Yet another GTX Titan thread...

[Stg-Flame]

Given my specs below, how would a Titan impact my performance on gaming for now as well as acting as a sound investment for a GPU to tide me over a few years?

My current hardware can max games like Borderlands 2, but maxing Farcry 3 was dropping me down to 20-30FPS and I have to completely turn off Tessellation and SSAA for Metro: Last Light to play the game (everything else is maxed and with SSAA + Tessellation my FPS drops from 60 to about 6).

Also, given there are five different models of Titans, is it worth an extra $200 for the Hydro Copper edition? I was planning on upgrading my dual 670s to 690s in the future anyways, but seeing the benchmarks of the Titan in comparison to the 690, I'm leaning towards a Titan instead.

Lastly, my PC is entirely air-cooled and I live in the desert, so my fans (and entire case) is covered in dust within a week of cleaning it (2 200mm + 2 180mm fans), so I am a little worried about ventilation if I were to toss a Titan in there.

Any information on this is greatly appreciated.

 

[Lepton87]

If you really want an upgrade you need at least two. One does not make sense in your case at all. You won't get better performance, unless SLI isn't working.

 

[3DVagabond]

Most of the time a single Titan will perform worse than your 670 SLI setup. Don't ever judge your system's performance by FC3. It's a bugged mess and simply runs like crap.

 

[toyota]

what resolution are you playing at that 670 sli cant max those games out and play smooth?

 

[Black Octagon]

Don't ever judge your system's performance by FC3. It's a bugged mess and simply runs like crap.

+1. Ditto for Metro 2033 with DX11 enabled

 

[toyota]

+1. Ditto for Metro 2033 with DX11 enabled

DX11 is not bugged at all in Metro 2033. in fact it runs just as good or better in DX11 even with tessellation on than it does in DX10. you must be only thinking of running advanced dof.

 

[Grooveriding]

Now is probably the worst time to consider Titan with the GTX780 coming out shortly. The 780 will be 80-85% of Titan's performance for $650, maybe $700. Significantly less cost for slightly less performance.

 

[alcoholbob]

Now is probably the worst time to consider Titan with the GTX780 coming out shortly. The 780 will be 80-85% of Titan's performance for $650, maybe $700. Significantly less cost for slightly less performance.

Yep, basically wait and get 2 x GTX 780s, unless you want to spend the extra $500 for 10% more performance with 2 x Titans.

 

[5150Joker]

Now is probably the worst time to consider Titan with the GTX780 coming out shortly. The 780 will be 80-85% of Titan's performance for $650, maybe $700. Significantly less cost for slightly less performance.

20% less performance and less vram is still substantial IMO. I doubt it will cost less than $700. In the OPs case, a single Titan is roughly almost as fast as 670 SLI so it doesn't make sense to switch over and in his case, dual 780 might be a better deal as suggested by everyone else. If you got the money though, dual (or triple) Titan can't be beat.

 

[Black Octagon]

DX11 is not bugged at all in Metro 2033. in fact it runs just as good or better in DX11 even with tessellation on than it does in DX10. you must be only thinking of running advanced dof.

I always got much better fps (on AMD) by playing at DX10 rather than DX11.

 

[Fx1]

You would need to be brain dead to pick a Titan over 2 780 GTX or even 2 760ti's.

Some people have a fear of SLI or CF but they work perfectly for me.

 

[NIGELG]

Your current setup is way better than Titan unless you have SLI issues and you want to go single card.

 

[lavaheadache]

You guys seem to overlook that some of us HATE multi gpu. When that is a concern Titan is really the only answer if you need/want the best you can get.

 

[Fx1]

You guys seem to overlook that some of us HATE multi gpu. When that is a concern Titan is really the only answer if you need/want the best you can get.

No we just ignore the ramblings of people who hate SLI for no other reason than you hate SLI.

No single GPU offers enough performance to play at 1440p or even 1200p on some games. Unless you turn down the settings.

 

[wand3r3r]

But he'd have to go multi gpu to get any gains if 670 SLI works in the games he's playing.

 

[lavaheadache]

No we just ignore the ramblings of people who hate SLI for no other reason than you hate SLI.

No single GPU offers enough performance to play at 1440p or even 1200p on some games. Unless you turn down the settings.

as if I have no experience with multi gpu...

:whiste:

 

[tential]

You guys seem to overlook that some of us HATE multi gpu. When that is a concern Titan is really the only answer if you need/want the best you can get.

"Given my specs below, how would a Titan impact my performance on gaming for now as well as acting as a sound investment for a GPU to tide me over a few years?"

He asked how Titan would affect his gaming performance. That's the question. The answer is it will negatively affect him. You're now adding your own points in JUST to argue.

 

[Fx1]

"Given my specs below, how would a Titan impact my performance on gaming for now as well as acting as a sound investment for a GPU to tide me over a few years?"

He asked how Titan would affect his gaming performance. That's the question. The answer is it will negatively affect him. You're now adding your own points in JUST to argue.

The only thing the Titan will do for him is make his numbers go down.

His FPS

His Bank balance

His P***** length

 

[DooKey]

If you were planning on going to dual 690 in the future then going dual Titan might be the way to go. SLI scaling is much better than quad-SLI scaling. In the long run you'd probably be happier with the SLI Titan's. So far as water cooling goes it might be better to stick with the stock Titan since it is a really good air cooler and it will save you some money.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

With your current setup doing anything other than waiting for 20nm GPU's at the end of the year/early next year is a complete waste of money. Even the rumored gtx780 is a complete waste of money in your situation.

 

[AdamK47]

Most of the time a single Titan will perform worse than your 670 SLI setup. Don't ever judge your system's performance by FC3. It's a bugged mess and simply runs like crap.

Far Cry 3 runs great for me. 60 buttery smooth frames per second.

 

[Arkadrel]

GTX 670 SLI > 1x GTX TITAN.

It would be a downgrade.

 

[Elfear]

OP - As others have mentioned the Titan wouldn't gain anything for you except the rare cases when SLI doesn't work all that well. However, if you do decide to go with a Titan, the hydro copper edition is for watercooling only.

 

[Black Octagon]

The only thing the Titan will do for him is make his numbers go down.

His FPS

His Bank balance

His P***** length

And yet his frame latency would go down too...

 

[tential]

Far Cry 3 runs great for me. 60 buttery smooth frames per second.

Just to clarify this thread, we're talking about spending upwards of 1k+, because FC3 (A game in which someone is using tri SLI Titan to play), and Tessellation and SSAA on Metro: Last Light, aren't capable of working?

Ya'll must be serious because I'd never spend over 1000 dollars to play just two games.... Hell, not even play two games, but two enable one or two more settings on two games. Especially when new consoles are coming out and developers will most likely start to really push the graphics envelope and NV/AMD will, instead of releasing refreshes, actually release brand new architectures.

But I guess some of you guys have a lot more money to spend on gaming and put it at a lot higher of a priority than I do. To me though, what you listed, couldn't possibly warrant that type of expenditure for such a small increase in performance. I'd wait for new architectures that are a year away rather than spend 1k+ on GFX cards that will no doubt look terrible compared to what comes around in 2014.

Then again, it probably would have helped if you'd answered/specfied what resolution was your target/bear minimum, to play at....