Nvidia`s Titan outsold GTX 690 in just three months after release

[Cloudfire777]

Here, to all the people who said Nvidia was crazy to sell GTX Titan at $999. Nvidia obviously know the market. :thumbsup:

Nvidia’s dual-GPU behemoth, the GeForce GTX 690, has been out for over a year now, but the freakishly expensive GTX Titan has outsold it in less than three months. Either the GTX 690 wasn’t such a huge hit with the gamers or people are really interested in the single fastest GPU solution on the planet.


According to the source, PR Manager Ben Berraondo said that “even we were surprised just how popular the Titan was. And still is.” Even though the Titan has outsold the GTX 690, the dual GPU GTX 690 is still selling well.

Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/17/n...e-year-old-gtx-690-in-just-3-months-were-not/

 

[Jaydip]

The name "Titan" itself has a certain charm, no one can deny that

 

[f1sherman]

QUICK!
Only 2 in stock

aaaahh... this card has given me so much fun and I don't even own one. How is that even possible

 

[amenx]

And some were calling it the Titanic when it was released.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I love the look of that card, very industrial.

 

[Phynaz]

Without knowing the actual sales numbers the comparisons don't say much.

 

[MrK6]

Without knowing the actual sales numbers the comparisons don't say much.

That and who's buying them. If most of the buyers are small-time labs in need of running quick calculations, $1,000 to a grant is as easy as writing a half page proposal.

 

[Nintendesert]

That and who's buying them. If most of the buyers are small-time labs in need of running quick calculations, $1,000 to a grant is as easy as writing a half page proposal.

Who cares whose buying them? Do we break down AMD sales based on gamers vs. bitcoin miners?

 

[Skurge]

Who cares whose buying them? Do we break down AMD sales based on gamers vs. bitcoin miners?

Not even 10 posts and it's gone from Titan vs 690 to nV vs AMD.

 

[MrK6]

Not even 10 posts and it's gone from Titan vs 690 to nV vs AMD.

I don't even know why you're surprised. This board is overrun with fanboy idiots.

 

[Nintendesert]

I don't even know why you're surprised. This board is overrun with fanboy idiots.

:|

 

[Cloudfire777]

Not even 10 posts and it's gone from Titan vs 690 to nV vs AMD.

Heh, Nintendesert is just countering the argument with a just as valid argument.

Do you really think AMD or Nvidia care about who buy the GPUs? Wether its miners, professional users, gamers? They don`t.

Without knowing the actual sales numbers the comparisons don't say much.

the dual GPU GTX 690 is still selling well.

GTX Titan has outsold GTX 690 in less than three months

= GTX Titan selling really well

 

[BFG10K]

I found one locally for 10% off normal price with two new AAA games bundled, so I caved.

Expect a heap of benchmarks from me in the next few days! :thumbsup:

 

[Nintendesert]

I found one locally for 10% off normal price with two new AAA games bundled, so I caved.

Expect a heap of benchmarks from me in the next few days! :thumbsup:

Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[BrightCandle]

I don't think its surprising. The amount of progress made in the last 1.5 years on bad motion despite high frame rates has been largely associated with dual cards. Admittedly much of it is mostly an AMD problem but both companies are paying for the bad reputation dual cards have. Its not worth the risk to a lot of people, and the 690 ends up being a bad deal compared to 2x 680 anyway. People want to play games at the highest settings, they want them to run well which results in a lot of sales of Titans.

The market for a 690 is really small, you have to want SLI and not be able to have 2 cards and are willing to pay a premium to do it. That market is really small, much smaller than the market that wants the fastest graphics card based on a single core.

 

[MrK6]

Heh, Nintendesert is just countering the argument with a just as valid argument.

Do you really think AMD or Nvidia care about who buy the GPUs? Wether its miners, professional users, gamers? They don`t.

There's no argument, Nintendesert is trying to invent one because there was a post that didn't say "omg nvidia is awesome, go nvidia." Why did Titan sell more quickly than the GTX 690? Take it with a grain of salt, but if Titan has sold the same as the GTX 690, less than 1/3 of buyers are actually using it for gaming according to the Steam survey: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/directx/?sort=chg . Again, if small-time labs are buying them for computing instead (as the article also suggested), is there a big market for consumer-level HPC cards?

= GTX Titan selling really well

Which is a useless statement. Selling well compared to what? The GTX 690? It didn't sell well (see how that works?).

 

[BFG10K]

Selling well compared to what?

nVidia's sales predictions for it, presumably.

 

[Nintendesert]

There's no argument, Nintendesert is trying to invent one because there was a post that didn't say "omg nvidia is awesome, go nvidia." Why did Titan sell more quickly than the GTX 690? Take it with a grain of salt, but if Titan has sold the same as the GTX 690, less than 1/3 of buyers are actually using it for gaming according to the Steam survey: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/directx/?sort=chg . Again, if small-time labs are buying them for computing instead (as the article also suggested), is there a big market for consumer-level HPC cards?
Which is a useless statement. Selling well compared to what? The GTX 690? It didn't sell well (see how that works?).

You just see nVidia boogy men in every corner and closet.

 

[MrK6]

nVidia's sales predictions for it, presumably.

Which is just as useless.

You just see nVidia boogy men in every corner and closet.

You're the one who came in here accusing everyone of being partisan, nice retreat.

 

[Kippa]

Not even 10 posts and it's gone from Titan vs 690 to nV vs AMD.

Stuff Nvidia and AMD! 3Dfx rule! Ah I remember the good old days with my old Voodoo II card.

 

[Nintendesert]

Which is just as useless.

You're the one who came in here accusing everyone of being partisan, nice retreat.

Where?

 

[cmdrdredd]

I don't even know why you're surprised. This board is overrun with fanboy idiots.

What? Dude...you're the one who brought it down to that level with your first post in the thread.

 

[MrK6]

What? Dude...you're the one who brought it down to that level with your first post in the thread.

Wondering how and in what markets the cards are being sold, especially considering their success over the GTX 690, somehow makes me a "fanboy idiot"? I don't even see another company mentioned in my post, do you? What a circlejerk you have going, I can see why no one bothers with this forum anymore.

 

[SirPauly]

Imho,

nVidia, to me, has always craved this price-point and may believe the market may reward them.

The thing to note here is the market seems to be accepting this price-point -- even with a more evolutionary and incremental 28nm price/performance.

I'm utterly surprised though and nVidia knows and understands the marketplace!

 

[MrK6]

Imho,

nVidia, to me, has always craved this price-point and may believe the market may reward them.

The thing to note here is the market seems to be accepting this price-point -- even with a more evolutionary and incremental 28nm price/performance.

I'm utterly surprised though and nVidia knows and understands the marketplace!

I'm not, they have a great marketing department that knows its stuff. The only reason they stand out is because AMD is run by idiots. I've said from the beginning that Titan is a great cashgrab for nvidia - they already have the design and the chips made, now they can just move them a bit faster, and the volume may make up for the hit they take in the lower pricing (compared to their professional lines). I think the most important thing to realize is that if companies/labs/individuals are snatching up Titans for compute, nvidia may have struct it even richer for the future. This seems like an untapped market that they'll have zero competition in for some time.