Titan Z, $1499 and $1599 on Newegg

[lavaheadache]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-048-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-038-_-Product

Not a bad deal for DP and 2 gk110's with 6gb on 1 card

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Both out of stock

 

[lavaheadache]

they were in stock when I posted. I bet there aren't too many of these cards floating around. This is pretty much the last time we will see these beasts in retail.

 

[Kenmitch]

they were in stock when I posted. I bet there aren't too many of these cards floating around. This is pretty much the last time we will see these beasts in retail.

Seems almost reasonable for the performance....But only if you could take advantage of the feature set that the 295x2 doesn't offer.

Did this sudden price drop make your deal on one not so sweet?

 

[lavaheadache]

Seems almost reasonable for the performance....But only if you could take advantage of the feature set that the 295x2 doesn't offer.

Did this sudden price drop make your deal on one not so sweet?

Mine cost me a grand and came with an ek waterblock which I plan on reselling

 

[Thump553]

I clicked on this thread to find out what a Titan Z was and almost had a stroke. Guess I better stick to the entry level videocard thread.

 

[Charlie98]

Oooo! Time to upgrade the GTX760! Oh... OOS.

 

[Wedge1]

I would get this to complete my quad SLI but ..... lol j/k

sorry, i can't even make a joke about this without cracking a smile. I never knew such a card existed - $3339.

 

[alkemyst]

The $1499 one is back in stock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814487038

 

[exar333]

Both back in stock....this is what they should have ben priced to begin with.

 

[RussianSensation]

Both back in stock....this is what they should have ben priced to begin with.

Still too high:

295X2 XFX is $900
980 SLI is $1100
780Ti SLI is $750 or less
290X CF is $600

Titan Z is hotter and louder and slower than all of these at stock. You need to up the fan speed to prevent it from throttling on demanding games after hours of gaming.

I think $999 is what it should be for DP reasons only. As a pure gaming card, not even worth $800 imo.

 

[lavaheadache]

not even worth $800. Gonna have to disagree with you here Russian. Not that I want any card to cost $800 but....

If aftermarket 980's are going for $600ish then how is a card that has a ton more performance and an extra 2 gb worth of frame buffer not worth a third more? There is plenty of overclocking headroom left in the card too. Nvidia was very cautious with the clockspeeds they gave out of box. My card easily pushes 1100 MHz on the core and close to 8 ghz on the memory without touching voltage sliders. I'll admit to get much faster than what I'm getting the card would become loud and or maybe even require water cooling.

Needless to say I'm essentially running a pair of 1.1/7.9 ghz Titan blacks. Are you trying to say that a 980 and $200 bucks in your pocket is a better deal?

 

[garagisti]

not even worth $800. Gonna have to disagree with you here Russian. Not that I want any card to cost $800 but....

If aftermarket 980's are going for $600ish then how is a card that has a ton more performance and an extra 2 gb worth of frame buffer not worth a third more? There is plenty of overclocking headroom left in the card too. Nvidia was very cautious with the clockspeeds they gave out of box. My card easily pushes 1100 MHz on the core and close to 8 ghz on the memory without touching voltage sliders. I'll admit to get much faster than what I'm getting the card would become loud and or maybe even require water cooling.

Needless to say I'm essentially running a pair of 1.1/7.9 ghz Titan blacks. Are you trying to say that a 980 and $200 bucks in your pocket is a better deal?

Personally i feel that cards over $1k are a bit of a question mark, whether it was 295x2 (which comes with water cooling), or the TitanZ. Unless you have CUDA specific requirements, $500 in your pocket is $500 in your pocket, and 295x2 is not exactly a slouch.

I wouldn't stop one from getting one, but then again, i couldn't recommend this card unless they have someone to buy it from them at a higher price still.

Erm, Nvidia could have pushed clocks, but then they'd have to contend with heat, which may not be a problem for people in temperate regions, but what about others? There are those who will complain about power consumption. You never know if your silicon is better than most, which i would say is probable enough, as if they had better silicon, they would have released it with better clocks. I doubt that they were being deliberately conservative, and given the price gap to the next card on the market, it just doesn't add up. I would have tried to squeeze all i could minus 5% or so for OC'ers as a bone, before i put something on the market at that cost. At best now there's what 5% between the 295x2 and this?

Again though, if you need it for CUDA purposes, then i guess it makes sense. Then again, a quadro makes more sense perhaps.

 

[dmoney1980]

not even worth $800. Gonna have to disagree with you here Russian. Not that I want any card to cost $800 but....

If aftermarket 980's are going for $600ish then how is a card that has a ton more performance and an extra 2 gb worth of frame buffer not worth a third more? There is plenty of overclocking headroom left in the card too. Nvidia was very cautious with the clockspeeds they gave out of box. My card easily pushes 1100 MHz on the core and close to 8 ghz on the memory without touching voltage sliders. I'll admit to get much faster than what I'm getting the card would become loud and or maybe even require water cooling.

Needless to say I'm essentially running a pair of 1.1/7.9 ghz Titan blacks. Are you trying to say that a 980 and $200 bucks in your pocket is a better deal?

Lava - as much as I love my 980's in SLI, the Z is the card I would have gotten if this deal existed 3 weeks ago. frame for frame the 980's may have a very slight edge, especially once you OC, but you cannot deny the flat-out performance and the additional vram. All in a triple slot card!

 

[RussianSensation]

Needless to say I'm essentially running a pair of 1.1/7.9 ghz Titan blacks. Are you trying to say that a 980 and $200 bucks in your pocket is a better deal?

I'd take dual 780Ti's for $800 because they have a higher chance of hitting 1.2-1.2Ghz clocks. Also, at current prices of 290s, you can pick up 4 of those. Granted at $800-1000 the Titan Z is very cool for its unique form factor and rarity. You should have no trouble selling it at about what you acquired it as there are plenty of semi-professionals on eBay who would love a $1K Titan Z for their work. You got a smoking deal on the card relative to its market price.

 

[alkemyst]

It's like the engine cover on the new Porsche 918 that alone costs more to make than the entire body of a Panamerican

It's a niche card designed for bragging rights that you bought the best of the best.

Many that buy something like this, buy 2-4 of them. They may not be interested in overclocking or even know about that. They just want the best of the best.

Since the beginning of CPU/GPU's, lesser products have usually been able to scale / surpass their higher level stablemates.