Final Thoughts
Price
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X has been released into the UK market with the lowest price of £869.99 from OverclockersUK. The prices start going up depending on the manufacturer or if you want a water-cooled option the like EVGA Hydro Copper for £1099.99. This can be seen as a fair price when you consider the price of the original Titan and the release price of the AMD R9 295×2.
Overview
It was nice having the world’s most powerful single core graphics card in for testing. The new black shroud is a nice step away from the silver, but I wish they added a splash of green like on the Quadro M6000. The box is a work of art, how it all fits together and the all black theme, using different finishes to show off the logo.
POOWWWEEEERRRR to put it simply. What more good can you say about a card that smashes every other single core unit in the face and can put a good fight to AMD’s leading R9 295×2? The 12GB of VRAM may be a little overkill for the current generation of games, but I’m sure some developers or photo/ video editors can make use of this massive buffer. Maybe we’ll see some game mods that can abuse this additional VRAM like Shadow of Mordor, but for the time being, 8GB seems to be the sweet spot. Kudos for Nvidia for pushing the boundaries though, maybe higher VRAM offerings will start reducing in price so we could see mid-range enthusiast cards with 4GB+.
Now my particular card had some little gremlins which initially stumped me. I contacted NVIDIA for some advice and the issues solved themselves. Even though I write this as a reviewer, I also have a consumer mindset to ensure you, the consumer, get the best possible deal and the best possible after service; +1 NVIDIA. To the card, in general, it’s pricey, around £900 for a single card, where you could combine two GTX 980’s, beat the performance and still have money in your pocket seems to be the logical thought process. However, the Titan X isn’t about being competitively priced, it’s about dominating, being the graphics card TITAN.
My chance to be nit-picky once again. I would personally swap the cooling shrouds over from this and the Quadro M6000, what are business users going to be doing with a lairy green Quadro card anyway? It’s not like they specifically show their clients the innards of their rigs. The green details would have far better suited the enthusiast market, especially with the green GeForce GTX logo on the side. BACK PLATE! If you have read my previous review of the Sapphire Tri-x R9 290x graphics card, you would see how much I banged on about a back plate. It just finished the whole card off nicely and provides some needed heat dissipation for the rear mounted memory chips, burnt my hand once or twice there.
Pros
- Very quiet for a reference cooler
- Great factory performance
- 12GB VRAM for futureproofing
Cons
- Lack of a backplate really detracts from the premium finish
“The NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X, ultimate single core performance for under £900 with 12GB VRAM to boot. If money is no object and you want a super fast single card, this is the best there is.“
Thank you to NVIDIA for providing this review sample.
Good, quite balanced review. I’ve always been an AMD guy, but with the advent of DX12 I’m wondering if it’s time to move over to the green side.
For the time being I’m on 295X2 in Crossfire, which is like having a small nuclear core in a computer case so anything that can improve on that is great!
I’ve had nothing but issues from AMD with my current rig. She started life as a FX + R9 270 build. Replaced the mobo and processor for an I7 4790k, Just need to go green with the card and thats a wrap.
ITs not the cards themselves, Just the drivers are awful. Once i finish saving for my 970 i’m kicking AMD to the curb and walking away forever.
A very good review. As expected, the 295×2 outperforms, but is also $500.00 more, and dual-gpu setup. I currently have a Titan Black and plan on skipping this generation and waiting for the next, but it’s good to see the progress in performance and where it will be in the near future. As far as the VRAM goes, the more the better. SoM already recommends 6gb for max texture settings, so that number will likely only increase from this point forward.