Geforce GTX 990 or Titan Z

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

Guys,

i wanna buy new dual gpu card. Should i wait for gtx 990 or get Titan Z? I dont wanna SLI single gpu cards due space and heat issues....

arbiter · Oct 27, 2014

Well there has been no info on any possible gtx990 at this time so.

Frick · Oct 27, 2014

What are you running now? Because if you're running the system in your system specs I would go for neither.

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

Im running the core i7 980 system.

64K · Oct 27, 2014

bhaalkc said:
Im running the core i7 980 system.

He's talking about your monitor. Either of the 2 cards you mentioned is way overkill for 1080p @60Hz.

eidairaman1 · Oct 27, 2014

990 does not exist, there is a 980 and 970. Youre better off with either of those or a 295.

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

Frick said:
Because if you're running the system in your system specs I would go for neither.

64K said:
He's talking about your monitor. Either of the 2 cards you mentioned is way overkill for 1080p @60Hz.

Sure thing i would change the screen as well.....

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

eidairaman1 said:
990 does not exist, there is a 980 and 970. Youre better off with either of those or a 295.

gtx 990 is rumored to be released soon....

64K · Oct 27, 2014

When the GTX 990 does come it will probably outperform the Titan Z and be less expensive too. The monitor upgrade is a good idea. I recently upgraded from a 27" 1080p to a 27" 1440p and it made a big difference in gaming for me.

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

64K said:
When the GTX 990 does come it will probably outperform the Titan Z and be less expensive too. The monitor upgrade is a good idea. I recently upgraded from a 27" 1080p to a 27" 1440p and it made a big difference in gaming for me.

Do you have 144hz or 60hz 1440p ? I like the idea of getting the 1440p screen like Asus ROG, but the problem is its not IPS....

eidairaman1 · Oct 27, 2014

Theres been no announcement.

64K · Oct 27, 2014

bhaalkc said:
Do you have 144hz or 60hz 1440p ? I like the idea of getting the 1440p screen like Asus ROG, but the problem is its not IPS....

I have a 60 Hz PLS monitor which is the Samsung version of LG's IPS panel. This is mine and I highly recommend it

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009C3M7H0/?tag=tec06d-20

Dell makes a very nice 1440p IPS and I was tempted but I got mine on sale for $450 and the Dell was $600. Asus makes great monitors. I've used them for years with no dead pixels or problems of any kind.

Another thought on a video card. What I'm doing is using a GTX 970 for right now and probably in a year or so the 20nm GM210 full chip will be available unless Nvidia goes right to 16nm Pascal. One of those should be plenty for 1440p for a good bit less money than what you're looking at spending right now. If you get a GTX 970 and use it for a year and then sell it and buy a GM 210 you will be set for a while.

Frick · Oct 27, 2014

bhaalkc said:
Do you have 144hz or 60hz 1440p ? I like the idea of getting the 1440p screen like Asus ROG, but the problem is its not IPS....

If it's gaming you're into it will be good anyway.

JJJJJamesSZH · Oct 27, 2014

We don't know if there is GTX990 yet
If you don't have a 1440P or 4K monitor, I think GTX980 is enough for most of the games so far.

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

I think i will stick with gtx 670 until the gtx 990 is released.

15th Warlock · Oct 27, 2014

Yup, wait for this "990" or just get two 970s and be done with it

No offense, but anyone who considers getting a titan-z should have his head checked lmao

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

15th Warlock said:
Yup, wait for this "990" or just get two 970s and be done with it

No offense, but anyone who considers getting a titan-z should have his head checked lmao

i know what you mean, Titan Z is 12gb though and the price dropped a bit above Titan black.....

eidairaman1 · Oct 27, 2014

Still not a gopd price for a card

64K · Oct 27, 2014

bhaalkc said:
i know what you mean, Titan Z is 12gb though and the price dropped a bit above Titan black.....

It's true that the Titan Z has 12 GB VRAM but it's 6 GB per GPU so effectively it has 6 GB VRAM.

the54thvoid · Oct 27, 2014

15th Warlock said:
No offense, but anyone who considers getting a titan-z should have his head checked lmao

eidairaman1 said:
Still not a good price for a card

Mmmm... Not so relevant now. UK price it's down over £1000. It's now cheaper than buying 2 Titan blacks.

At Overclockers UK. Titan Blacks are about £650 each still, so £1300 for two, or £1040 for a Titan Z. Price seems okay now. Not as cheap as 295x2 but more frugal and still, frickin powerful. Get a water block and crank it up.

I was tempted but I'm still dual card-o-phobic and also holding out for the Mother of all Maxwells.

15th Warlock · Oct 27, 2014

the54thvoid said:
Mmmm... Not so relevant now. UK price it's down over £1000. It's now cheaper than buying 2 Titan blacks.

At Overclockers UK. Titan Blacks are about £650 each still, so £1300 for two, or £1040 for a Titan Z. Price seems okay now. Not as cheap as 295x2 but more frugal and still, frickin powerful. Get a water block and crank it up.

I was tempted but I'm still dual card-o-phobic and also holding out for the Mother of all Maxwells.

I have a phobia for dual GPU cards also, and for that price, you can still get two 970s (or 980s for that matter) and beat the snot out of that card in terms of performance and still have spare money left to have a nice weekend out with the family, so... Still not worthy IMHO

the54thvoid · Oct 27, 2014

15th Warlock said:
I have a phobia for dual GPU cards also, and for that price, you can still get two 970s (or 980s for that matter) and beat the snot out of that card in terms of performance and still have spare money left to have a nice weekend out with the family, so... Still not worthy IMHO

Yeah just saw your Crimson thread. Ahem, you have two cards (and a 580 for Physx?). You big tooth puller you!

I'm resisting the urge.... I was meant to upgrade to Haswell E but it's not worth it. So I wait for the uber card to rule them all. Be it Nv or AMD. Then a 4k monitor.

Fluffmeister · Oct 27, 2014

GTX 970 > wait a bit > another GTX 970 > win.

15th Warlock · Oct 27, 2014

the54thvoid said:
Yeah just saw your Crimson thread. Ahem, you have two cards (and a 580 for Physx?). You big tooth puller you!

I'm resisting the urge.... I was meant to upgrade to Haswell E but it's not worth it. So I wait for the uber card to rule them all. Be it Nv or AMD. Then a 4k monitor.

Yes, no reason to upgrade from your current rig really

And thanks

you're the one who started me on this whole water cooling craziness after all :toast:

eidairaman1 · Oct 28, 2014

dual gpus dont scare me, im also talkin about us prices...

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