Saturday, March 7th 2015

NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN-X Pictured Up-close

Here are some of the first close-up shots of NVIDIA's new flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX TITAN-X, outside Jen-Hsun Huang's Rafiki moment at a GDC presentation. If we were to throw in an educated guess, NVIDIA probably coined the name "TITAN-X" as it sounds like "Titan Next," much like it chose "TITAN-Z" as it sounds like "Titans" (plural, since it's a dual-GPU card). Laid flat out on a table, the card features an a matte-black colored reference cooling solution that looks identical to the one on the original TITAN. Other cosmetic changes include a green glow inside the fan intake, the TITAN logo, and of course, the green glow on the GeForce GTX marking on the top.

The card lacks a back-plate, giving us a peek at its memory chips. The card features 12 GB of GDDR5 memory, and looking at the twelve memory chips on the back of the PCB, with no other traces, we reckon the chip features a 384-bit wide memory interface. The 12 GB is achieved using twenty-four 4 Gb chips. The card draws power from a combination of 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors. The display I/O is identical to that of the GTX 980, with three DisplayPorts, one HDMI, and one DVI. Built on the 28 nm GM200 silicon, the GTX TITAN-X is rumored to feature 3,072 CUDA cores. NVIDIA CEO claimed that the card will be faster than even the previous generation dual-GPU flagship product by NVIDIA, the GeForce GTX TITAN-Z.
Source: MaximumPC
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85 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN-X Pictured Up-close

#76
MxPhenom 216
ASIC Engineer
qubitYeah, it gets me how they can release such expensive cards and then skimp on a 10 pence backplate.

For example, my MSI GTX 780 Ti GAMING cost me £500 but still doesn't have a backplate.
yeah my $649 GTX780 at launch didnt have a backplate either, but then i proceeded to spending another $120 on a waterblock and EVGA backplate.
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#77
radrok
Am I the only one that likes the bare PCB look? I get to look at it basically every time I turn my head since my PC is on a bench table...
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#78
mab1376
Ferrum MasterThey do not have a back plate? Cheapskates??
Any a blower fan on the beefiest GPU they make?
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#79
buildzoid
I appreciate bare PCBs because they make the voltage output caps accessible to a multimeter. But I still think most cards should get at least a metal brace to keep them straight like what the R9 290X and R9 290 windforce have.
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#81
MxPhenom 216
ASIC Engineer
xorbeI noticed TPU posted some Titan X preliminary info in the database. All that 12GB vram locked up on a 6GHz bus. I wonder if 980Ti will rock 6GB 7GHz 384-bit.
I dont think there will be a 980Ti, itll go on to a new naming scheme for maxwell refresh, just like the 680(GK104) -> 780(GK110). Seeing how the 980 is GM204, makes sence to follow the trend that the big die version of an architecture will be new name entirely.
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#82
the54thvoid
Intoxicated Moderator
mab1376Any a blower fan on the beefiest GPU they make?
The Fermi days are over. Move along.

Maxwell is a cooler product than Kepler. Even this GM200 chip will be fine with a blower. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want one with a fan, I'd still go water or custom but as far as reference models, blower works for Nvidia.
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#83
cyneater
So can it do real time ray tracing ?
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#84
HumanSmoke
cyneaterSo can it do real time ray tracing ?
Any number of GPUs can do real time ray tracing including the last three generations of Nvidia GPUs, why would this card be any different?
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#85
荷兰大母猪
64KInteresting. I wish there was not a language barrier between us and the Chinese. I would like to see what is going on there with your members regarding GPUs and what they think. We're all enthusiasts after all. I try to use Google Translator but it fails regularly.
tieba.baidu.com/p/3617461428
Here is the new link for the ispiration of Titan x. It was posted by my friend who is the the most famous Nfan in China. He posted this for that the the person who has the original inspiration of Titan x - 控的是AK.
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