nVidia Titans still worth the investment?

Disco_P · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:05

Gregster said:
No bud, wasn't mine. I don't mind saying that all 3 of mine were sold for a lot more than £300 and after being given a nudge to put them on the bay, they lasted less than 30 mins with a buy it now price.

Yeah I saw the listing, both you and whyscotty have almost idenitcal looking setups and got identical dough. And at that much dough I do not blame you.

TBH i got the soundcard of my dreams this week, a promotion and middle manned the purchase of Tonester's 970 so I am not exactly upset.

Gregster · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:12

You nosey bunch lol

Tonester0011 · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:13

Neil sold his Titans??
Who hasn't sold their bleeding Titans?

(expect Kaap, gotta catch em all)

Geeman1979 · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:13

Gregster said:
You nosey bunch lol

Check your mail.

whyscotty · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:16

snips86x said:
Well my offer of £700 for 2 has been accepted!

I think I've found my replacement cards!

Enjoy your new cards

Tonester0011 said:
Neil sold his Titans??

Geeman1979 · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:17

Ex Titan owners meeting?

Gregster · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:18

Pffft, no way I would buy Titans. POS cards

whyscotty · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:19

Gregster said:
Pffft, no way I would buy Titans. POS cards

^^^
This

Geeman1979 · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:22

whyscotty said:
^^^
This

He says, whilst he holds back the tears knowing they're Gone/Going.

whyscotty · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:23

Geeman1979 said:
He says, as he holds back the tears knowing they're Gone/Going.

Straight up bro

Geeman1979 · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:39

whyscotty said:
Straight up bro

Need a card to borrow?

whyscotty · 6 Mar 2015 at 23:58

Geeman1979 said:
Need a card to borrow?

Nah, I'm good thanks - I'm slumming it with 780 Classies

Geeman1979 · 7 Mar 2015 at 00:03

Cool, I forgot about them.

Woodsta888 · 7 Mar 2015 at 00:17

Not so long ago it was reported that any high resolution setup had the smoothest experience on the TITANS via owners on OCUK forums.

Great cards but still command an awesome price. I'd love a pair, and the new X's coming buffs them a bit. Also the 390x.

I'd lik eto think on forum members feedback that he 6GB TITAN will 'do' another generation. Or at least keep up with it. Were expensive, still are 2nd hand, and EOL. Those selling now maybe best return. Great cards though

snips86x · 7 Mar 2015 at 07:56

Woodsta888 said:
Not so long ago it was reported that any high resolution setup had the smoothest experience on the TITANS via owners on OCUK forums.

Great cards but still command an awesome price. I'd love a pair, and the new X's coming buffs them a bit. Also the 390x.

I'd lik eto think on forum members feedback that he 6GB TITAN will 'do' another generation. Or at least keep up with it. Were expensive, still are 2nd hand, and EOL. Those selling now maybe best return. Great cards though

I really can't argue there.

As you can see from the thread I went through every possible mind set between the Titans & a 980! Greg has given some great advise and it was very clear he's never had an issue and they'd lasted a good 2 years.

I expect similar results if I'm honest!

There were a few people who aided my decision:

1) Greg advised he'd had no issues with his Titans and as Andy pointed out, they'd lived through all the cards released in the last 2 years. This has to tell you something right?

He then got to sit back whilst Nvidia released, and probably isn't limited to - GTX 780, GTX 780ti, GTX Titan Black, GTX 970, GTX 980 and anything AMD made during that time.

2)A comment Boom made:

Having tried the 980 VS 290X 8GB I know from ecperience the 980 is teh faster card. However when you exceed that 4GB you get stutter etc, the 290X didn't suffer from this that 8GB buffer gave a smoother / better experience

While I don't game at 4K, 1440p does use a lot of VRAM and with the games I'm currently playing and games due to be released, I want it to look as pretty as possible.

3) Andy & TNAs comment about using these until the 16nm cards are released made perfect sense. Taking into account how long they've already lasted, there's no reason why they wouldn't last me a considerable amount of time!

I have 3 of them and don't plan on swapping them out until the proper next gen stuff (16nm, Pascal or whatever), the 6GB of VRAM will be plenty for 1440p for the foreseeable future and they pack some serious grunt when overclocked

As you want to go nvidia I say get two titans now and then sell and upgrade when 16nm stuff comes out.

I don't regret the purchase and really can't wait to put them through their paces!! I may also add, where else can you buy 2 top tier cards for £700

whyscotty · 7 Mar 2015 at 08:53

To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if these held their own until 16nm cards get released.

It may come back to haunt me that I sold mine, 2 years trouble free gaming.

The only issue I've seen recently, is that in TriSli driver support had become poor - very poor.

So unless you're going to hunt a third one - your set for quite a while

snips86x · 7 Mar 2015 at 09:00

Haha there's no chance of that happening. I have a micro atx setup so 2 is all I can fit.

whyscotty · 7 Mar 2015 at 09:02

snips86x said:
Haha there's no chance of that happening. I have a micro atx setup so 2 is all I can fit.

Enjoy your new cards

Marine-RX179 · 7 Mar 2015 at 09:04

snips86x said:
I don't regret the purchase and really can't wait to put them through their paces!! I may also add, where else can you buy 2 top tier cards for £700

Yes I think Titan for £350 is still reasonable...I honestly don't think the 980 is worth the £450 price tag, as in reality 980 are mid-range/mid-high range cards that should had been 60Ti/70 dressed up and sold as flagship.

Build quality wise, the 980 has nothing on the Titan

snips86x · 7 Mar 2015 at 09:05

I sure will but god i hate waiting