The GTX Titan X owners thread.

Bonjour · 22 Mar 2015 at 09:11

africanos23 said:
3DMark Hall Of Fame #1 for SLI on air

Get 8Pack a pair of Titan Xs, stat!

whyscotty · 22 Mar 2015 at 09:43

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Invalidates the warranty?

EVGA allow it

Besty said:
heat won't be the problem once the water-blocks go in, it will be the power-limit which is set at a maximum of 110%. A custom bios will be out in short order I would imagine, to get that up to somewhere around 125% but if the card fails for any reason....

looking at the reviews I probably would not mod this card under air as the NV cooler is being stretched to the limit.

Bios is out by all accounts - never takes em long

LateX'Dog · 22 Mar 2015 at 09:49

Not trying to be rude with this question.

Could someone explain to me how you guys manage to be able to afford upgrading so often and to such extremes as a Titan?

I feel i'm missing out on something!

sprite1275 · 22 Mar 2015 at 09:59

LateX'Dog said:
I feel i'm missing out on something!

Money by the sounds of it

setter · 22 Mar 2015 at 09:59

Selling off existing kit and saving up, I'm sure some maybe stick them onto the credit card too.

PayneUK · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:03

sprite1275 said:
Money by the sounds of it

Having no children helps massively in this area, few £1000 a year on computer parts is nothing compared to how much people spend on their offspring.

chaparral · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:05

LateX'Dog said:
Not trying to be rude with this question.

Could someone explain to me how you guys manage to be able to afford upgrading so often and to such extremes as a Titan?

I feel i'm missing out on something!

Now am much older

and don't go out much these days I have a lot more savings...

But am still not going buy a Titan X ......(Ok Maybe I will buy one later

)

whyscotty · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:06

LateX'Dog said:
Not trying to be rude with this question.

Could someone explain to me how you guys manage to be able to afford upgrading so often and to such extremes as a Titan?

I feel i'm missing out on something!

Don't feed my kids

setter · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:10

My other hobby is shooting, and when I was doing a bit of competitive clay pigeon shooting. £1000.00 was just about enough to buy a basic entry level shotgun for the sport. Heck I remember shelling out over 2 grand on one gun, designed for one discipline only so not the most versatile weapon. Pc gaming is cheap by comparison.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:15

You could have bought a 2nd hand O/U for £300 or a Semi-auto cheaper than that :-)

Though I understand it's nice when you enjoy shooting to roll up with something a little special but it has to fit well.

chaparral · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:18

LateX'Dog said:
Not trying to be rude with this question.

Could someone explain to me how you guys manage to be able to afford upgrading so often and to such extremes as a Titan?

I feel i'm missing out on something!

Everyone out going and incoming cash flow is going be different..

setter · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:21

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
You could have bought a 2nd hand O/U for £300 or a Semi-auto cheaper than that
Though I understand it's nice when you enjoy shooting to roll up with something a little special but it has to fit well.

True, I kept an old o/u that I bought for a couple of hundred for rough shooting. And tbh I'm not keen on semi autos. For rough shooting I don't see the point of something as flashy as a Beretta or browning etc. But as I shot a lot of the trap disciplines I spent more on a new Beretta 682 after having tried a friends.

whyscotty · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:25

setter said:
True, I kept an old o/u that I bought for a couple of hundred for rough shooting. And tbh I'm not keen on semi autos. For rough shooting I don't see the point of something as flashy as a Beretta or browning etc. But as I shot a lot of the trap disciplines I spent more on a new Beretta 682 after having tried a friends.

setter · 22 Mar 2015 at 10:27

Lol, a bit of an analogy. I'll get my coat.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Mar 2015 at 11:34

Release date the 31st?

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Mar 2015 at 11:53

Also being an AMD user can some-one explain "boost clock" to me when overclocking. When looking through some reviews people appear to clock these cards to around 1200/1250mhz, but then the boost clock continues to take it up over that (1300mhz+) When and how does this boost clock work.

chaparral · 22 Mar 2015 at 12:16

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Also being an AMD user can some-one explain "boost clock" to me when overclocking. When looking through some reviews people appear to clock these cards to around 1200/1250mhz, but then the boost clock continues to take it up over that (1300mhz+) When and how does this boost clock work.

Have a read here http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1742-nvidia-boost-clock-how-it-works

africanos23 · 22 Mar 2015 at 16:51

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Also being an AMD user can some-one explain "boost clock" to me when overclocking. When looking through some reviews people appear to clock these cards to around 1200/1250mhz, but then the boost clock continues to take it up over that (1300mhz+) When and how does this boost clock work.

It's like Intels Boost Technology on CPUs but for GPUs. It was first introduced in the GTX680 (Kepler). I got those cards on launch and overclocking was relatively simple.

Boosts vary from card to card but Nvidia claim 1075mhz as the norm on the Titan X so I would guess that exact number or higher 100% of the time .

Lets say
Base Clock : 1000mhz
Boost Clock : 1107mhz

When overclocking adding 100mhz to the base clock (1000+100mhz) you should be getting 1207mhz on the boost clock (1107+100mhz OC). (if the card doesn't throttle this should be constant).

That's about it.

Telecaster · 22 Mar 2015 at 16:57

LateX'Dog said:
Not trying to be rude with this question.

Could someone explain to me how you guys manage to be able to afford upgrading so often and to such extremes as a Titan?

I feel i'm missing out on something!

Student loans.

Gregster · 22 Mar 2015 at 17:02

LateX'Dog said:
Not trying to be rude with this question.

Could someone explain to me how you guys manage to be able to afford upgrading so often and to such extremes as a Titan?

I feel i'm missing out on something!

I work the docks mainly at night.