High demand for Titan X exceed supply

VincentHanna · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:30

Maybe it's purchase justification, or new toy syndrome, but I think it's the best GPU I've ever used.

I mean, obviously it's technically the best (durr) but I'm talking the sort of difference between going from an S3 Virge to a 3DFX Voodoo II back in the late 90's.

Girlfriend text me to say card #2 has turned up as well. I hope SLI doesn't ruin the 'smoothness' but going by this review it doesn't look like it will:

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/81892-nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-sli/

Divine Pain · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:36

I would have jumped on one if it weren't for my sheds mot and service due 980 sli or not

TNA · 31 Mar 2015 at 09:53

Gregster said:
I am not surprised at this news in fairness. The TX is super fast (and expensive) and has had nothing to remotely compete with it from AMD and those wanting more VRAM and faster cards with deeper pockets have jumped.

Fair one I say

Exactly right. Not surprised one bit either.

Ayahuasca · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:03

Nothing can hold the GOAT back.

wunkley · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:07

I'm one of the people/ idiots that bought a TX. Much as I love it, I don't want nvidia to get too big for their boots. We need some competition and AMD really need to pull something out of the bag. It feels like a losing battle though to me sadly.

JediFragger · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:08

The problem for AMD is if their will be enough buyers left after the 960/970/980/TX launches! nVidia have covered every base with a new architecture and we've yet to have even a sniff of news from AMD, never mind the rumoured rebrands....

VincentHanna · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:10

Yes, shocking price and we went along with it for the FRAMEZ.

I hope the 390x is a turning point for AMD....but now I'm a Titan X owner, I'd rather not find out it's just as good for half the price.

Within 10% is fine

fs123 · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:17

VincentHanna said:
Yes, shocking price and we went along with it for the FRAMEZ.

I hope the 390x is a turning point for AMD....but now I'm a Titan X owner, I'd rather not find out it's just as good for half the price.

Within 10% is fine

295X2 is faster at half the price

VincentHanna · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:19

I know...I had one.

It's not faster than 2x Titan X's in SLI though.

ICEx21 · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:19

fs123 said:
295X2 is faster at half the price

When a crossfire profile is available.

Ayahuasca · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:21

fs123 said:
295X2 is faster at half the price

Sure if you like waiting around for crossfire profiles on new games and games that still don't scale well with profiles.

The card is fantastic when it scales near perfectly in Mantle on Battlefield but unfortunately I don't just play BF.

ALXAndy · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:35

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Wasn't the first Titan only available in limited quantities initially anyway in the first place?

Titan Black was even worse tbh. One company only had 7 Palits.

llamadal · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:38

fs123 said:
295X2 is faster at half the price

and half the games work

Wucked · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:41

I was tempted by one but in the end I couldn't justify it. £1000 on a single component? Nope, at 1080p with the games I'm currently playing my 780 is still a strong card. The 390X or 980Ti may prove to be too much for me to resist though.

VincentHanna · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:43

At 1080p, these are wasted.

Wucked · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:45

Yep, but it would be coupled by another upgrade, either a ROG Swift, or perhaps one of the new 120Hz IPS panels that are on the horizon. I'm not sold on 4k, yet.

africanos23 · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:46

Wucked said:
I was tempted by one but in the end I couldn't justify it. £1000 on a single component? Nope, at 1080p with the games I'm currently playing my 780 is still a strong card. The 390X or 980Ti may prove to be too much for me to resist though.

VincentHanna said:
At 1080p, these are wasted.

Such a CPU bottlenecked resolution for this card.

Wucked said:
Yep, but it would be coupled by another upgrade, either a ROG Swift, or perhaps one of the new 120Hz IPS panels that are on the horizon. I'm not sold on 4k, yet.

If with 1440p ROG you are golden !

wunkley · 31 Mar 2015 at 10:47

High Hz 1440p gsync monitor with one TX is the sweet spot. And that's what I've got (braggy braggy :-)

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Looking at the recent TX reviews and benchmark figures, I still think 4k can't be serviced properly yet, even with 2 TX's, which is quite shocking.

africanos23 · 31 Mar 2015 at 11:10

wunkley said:
High Hz 1440p gsync monitor with one TX is the sweet spot. And that's what I've got (braggy braggy )
Looking at the recent TX reviews and benchmark figures, I still think 4k can't be serviced properly yet, even with 2 TX's, which is quite shocking.

Totally playable for me with no AA (in some very demanding games). 4K @ 60hz though.

The smoothness compared to SLI/Crossfire is what makes the games playable albeit some games running sub 60 FPS frame rates.

VincentHanna · 31 Mar 2015 at 11:16

wunkley said:
High Hz 1440p gsync monitor with one TX is the sweet spot. And that's what I've got (braggy braggy )
Looking at the recent TX reviews and benchmark figures, I still think 4k can't be serviced properly yet, even with 2 TX's, which is quite shocking.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/7...itan-12gb-sli-two-much-better-one/index8.html

Tweaktown said:
I'm impressed with the performance a second GTX Titan X provides in SLI even at 1080p, but the benefits are much higher when things are scaled up to 1440p and 4K. At 2560x1440, you're gaming on Ultra detail at 100FPS on average, or more. It's just insane. At 4K, you're ensuring 60FPS and above with the second Titan X, which again, is great.

Or

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/81892-nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-sli/?page=11

Hexus.net said:
Using a GeForce GTX Titan X on anything other than a 4K screen isn't recommended because you are not getting the most out of the card. Other, much cheaper graphics card are able to handle 1,920x1,080 and 2,560x1,440 with relative ease, going by our benchmarks, so Titan X needs a titanic resolution for its horsepower to shine through......we experienced very smooth gameplay in all of our titles at the 4K resolution.