The NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X Review
by Ryan Smith on March 17, 2015 3:00 PM ESTThe Talos Principle
Croteam’s first person puzzle and exploration game The Talos Principle may not involve much action, but the game’s lush environments still put even fast video cards to good use. Coupled with the use of 4x MSAA at Ultra quality, and even a tranquil puzzle game like Talos can make a good case for more powerful video cards.
At 4K Ultra quality the GTX Titan X won’t quite break 60fps, but at 53.4fps it’s not too far off. Compared to the GTX 980 this is another 35% performance advantage, though the lead over the GK110 cards is a bit smaller than normal at 40% and 47% for the GTX 780 Ti and GTX Titan respectively.
Meanwhile since I haven’t had a chance yet to address how GTX Titan X compares to NVIDIA’s flagship Fermi card, GTX 580, this is a good time. GTX 580 actually holds up decently here, delivering 32fps at 1440p, however GTX Titan X offers 3 times the performance, and more still in VRAM limited situations, showcasing how far ahead Big Maxwell is over Big Fermi over 4 years later.
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Jdubo - Thursday, March 19, 2015 - link
290x was the original Titan killer. Not only did it kill the original release but killed its over-inflated price as well. I suspect the next reiteration of AMD flagship card will be Titan X killer as well. History usually repeats itself over and over again.jay401 - Thursday, March 19, 2015 - link
You say this is not the same type of pro-sumer card as the previous Titan yet the price is the same. No thanks.Ballist1x - Thursday, March 19, 2015 - link
No gtx970/970 sli in the review;) Anand you let the consumers down...H3ld3r - Thursday, March 19, 2015 - link
R9 290x only haves 4Gb at 5ghz and does a awsome job at 4k. the 295 only operates with 4Gb the other 4 are mirrored and shines in 4k. So i can't understand everybody concerns with 4k gaming with upcoming fiji. This Titan X has 12GB at 7Ghz and only shows how gddr5 is obsolete.oranos - Friday, March 20, 2015 - link
The ratio of potential buyers to comments on this article is atronomical.leignheart - Friday, March 20, 2015 - link
Hello everyone, I would like you to read the final words on the Titan X. It says the performance increase over a single gtx 980 is 33%, except the price is 100% over the gtx 980. If you are lucky enough to pay just 1000$ for the Titan X. Please people do not waste your money on this card. If you do then Nvidia will keep releasing Extremely overpriced cards. DO NOT BUY THIS CARD.Please instead wait for the gtx 980 TI if you want dx12. I will certainly pay 1 grand and more for a card, but this card is a particular rip off at that price point. Don't just throw your money away. Read the performance chart yourself, it is in no way shape or form worth 1000$.
Dug - Monday, March 30, 2015 - link
I suppose we can't buy a Rolex, Tesla, a vacation condo, or even a pony?Paying for the best available is always more money. Get a job where another $500 doesn't affect you when you purchase something. Plus price is only perception on worth. People could say $20 is too much for a video card and they would be right.
themac79 - Friday, March 20, 2015 - link
I wish they would have thrown in 780sli, which is what I run. I would like to have more VRAM, but I'm running all the new games pretty much maxed out. I made the mistake of buying them when they first came out and payed over $600 a piece. I will definitely wait for price drops this time.H3ld3r - Friday, March 20, 2015 - link
You need is more transistors, memory speed, stream processors, bus, rops, tmu's not memory amountArchetype - Friday, March 20, 2015 - link
4K gaming not quite there yet. Not going to pay $500+ for it. And in the mean time still jamming Full HD games like a baws using my old 280X "on my Full HD monitor".