though it does not look like it and the most you could get on a mobo is two.

Boutique manufacturers may shift a few and I think we can expect a few new posters asking why their new Titan Z does not measure up to a couple of 290Ps in CF.

8 Pack please don't stick these things in your systems - we don't need the hassle of explaining why they don't work as well as their owner thinks they should.

etched Chaos · 27 Mar 2014 at 21:27

Surely the science community would be wanting workstation cards not GPU's for their compute? If they have no qualms about price then they'll not even give the Z another look because they'd be too busy putting Firepro's or Quadro's into their systems.

LtMatt · 27 Mar 2014 at 21:30

Kaapstad said:
Boutique manufacturers may shift a few and I think we can expect a few new posters asking why their new Titan Z does not measure up to a couple of 290Ps in CF.

My graphics cards wish to make a public statement.

290 crossfire said:
We welcome any Titan Z's to the ocuk forum. Combined we may cost less than your fan bearing, but we're confident we can beat you even with our reference design blower. We especially look forward to ridiculing you on the hitman bench.

Kindest regards £560 crossfire 290's

Kaapstad · 27 Mar 2014 at 21:34

etched Chaos said:
Surely the science community would be wanting workstation cards not GPU's for their compute? If they have no qualms about price then they'll not even give the Z another look because they'd be too busy putting Firepro's or Quadro's into their systems.

The problem with these cards and review sites is they start drooling when one comes along and will often rant and rave how good it is even if it is not practical or even totally crap.

Some (but not all) of the Asus exotic dual cards fall into this category.

etched Chaos · 27 Mar 2014 at 21:37

Kaapstad said:
The problem with these cards and review sites is they start drooling when one comes along and will often rant and rave how good it is even if it is not practical or even totally crap.

Some (but not all) of the Asus exotic dual cards fall into this category.

Shame that some people fall hook, line and sinker for the hyperbole.