February 12th, 2013

NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan To Be Released on February 18th (Update #2)

GeForce GTX TITAN

Update #2

Hermitage Akihabara reports that the final clocks of the GTX Titan are 837/876 MHz (base/boost), these would be the reference clocks. What they also confirm is a single precision computing power of 4.5 TFLOPS and double precision of 1.3 TFLOPS. The final TDP of the GTX Titan would be 250W. It requires 6+8pin power connectors.

Update

First, it’s worth mentioning that multiple sites now claim that the card will be clocked at 875 MHz. The second newly released bit of info is that there will be only 10000 units available. Furthermore I would like to share my findings on the actual price, you can find all current GeForce GTX Titan listings at our forums in this thread

Finally, we have some solid information about the upcoming flagship model from NVIDIA. Our sources confirm that the almighty Titan is set to be launched on February 18th in very limited quantities.

A member (PedantOne) of XtremeSystems forums shared some details, which we confirmed with our Asian sources.

Info from TPU and Donanimhaber is correct. Launch date is correct too. I seen Three Titans today (it looks better then GTX 690, too sexy boards), few Magazines has cards for review.
Performance is few percents under GTX 690, numbers from OBR are correct.

GeForce GTX Titan Specifications

First off, it seems that the specs, which have been floating around the web for few past day, are correct. Forget about the 512-bit interface though. The GTX Titan will be based on GK110 GPU with 2688 CUDA cores. There will be 224 texture mapping and 48 raster operating units. The reference board will almost without a doubt be equipped with 6GB of GDDR5 memory across 384-bit interface.

There is a bit of confusion regarding the final GPU clocks though. First leaks suggested that the core will be clocked at 732 MHz. DonanimHaber has reported reliable, reliable as can be at this stage, information about the texture fill rate, which apparently comes in at 288 GT/s. That’s faster than the GTX 690′s 234 GT/s. Furthermore, the site is reporting that the GTX Titan would have computing power of 4.5 TFLOPS. If the provided numbers are correct we are in the range of 800-900 MHz core clock . The memory however, should not reach the common 6 GHz mark.

GeForce GTX Titan Design

The card will definitely look better than the GTX 690, although the design will mirror it’s dual-gpu brother. The GeForce GTX Titan will be covered with the magnesium alloy, while the whole card will be metallic silver. There will only be a reference design, so no custom models. Additionally, in the first batch there may only be ASUS and EVGA cards available, that’s why we didn’t see any other listings.

GeForce GTX Titan Performance

The card will be slower than the GTX 690. It should perform 55-60% better than GTX 680 and HD 7970. The latest leaked charts were correct, you can learn more in the previous post.

GeForce GTX Titan Release Date

The GTX Titan will be launched in a very limited quantity, only the most recognized reviewers will get the cards. Card will be paper-launched on February 18th, while first reviews should appear a day later, which is normal for NVIDIA — they usually release cards on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Source, Source, Source

Author: WhyCry

Editor: Keith H.

Jerome
Wow I expected a count down of some sorts on the Nvidia website, but I see nothing!
Walking
probably its because this card is meant for the small group of people, not the main stream.
Ark
Are their any new rumors in the price? Is It still around $900?
http://videocardz.com/ WhyCry
No, just the one about $899.
Nigel
Well at least you will know when the card is overheating. The magnesium will burn white and melt your computer.
BestJinjo
Near GTX690 level of performance from 1 GPU is mighty impressive price notwithstanding!! NV wasn’t kidding when they said Kepler was a homerun. I can’t believe next week the Titan will make GTX680′s level of performance mid-range. Next generation PC games can’t come out soon enough :)
Jerome
Well its not unbelievable I mean the die size is huge compared to GK104!
Jerome
Tell me the truth will you be in line for one?? I fear that my recklessness will only grow day by day until the launch!
Laughable Source
It would be safer to expect $900. If it is that or higher then you are safe, otherwise you have a nice surprise. If you expect anything else then even if the price is $600 you might still be disappointed and be caught on the street with a machete in hand.
BestJinjo
Right but GTX680 used up 186W in games, GTX690 274W and the Ares II 432W. If the Titan can deliver 690/Ares 2 level of performance in just 250W, that’s very impressive since you get lower power consumption and escape the SLI/CF.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/ARES_II/25.html
tih11
Hi,when you said:”it’ll be launched in a very limited quantity,only somme reviewers will get the cards,you mean on february 18th?but after for exemple in march or april,i hope everybody who get the money can buy it.
http://www.facebook.com/mihaigabriel.bica Mihai Gabriel Bica
When can we get a full GK110 chip on a graphic card ? I’m holding a bit back with spending a ton of money on a card based on a chip that is handicaped through a disabled SMX because it didnt born correctly !
Are you guys not also a bit reticent ?
Paying top dollar for ”garbage chips”, while the enterprise market gets the normal chips with 2880 cuda cores?
Some sincere advice
Its very difficult to produce perfect chips. Given that GK110 is ~2x GK104, there is probably just not enough perfect chips to produce enough cards for a product line. Those with 14 SMX are either perfect chips with one intentionally disabled (to make the products consistent), or chips with one defect SM. This is not “garbage chip.” This is standard practice. The price charged is not for perfect chips. A perfect chip will be way more expensive than a 14 SMX chip. Rule of thumb I guess will be (15/14)^2 = 114%.
In other words, there is a reason why you can actually afford a GTX 680. If not for the fact that AMD/NVIDIA designed the chips to be modular with the ability to disable certain defect components, your graphics cards will be way more expensive than it is now. If you read more about semiconductor it might be easier for you to accept this practice. People here probably know.
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I meant a limited quantity of reviewing samples. ASUS is said to have many Titan cards on the market.
http://videocardz.com/ WhyCry
Not me! I cannot afford to buy such an expensive card. And NV won’t give us a sample, since we refused to sign the NDA ;)
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skr13
Despite not being a full GK110 Kepler, less 1 SMX unit totalizing 14 SMX, this card will be revolutionary, the performance achieved is near the dual-gpu GK104, GTX 690, revealing the true capacity of Kepler architecture.
The TDP value is also very interesting, expected to be 235-240W, which will allow Nvidia to produce a dual card solution in the future.
I think 6GB Vram is justified for a card like this, 3GB is ok, but looking for the premium price and the future games due new consoles, seems it was the best decision.
We must not forget that Nvidia GTX Titan performance can improve a bit in the next months, more optimized drivers certainly will help this card.
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tih11
Ok,thank you
BestJinjo
“Paying top dollar for ”garbage chips”, while the enterprise market gets the normal chips with 2880 cuda cores?”
What? The highest version of the GK110 chip is 2688 cores K20X. There is no such thing as a retail/enterprise. 2880 cuda core GK110. They might release that later once yields mature. NV disables a minimum of 1 SMX cluster on all GK110s.
BestJinjo
There won’t be a dual GK110 2688×2 card on 28nm. That’s just impossible unless they drop GPU clocks to 600mhz. The successor to GTX690 will likely be a 20nm Maxwell card, or GK114x2. NV’s TDP also doesn’t mean much. The only thing that matters is real world power consumption. GTX480′s TDP was 250W but it used more in games.
skr13
Not sure about that statement, imagine if Titan peak power consumption would be about the same as GTX 580 or a bit more like HD 7970GHz, theorically is possible to build a dual-gpu consuming such high watts, look at Asus Ares II for example.
I agree, the clocks need to drop further to be possible, but this always tends to happen with dual-gpu cards, happened with GTX 690, it has GTX 670 clocks(915) and x2 GTX 680 Cuda Cores(3072).
GTX 590 only features a 607MHz clock for instance.
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http://www.facebook.com/mihaigabriel.bica Mihai Gabriel Bica
I beg to differ, the full GK110 has 15 SMX and 2880 CUDA cores. Look here:
http://www.nvidia.de/content/PDF/kepler/NVIDIA-Kepler-GK110-Architecture-Whitepaper.pdf
BestJinjo
10,000 units worldwide. Better preorder if you want one.
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2013/2/13/nvidia-geforce-titan-launches-february-18th2c-2013-loses-to-gtx-6902c-amd-hd-7990.aspx
BestJinjo
Notice in my post I said “retail”. GK110 is a 15 SMX 2880 CUDA core part, but no such GPU is sold to anyone for any price. The 1 SMX cluster is always disabled even for the flagship K20X. We are aware that the full GK110 has 15 SMX clusters. BSN reports less than 10K units for launch. If it was financially visible to launch a 15 SMX Titan card, I am sure NV would have done so. Do not forget that there are power consumption limits as well and not just yield issues.
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2013/2/13/nvidia-geforce-titan-launches-february-18th2c-2013-loses-to-gtx-6902c-amd-hd-7990.aspx
BestJinjo
Oh ok, I see what you meant. Ya, theoretically it would be possible. The Ares 2 draws what 430W at load (!). I think NV won’t go that route. Then there is the question of GK110′s availability. With only 10K chips slated for Titan, where do they find enough GK110s to launch a dual-GPU GK110 card? Maybe by Q4 2013. By that point that card will be less exciting since 20nm GPUs are most likely launching in 2014.
http://www.facebook.com/mihaigabriel.bica Mihai Gabriel Bica
Don’t kid yourself, It wont deliver ARES II performance. It will be more like 8000-8500 firestrike score whereas 690 is 9600 and ARES II is 12800
A full GK110, might get closer to 690, perhaps equal it. But i think the full blown 15 SMX GPU will be kept for the next gen of 780 cards, erhaps full SMX card with higher clock.
http://www.facebook.com/mihaigabriel.bica Mihai Gabriel Bica
Then why the hell did they designed the chip with 15 SMX if not to deliver at some point the chip, as it was designed ?
http://www.facebook.com/mihaigabriel.bica Mihai Gabriel Bica
It may not be garbage chip, but to me it seems an incomplete one.
Still, if i get now the Titan, and see after that a Geforce 780 with 15 SMX, i think i will blow my brains out.
http://www.facebook.com/mihaigabriel.bica Mihai Gabriel Bica
The true capability of kepler architecture you say ?
In my mind it just something made bigger. Its natural that it has more muscle.
A radeon 7995 with 5120 cores would also be stronger than the current 7970. Its logic.
skr13
So, where is the HD 7995? lol
BestJinjo
I was referring to in-game performance. While the Ares 2 scales well in 3DMark, not so in games.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/ARES_II/27.html
You’ll be able to buy almost two Titans for the prices of an Ares 2. The Ares 2 sounds like a waste since you can buy 4x HD7970 cards here for $1,500.
Fever
Nvidia has strict guidelines for the Titan, that means no 3rd party can mess with the reference design.
Jerome
Why not NDA??
BestJinjo
I wouldn’t even think about future-proofing with these. It’s a waste of time. Look at the pace of the GPU industry. The worst thing anyone can do is buy top-end cards and hold them for 5+ years. It will prove to be the worst buying decision ever to future proof with high-end GPUs. Look at GTX280/480/580. Less than a year since 280 launched that level of performance could be had for $275. Less than 2 years since 480 launched, it was going on sale under $200. Less than 2 years since 580 launched HD7870 delivers that performance for $200. As far as future-proofing for next gen games, also not going to happen either. Remember when PS3/360 launched? The games made around that era made X1950XTX / 7900GTX / 8800GTX all obsolete. If you have bought 8800GTX SLI in 2006 for $1000, by summer 2009 a single GTX275 for $250 was as fast. That’s $775 in depreciation in 3 years. Since there are no next generation PC games launching in the next 10 months, why would you buy the Titan for future games? Buy it for today’s games or just buy something slower like GTX670 as that’s still fast ;) When future games come out, you can always get 20nm and 14nm GPUs.
BestJinjo
NV made K20X for professional markets and sold them for $5,000+ there. GK110 is just K20X scraps that couldn’t be sold. AMD doesn’t make much money in that business line. Naturally it makes no sense for them to design and manufacture a 500-550mm2 die chip. Ever since 8800GTX (large die strategy) vs. HD4870 (small die), NV will continue to outperform AMD’s flagship cards unless AMD for some reason needs to make 500+mm2 chips for other markets. I doubt it. The market for GPUs above $500 is so small, it’s probably less than 5% for NV or AMD. Most of the $ is made in lower segments, like GT620-660 laptop chips, GTX650-660 desktop chips, etc.
skr13
I only gave the Asus Ares II example on power consumption, not the design of the card. Titan is going be to be like GTX 690, no custom versions, at least is expected to be this way.
http://videocardz.com/ WhyCry
I wouldn’t be able to write so much about the leaks and rumors ;)
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http://www.facebook.com/mihaigabriel.bica Mihai Gabriel Bica
What do you suppose i should do now ? Hold on to my 7750 ? It hasn”t even arrived yet, lol. I could return it if need be and order Titan :D Crap. Its a bad time to buy a graphics card now. Unless its ARES II
Jerome
The thing is a k20 Telsa cards cost over 2 grand, the Titan is going to have higher clocks and less FP precision but still its going to be a monster I expect this to be over 1K on newegg!
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mic08n64
According to brightsideofnews.com, “The chip itself is clocked at 875 Mhz for the reference clock, even though the two select vendors (ASUS and EVGA) have the option of custom clocking the parts. For example, ASUS GTX Titan allegedly comes clocked at impressive 915 MHz..” Another interesting note, the performance charts for Titan have been taken off of obr-hardware’s website.
BestJinjo
I think you should just buy a GPU that’s fast enough for the games you currently play. What’s you resolution? The rest of your system specs? HD7950 V2 with overclocking to 1100mhz are as fast as a GTX680/7970Ghz. that’s great value for $280-300. MSI TF3 7950 even ships with 960mhz GPU clocks out of the box. Then once that card is too slow for you, just get something newer on 20nm. I wouldn’t spend $900 for a GPU to futureproof. You could also wait until Crysis 3 benchmarks. Personally unless you are loaded with $ where buying $900 GPUs is pocket change or you don’t mind reselling parts often, just upgrade more frequently and get $280-300 GPUs and change them up every 2-3 years. That’s better than buying a $900 GPU imo. Ares II is the worst since you can get almost 2 titans for the price or 3 680s, or 4 7970s.
Some sincere advice
I don’t know about the scraps part. K20X also has 14 SMX, and Titan apparently will have higher clocks. If you ask me I will say K20X are the scraps. NVIDIA has always sold professional parts for much higher price. Selling Titan for lower price than K20X is kinda expected isn’t it?
Plus there is marketing value in this. Making the biggest gun might not win you the war, but sure will make people more confident in buying your war bonds.
BestJinjo
If only ten thousand units launch, where do they get enough chips for a dual-GK110 part in 2013?
BestJinjo
Remember that K20X is a double precision monster. There are hundreds of millions of transistors in K20X that are there to perform double precision computation (mostly missing in GK104). Imagine you get thousands of failed K20X chips with flawed transistors on the double precision side? What do you do with them? Well because those transistors are broken, they aren’t working since they aren’t turned on. That means the failed K20X chips use less power than the fully functional 14 SMX K20X. Then what you do is take those chips and overclock them because you have extra power consumption headroom now since hundreds of millions of double precision transistors have been turned off / failed. What happens is the Titan ships with neutered double precision performance and higher clocks :)
Some sincere advice
You know what, it probably wouldn’t make much sense for them to give Titan the same DP perf as K20X, would it? NVIDIA kinda had the problem with GTX 580, and supposedly fixed it with GTX 680. AMD is the one that made the mistake this round. Plus it probably will hurt Tesla.
Specs are not out, but I think I agree with you.
http://www.facebook.com/quinnfitz Quinn FitzGerald
the real question is what games do you play? x.x
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http://www.facebook.com/quinnfitz Quinn FitzGerald
drivers are generally optimized for uarch, so it probably won’t be as good a increase as rest of kepler has had over the months :(
http://www.facebook.com/quinnfitz Quinn FitzGerald
and also sadly its locked voltages to :(
http://twitter.com/XB99Z XB99Z
You can get better performance right now for far less money. If people want to spend that much then by all means. Personally I’ll consider spending more when we don’t have badly made console ports that can’t even use the CPU properly which is YEARS away.
http://www.facebook.com/quinnfitz Quinn FitzGerald
well, it is the largest chip of kepler… if you just added cores to radeon would be stupid… need ROPs and more stuff tgo.
this shows max specs of kepler for now…..
http://www.facebook.com/quinnfitz Quinn FitzGerald
BSN isn’t what i would call a reliable source… moreso than fudzilla, not as much as, techreport for instance, to use a site u def know :)
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Martin Madsen
Will there be 10.000 produced in total or just 10.000 available at release?
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