[H]NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 3-Way SLI Review

[notty22]

Here is the Apples to Apples , Crysis 3 by the way :

Apples-to-Apples

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For this first apples-to-apples test we enabled the very high system spec on all video card setups, which is the highest in-game settings. In order to keep AA from affecting performance, we kept that to FXAA, which takes no hit to performance.

You can see how massively faster GeForce GTX TITAN 3-way SLI is compared to the others. GeForce GTX TITAN 3-way SLI is a jaw dropping 96% faster than GTX 680 3-way SLI and 79% faster than Radeon HD 7970 GE 3-way CrossFire.

Once again you can see the inconsistent framerate out of Radeon HD 7970 GE 3-way SLI.

 

[Fx1]

Here is the Apples to Apples , Crysis 3 by the way :

33 FPS minimums will suck.

 

[cmdrdredd]

33 FPS minimums will suck.

For this game? No...this isn't Battlefield 3.

 

[notty22]

33 FPS minimums will suck.

You need a new posting style, this Mr. Angry/negative angle with every post is getting old and tired. Read your post and the gaming data presented. The low was a minor % of game-play. The opinion everything sucks, is some kind of flaw with your judgement. In fact you use suck more than anyone or any opinions in these forums.

 

[Fx1]

You need a new posting style, this Mr. Angry/negative angle with every post is getting old and tired. Read your post and the gaming data presented. The low was a minor % of game-play. The opinion everything sucks, is some kind of flaw with your judgement. In fact you use suck more than anyone or any opinions in these forums.

Yes and the frames dip into the 40's often also. The slow down of the FPS would drive me nuts.

So let me rephrase my posting style for your delicate eyes.

"Frequent dips below 50 FPS would suck"

 

[Grooveriding]

No. They are basically saying that these cards are too fast for 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 2560x1600. You need to go with multiple monitors to explore the limits of them. One titan is almost at the level if 2x GTX 670s. Not quite, but not that far off considering the reduced heat, power usage, GPU Boost 2.0, and the fact that it's a single GPU.

I believe they were just showing that when you have a setup like this, with multiple titans. You really waste the power available to you with single monitors.

I agree with them. 2x Titan in my experience is overkill for 2560x1600. You can't find a game to slow it below 60FPS unless you use custom AA modes.

 

[Skurge]

Yes and the frames dip into the 40's often also. The slow down of the FPS would drive me nuts.

So let me rephrase my posting style for your delicate eyes.

"Frequent dips below 50 FPS would suck"

uh, It only dipped below 40 once and below 50 like 4 times. So I don't see the problem. If you hate the Dips below 50 as few as they are. With 3 cards a small OC will fix that right up. Or a 4th Titan if you are rich.

 

[alcoholbob]

I like how the first benchmark page of the Tri SLI Titan review doesn't even have benchmarks of the Titan...just the 680 and the 7970.

 

[Fx1]

uh, It only dipped below 40 once and below 50 like 4 times. So I don't see the problem. If you hate the Dips below 50 as few as they are. With 3 cards a small OC will fix that right up. Or a 4th Titan if you are rich.

Maybe my expectations of $3000 in GPU's is a little higher than most

 

[cmdrdredd]

I like how the first benchmark page of the Tri SLI Titan review doesn't even have benchmarks of the Titan...just the 680 and the 7970.

A little reading reveals the following. Remember that benchmarks and reviews take place over a long period of time and aren't simply someone running it once and jotting down numbers. There are many considerations like looking at drivers, perhaps different motherboards and such to see if there are changes, testing multiple times to verify results etc.

As mentioned on the first page, we unfortunately had to give one of our GeForce GTX TITAN's back before Tomb Raider was released. Therefore, we are not able to bring you TITAN 3-way SLI performance evaluation in this brand new game. However, we are able to test for you GTX 680 3-way SLI and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3-way CrossFire in this game using the latest drivers and game patch.

Since we probably won't be evaluating 3-way SLI and 3-way CrossFire performance again for a while, we thought we just go ahead and compare these two setups in this new game, so that you can see what 3-way SLI and CrossFire performance will do for you at 5760x1200 with and without TressFX. All other games on the following game pages after this one include GeForce GTX TITAN 3-way SLI.

 

[Skurge]

Maybe my expectations of $3000 in GPU's is a little higher than most

Don't get me wrong, the price is stupid, but atleast Titan is being crushed like 8800Ultra 3-way SLI was when crysis 1 came out

 

[blastingcap]

It would be pretty funny if he new drivers make crossfire far smoother than SLI. we shall see.

That would be great for competition and the consumer! I hope they did fix it!

 

[Zanovar]

I agree with them. 2x Titan in my experience is overkill for 2560x1600. You can't find a game to slow it below 60FPS unless you use custom AA modes.

I would love that problem.

 

[Zanovar]

That would be great for competition and the consumer! I hope they did fix it!

Agreed

 

[willomz]

Maybe my expectations of $3000 in GPU's is a little higher than most

Do you actually expect GPU power to scale linearly with cost?

This doesn't even hold true with mainstream GPUs much less the extreme end.

Same with CPUs, a 3960X costs 3 times a 3770K, but it isn't 3 times as fast.

 

[Fx1]

Do you actually expect GPU power to scale linearly with cost?

This doesn't even hold true with mainstream GPUs much less the extreme end.

Same with CPUs, a 3960X costs 3 times a 3770K, but it isn't 3 times as fast.

I expect it to yes.

Sadly thats not what we get.

 

[willomz]

I presume you mean you'd like it to.

If you genuinely expect it to then I think that is rather naive.

 

[3DVagabond]

Holy hell is anyone else tired of [H]'s reviews using different settings for every setup? I understand they want to get "playable framerates" but it you don't have an actual comparison.

Also, I think it's interesting that (at least for BF3, where it's apples-to-apples) the 7970 triF setup actually hits higher framerates than the Titans, but has lower mins.

How can we have a comparison between $3000 worth of cards vs. $1200? If one Titan beat 3x7970's that would be news. This is just a, "No sh!t Sherlock" moment.

 

[3DVagabond]

Do you actually expect GPU power to scale linearly with cost?

This doesn't even hold true with mainstream GPUs much less the extreme end.

Same with CPUs, a 3960X costs 3 times a 3770K, but it isn't 3 times as fast.

Using other extreme examples of pricing doesn't actually justify either of them. The only thing it does speak to is what happens when there is no direct competition in a particular sector. For all of those rooting for AMD to fail be prepared to see this type of thing become the norm rather than the exception. BS like these two examples need to be pointed out as extreme, not glorified as some sort of exquisite norm. Unless you work for the marketing department of either of these two companies, why condone it?

 

[bystander36]

How can we have a comparison between $3000 worth of cards vs. $1200? If one Titan beat 3x7970's that would be news. This is just a, "No sh!t Sherlock" moment.

The surprising thing for me is that, at least in Crysis 3, Titan x3 scales much better than 7970 x3 or 680 x3. A Titan on its own isn't twice as fast as either card, but in 3 way SLI it is.

 

[SolMiester]

33 FPS minimums will suck.

Looks like it hit 33 once, maybe twice, the other 2 setups are there all the time!

 

[SickBeast]

It looks as though Mr. Justice came here in search of justice and he found some.

 

[2is]

Hardocp is one of the worst reviewers out there. I mean seriously? LOL at this review
EDIT: BAH, I see they are using different settings, more demanding settings on the Titans. hahahaha, talk about skewing the review toward AMD. wow, just wow

Lol they aren't skewing it towards AMD guy, they're showing you titans are able to give you higher settings while still maintaining acceptable frames. Best to understand the review before laughing at it.

 

[alcoholbob]

33 FPS minimums will suck.

People who spent $2000 on Quad SLI 295s back in 2009 would love to have 33 fps minimums in Crysis 1 at even 1080p

 

[omeds]

33 FPS minimums will suck.

I agree, and would instead rather use that horsepower on a single 1440p display oc'd to ~100hz with real AA + transparency.