NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z Can Boost Up To 1058 MHz – Card Was Postponed Due To Unfinished Driver

Gregster · 3 May 2014 at 11:30

Reports from HKEPC suggest that NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce GTX Titan Z flagship graphics card will feature a boost clock of up to 1058 MHz. In addition to that, we have also got a detailed look at the insides of the GeForce GTX Titan Z and the reason for its delay.NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z_1

NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z Can Boost Up To 1058 MHz
The official specifications chart from NVIDIA shows that the GeForce GTX Titan Z will feature the same heart and DNA of NVIDIA’s GeForce Titan and Titan Black Edition, the GeForce GTX Titan Z is an engineering marvel with two GK110-350-B1 chips under its hood that pack 7.1 billion transistors each. The GeForce GTX Titan Z will replace the GeForce GTX 690 boasting dual-GK110 cores compared to dual-GK104 cores on its predecessor. The GeForce GTX Titan Z will feature two GK110 cores with 5760 Cuda Cores, 448 TMUs and 96 ROPs.
The card features a 384-bit x 2 bus which will run across a massive 12 GB VRAM. This is an impressive feature giving developers and games an unprecedented amount of VRAM for use. The memory is clocked at 7 GHz effective clock speed. The core clock speeds are maintained at 705 MHz base and 876 MHz boost clock and the card features a maximum single precision performance of 8.1 TFlops and 2.3 TFlops of double precision which is impressive.
Now here’s the interesting bit, we have all seen previous iterations of the GK110 core featuring some abnormal boost clocks which in some cases boost the clocks of the card much higher than the advertised frequencies. This translates into better gaming experiences and faster performance in visually intensive titles. The latest boost algorithm allows this so that the available TDP and Power headroom would be converted into higher clock speeds when required by applications. Due to this reason, HKEPC witnessed clocks as high as 1058 MHz on the GTX Titan Z as opposed to its official boost clock of 876 MHz.
The site also disassembled the card and let us on a detailed look at the main components of the card such as the VRM supply, SKHynix H5GQ2H24BFR-R2C memory chips (24 chips in total front/back), dual massive vapor blocks, PLX chip on the PCB that interconnects both GK110-350-B1 chips and a neat design that’s toppled with a massive air cooler which takes up three slots. The card will feature dual black colored Vapor chambers placed on top of each GK110 core while a large cooler fan will push air from the internal assembly, cooling the components and letting the heat out of the front exhaust. The display outputs include Dual-DVI, HDMI and a Display Port. The card has a single SLI gold finger to enable two of these cards to function as multiple GPUs. The card is fed through dual 8-Pin connectors which represent a TDP of 375W. The card has a beefy 12 Phase PWM supply and with a 450W heatsink under its hood, the GeForce GTX Titan Z will actually be able to sustain overclocking on air around the 1 GHz mark.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z Temperatures and Performance
Some surprising numbers from the report show a temperature of 57C in the first few minutes of running GPUz. The temperature will gradually increase with the passage of time and at 99% load. The boost clock however was static at 1058 MHz. The performance tested of the card at these clocks gave out a score of 13,735 3DMarks in 3DMark FireStrike.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z is planned for launch on 8th May 2014. The reason for the delay has to blamed on the NVIDIA drivers which were not ready to be shipped during the last month. The new official drivers which are named GeForce 337.69 is a press driver and a WHQL variant would be available to consumers during the launch day.

Read more: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-...ostponed-due-unfinished-driver/#ixzz30eBqvaS2

So it wasn't anything other than drivers (allegedly)

thefogo · 3 May 2014 at 11:41

Looks pretty nice.

LtMatt · 3 May 2014 at 11:42

Gregster said:
So it wasn't anything other than drivers (allegedly)

Lol, i don't think anyone believes that was the reason for the delay except for Nvidia PR.

triss · 3 May 2014 at 11:44

would have liked to see a 1100+boost but will be interesting to see what reviews say

4737Joker · 3 May 2014 at 11:49

Nice of them to show the first 2 seconds of the temps lol, what are they hiding? Curious to see the actual running temps and to see how long it boosted at those speeds for.

thefogo · 3 May 2014 at 11:51

Just realised they were running it at 100% fan speed.
Lol.

PhysicsMan94 · 3 May 2014 at 12:06

LtMatt said:
Lol, i don't think anyone believes that was the reason for the delay except for Nvidia PR.

I don't see any reason for that not being the case, a delay of just over a week seems about right for a launch driver delay.

humbug · 3 May 2014 at 12:09

4737Joker said:
Nice of them to show the first 2 seconds of the temps lol, what are they hiding? Curious to see the actual running temps and to see how long it boosted at those speeds for.

thefogo said:
Just realised they were running it at 100% fan speed.
Lol.

Not to let it warm up, as soon as it gets to a certain temperature the clock rate it runs at goes down until it can sustain that temperature.

A true measure would be to have a 5 minute warm-up session.

LtMatt · 3 May 2014 at 12:10

PhysicsMan94 said:
I don't see any reason for that not being the case, a delay of just over a week seems about right for a launch driver delay.

Sounds more like they are trying to eek out some extra performance, be it with a fan profile or a clock boost change or something else.

If it was just a driver delay why not announce that on launch day?

tommybhoy · 3 May 2014 at 12:11

The reviewers have had the TitanZ, they obviously reported back to Nvidia performance wasn't where it should/could be at and the card was pulled.

a temperature of 57C in the first few minutes of running GPUz

Time will tell whether those boost clocks will maintain under normal gaming conditions and not just on cold run BM's, but the official base boost clock of 876 MHz is stated for a reason, it's boosting higher on a cold boot, but 57c@100% fan, oh dear....

Bring on the BM's.

TheRealDeal · 3 May 2014 at 12:12

The firestrike score looks pretty weak comparing to setups in the ocuk thread. It could be down to the cpu but i can't see what clocks they were running. The fan is running some serious rpm so i bet it was pretty hard on the ears.

LtMatt · 3 May 2014 at 12:13

TheRealDeal said:
The firestrike score looks pretty weak comparing to setups in the ocuk thread. it could be down to the cpu but i can't see what clocks they were running.

My 290 Pro's get 20000 graphics score at stock in Firestrike that's with my cpu overclocked though. I'd expect the TitanZ to score higher with a better cpu.

whyscotty · 3 May 2014 at 12:14

tommybhoy said:
The reviewers have had the TitanZ, they obviously reported back to Nvidia performance wasn't where it should/could be at and the card was pulled.

Time will tell whether those boost clocks will maintain under normal gaming conditions and not just on cold run BM's, but the official base boost clock of 876 MHz is stated for a reason, it's boosting higher on a cold boot, but 57c@100% fan, oh dear....

Bring on the BM's.

Throttle city :eek:

Boomstick777 · 3 May 2014 at 12:16

Very nice looking card, shame about the ridiculous price tag.

humbug · 3 May 2014 at 12:17

The Graphics Score is 19475.

15131. GFX Score 19429. 7970. Water cooled. Physics Score 16852. CPU 3930K @ 4.7 Water cooled - Locky - Link

14. 16012. GFX Score 20647. 780. Air cooled. Physics Score 12759. CPU 4770K @ 4.5 Air cooled - SpankingTexan - Link

LtMatt · 3 May 2014 at 12:21

humbug said:
The Graphics Score is 19475.

15131. GFX Score 19429. 7970. Water cooled. Physics Score 16852. CPU 3930K @ 4.7 Water cooled - Locky - Link

14. 16012. GFX Score 20647. 780. Air cooled. Physics Score 12759. CPU 4770K @ 4.5 Air cooled - SpankingTexan - Link

They probably have that 2600k at 3.9ghz though so i wouldn't read too much in to that graphics score. It will go up with a better/clocked cpu. However look at the gpu temps in this screenshot. Note the blue gpu temp line. Appears to hit around 80c in under a minute. Might just be a lazy fan profile though. I suppose that could've been tweaked in the new drivers.

TheRealDeal · 3 May 2014 at 12:24

LtMatt said:
They probably have that 2600k at 3.9ghz though so i wouldn't read too much in to that graphics score. It will go up with a better/clocked cpu. However look at the gpu temps in this screenshot. Note the blue gpu temp line. Appears to hit around 80c in under a minute. Might just be a lazy fan profile though. I suppose that could've been tweaked in the new drivers.

The fan is on 100% so there is no better scenario.

tommybhoy · 3 May 2014 at 12:26

whyscotty said:
Throttle city

From the gpuz shot in the link, is the 1058 MHz boost clock, stock boosting or has the card been overclocked to achieve 1058 MHz for a whole 120 seconds before it throttles?

LtMatt · 3 May 2014 at 12:27

TheRealDeal said:
The fan is on 100% so things would get worse with a profile.

That gpu-z screenshot shows two seconds recording though. The firestrike run may not have been done with 100% fan profile. I doubt it has, no way it would reach 80c within one minute at 100% fan speed.

TheRealDeal · 3 May 2014 at 12:30

LtMatt said:
That gpu-z screenshot shows two seconds recording though. The firestrike run may not have been done with 100% fan profile. I doubt it has, no way it would reach 80c within one minute at 100% fan speed.

Looks like it was 100% during a render test in Gpu-z. I would think if they are using 100% to show it in its best light in this test they would probably do the same for firestrike. I could be wrong but to me this article is all about showing the card in a good light.