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MrMD said:
Dont the titans hold a high resale value due to their excellent performance as workstation cards compared to quadro/firepro cards which are even higher priced than titans ever were?
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Absolutely. I have a friend with x2 of them, but he's not a gamer first, he uses them for work. Makes perfect sense there. For your average enthusiast gamer, no sense in it, at all. Unless you're rich, in which case go nuts.
 
ubersonic said:
People laughed at Titan/Titan black buyers but they sure got the last laugh.

In a few days the Titan will be two years old, and it still offers performance almost on par with the 970/290X plus 50% more VRAM than either. The Titan Black will be a year old in a few days and is still quicker than any single GPU except the 980 (which it again has 50% more RAM than).
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You're forgetting the 8gb 290x, that sapphire made back in april 14 and sold to overclockers.
And the 8gb mass production back in nov dec.
 
FoxEye said:
I don't think they will slap nV at all. The only cards that might be far ahead are the Fijis, since they are a complete uknown.

As for the rest, the 380 will be a re-badged 290, and will match or just beat a 970 (yawn).

The 370 will probably be bang on 960 performance.

AMD will be a little cheaper in each perf bracket due to nV's 'premium' prices.



Exactly this. So much disappoint.
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I agree, and the fiji is what i mean, but lets not forget performance wise even if Nv do take a lead, it probably wont be by to much going by what we have seen already, and with the crazy premium prices they slap on their cards amd don't really have to slap them because Nv do it to them selves just fine.

Kaapstad said:
I would take Titans over 8gb 290Xs every time as there is a bit more going on with the NVidia cards than just VRAM.:)
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Well i aint gonna doubt ya as you got four of them, and blatantly no more than me about it.
 
Waiting for these cards before I move from my 7950's myself.
Still have not decided on what PSU to get for a pair of them either, 1000w I guess judging by what the PSU calculators state for a watercooled system with two 290X.

I am hoping a pair will do 4k as well as three 290's do in some of the articles I have read. But I guess we will just have to wait and see, no doubt the prices will be high and many older cards will be discounted and on the MM at that point.
 
Rebranded 290/290X's with a small speed bump by the look of it.......I wait for proper DX12 cards to be released thanks.
 
Kaapstad said:
I would take Titans over 8gb 290Xs every time as there is a bit more going on with the NVidia cards than just VRAM.:)
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I don't even own the 970/980, but for some reason reading all these info about them, can't help but get the feeling of frame rate aside, they are worse cards than the 780/780Ti...in terms of quality and reliability...

It's probably like how 660/660Ti as fast/faster and lower power consumption than the GTX580, but they ain't as solid a card as the GTX580...if you know what I mean.

With the 970/980, people are like paying for 70/80 cards prices, but getting 60/60Ti quality...
 
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Kaapstad said:
I would take Titans over 8gb 290Xs every time as there is a bit more going on with the NVidia cards than just VRAM.:)
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Hmm let's be honest though, the opinion of a guy that can not only afford to buy 4 of every graphics card ever built but actually does so, does not reflect the most logical or sound opinion :p

You can buy two 290X 8GB's for the price of one Titan and still have money leftover for a night out on the town :D

So from a more logical perspective the 290X 8GB's make more sense in terms of value VS performance and the extra vram you're getting. 8GB VS 6GB. Titan / Titan Black and 290X are within punching distance of each other..

So whatever you're talking about 'bit more going on' in the Titan's must be doing so in stealth mode, because it certainly isn't reflected in performance or value VS the competition.

290X 8GB any day of the week !! :p
 
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If we stack the latest generations cards I see it like this. (From my own experience with the cards) Using my best top 5 cards I've used over past year+..

Performance:

1) MSI Gaming GTX 980
2) MSI Gaming 290X 8GB
3) GTX Titan Black
4) Sapphire 290X Tri-X
5) GTX 780 Ti

Value VS Performance:

1) MSI Gaming 290X 8GB
2) Sapphire 290X Tri -X
3) MSI Gaming GTX 980
4) GTX 780 Ti
5) GTX Titan Black

High res performance + Games that require lot's of vram. (best performance less drops / stutter):

1) MSI Gaming 290X 8GB
2) GTX Titan Black
3) MSI Gaming GTX 980
4) Sapphire 290X Tri -X
5) GTX 780 Ti

Temps / Noise:

1) MSI Gaming GTX 980
2) GTX Titan Black
3) GTX 780 Ti
4) MSI Gaming 290X 8GB
5) Sapphire 290X Tri -X

For me it's a close call between the MSI Gaming GTX 980 and MSI Gaming 290X 8GB in terms of performance / features, but when you really consider the cost difference between the cards (£150) and the fact you're getting twice the vram on the 290X along with that saving, ultimately it's a no-brainer. 290X 8GB is the winner. Overall there is nothing that can touch it from Nvidia. They could release an 8GB GTX 980 but then it would likely cost near £600, and again the 290X 8GB at half the cost would still be the better card.

(I use the MSI Gaming 290X 8GB in my PC '1440P' and my boys have the MSI gaming GTX 980 '1080P'). So plz don't start with the weird fanboy comments. My opinions are honest from experience and based in reality, not based on stuff I've read or random speculation :p)
 
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Boomstick777 said:
Hmm let's be honest though, the opinion of a guy that can not only afford to buy 4 of every graphics card ever built but actually does so, does not reflect the most logical or sound opinion :p

You can buy two 290X 8GB's for the price of one Titan and still have money leftover for a night out on the town :D

So from a more logical perspective the 290X 8GB's make more sense in terms of value VS performance and the extra vram you're getting. 8GB VS 6GB. Titan / Titan Black and 290X are within punching distance of each other..

So whatever you're talking about 'bit more going on' in the Titan's must be doing so in stealth mode, because it certainly isn't reflected in performance or value VS the competition.

290X 8GB any day of the week !! :p
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What you did forget to include is the fact when titan was launched there wasnt a 8gb 290x.
I think there was a 6 GB 7970 out then though i think?
Look at it this way early adopters who still have there titans vs how many cards some have gone through in those two years cost wise. And titans in pairs or more are still a reasonable option performance wise overall.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Hmm let's be honest though, the opinion of a guy that can not only afford to buy 4 of every graphics card ever built but actually does so, does not reflect the most logical or sound opinion :p

You can buy two 290X 8GB's for the price of one Titan and still have money leftover for a night out on the town :D

So from a more logical perspective the 290X 8GB's make more sense in terms of value VS performance and the extra vram you're getting. 8GB VS 6GB. Titan / Titan Black and 290X are within punching distance of each other..

So whatever you're talking about 'bit more going on' in the Titan's must be doing so in stealth mode, because it certainly isn't reflected in performance or value VS the competition.

290X 8GB any day of the week !! :p
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The 290Xs and 980s are more stuttery than the Titans even when the 290Xs can use Mantle. It is a non contest even if the Titans are 2 years old NVidia put some serious engineering into them. GTX 690s don't suffer from stutter either but again you had to pay a premium for it compared to a couple of 680s.:)
 
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Boomstick777 said:
Hmm let's be honest though, the opinion of a guy that can not only afford to buy 4 of every graphics card ever built but actually does so, does not reflect the most logical or sound opinion :p

You can buy two 290X 8GB's for the price of one Titan and still have money leftover for a night out on the town :D

So from a more logical perspective the 290X 8GB's make more sense in terms of value VS performance and the extra vram you're getting. 8GB VS 6GB. Titan / Titan Black and 290X are within punching distance of each other..

So whatever you're talking about 'bit more going on' in the Titan's must be doing so in stealth mode, because it certainly isn't reflected in performance or value VS the competition.

290X 8GB any day of the week !! :p
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Sorry Kaap dude but I have to agree with Boom on this :p
 
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Kaapstad said:
The 290Xs and 980s are more stuttery than the Titans even when the 290Xs can use Mantle. It is a non contest even if the Titans are 2 years old NVidia put some serious engineering into them. GTX 690s don't suffer from stutter either but again you had to pay a premium for it compared to a couple of 680s.:)
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It's a sorry state of affairs if you have to spend over £1000 on a pair of discontinued GPU's when nothing you can buy new in the current market will provide you with a guaranteed stutter free gaming experience. What a shameful period in gaming history we live in. Might as well sell everything and get a console. :mad:
 
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