re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

SLI would be ridiculous @ $6k. I'm wondering if NV Link will allow near perfect scaling though. Can't wait to see benchmarks in SLI. Maybe those 4k 144hz monitors coming soon will allow a pair of Titan V's to really shine.

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SLI would be ridiculous @ $6k. ? I'm wondering if NV Link will allow near perfect scaling though. Can't wait to see benchmarks in SLI. Maybe those 4k 144hz monitors coming soon will allow a pair of Titan V's to really shine

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What does throughput have to do with scaling?

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Right. Even with the higher throughput of NVLink we'd still be at the mercy of game devs when it comes to multi gpu scaling.

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Yeah current setup and others here probably feel the same about not feeling outdated. I have felt out dated even with the latest cards but this is not one of them. Software didn't catch up, but it is always a swing from hardware to software being the bottleneck.

..I want to explain NVLink and why we won't see it in gaming anytime but going back to bed.

2 x TITAN X(Pascals) w/ EK Blocks and Plates for sale @ $850/ea

Edt: Still not certain this card will get gaming drivers. Hopefully something confirms it by morning.

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Yep. Looks like the Titan V is going back to its roots of being more of a prosumer card with all those tensor cores wasting space on that huge die and with its lower clocks. Maybe we'll see a release of another Titan geared for gaming on that huge 815mm die with higher clocks and without the Tensors and less FP64. Still would be stupid expensive due to the huge die though.

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This is not totally 100% true. The only reason we received a "TITAN" back in 2013 was because Oak Ridge was finished in Tennesse. The full chip Kepler was already contracted by the US Government and nVidia needed to supply enough cards to support Oak Ridge until completion. That is the other reason we got a cut down Kepler with the GTX 680. That filled in the spot to compete with the 7970 until nVidia's obligation was meant.

In December 2012 we started hearing rumors that maybe nVidia meant release the full Kepler since Oak Ridge was finished. Sure enough, we got the TITAN named obviously after the TITAN supercompter at Oak Ridge in February 2013. These are chips which didn't make grade to be a Quandro in that supercomputer. I stayed up all night during the OG TITAN launch and going to work on no sleep because I tried to grab a TITAN.

So the TITAN name never really was just premium from jumpstreet. It has always been a weird afterthought from nVidia which they seem to fckk up and confuse consumers with said name. Since this seems likely to NOT be a gaming card like many are guessing, they are just fckking up the TITAN naming even more for consumers.

As far the ridiculous size. At 815mm you might get 50chips from TSMC's process per wafer. Think the limit of their fab's process is even around 850mm. So in terms of good yields at first run you might get only 25 or so per wafer. That can lead to some of these crazy high cost. Soooooo... my guess is the first set of GAMING version GTX TITAN Vs will be V100s with fckked up Tensor Cores and those burned out. Think this is highly likely.

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Right. Something (Titan Xv or 1180ti) based on a 600-650mm die (gv102) with much higher clocks and no tensor cores would be much better suited for gaming. Maybe even include 12-16gb of GDDR6 instead of HBM2 to keep cost down even further.

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Well the die would be the same size. They just burned off the Tensor Cores. They won't recut the silicon. One would think.

nvidia lists the TITAN V in GeForce drivers. So it will have proper gaming driver support. Very interesting. The lame part about this insane price is the fact the TITAN V is still gimped. Not the full chip.

Already placed an order for 3. Gonna put one in my tv.

Was waiting in this

I never played the first, so I'm okay with what it offers for now. But outside of weekly milestones to boost power level, there isn't much of a reason to play unless you just enjoy the game.

They'll need to make considerable changes for me to play long term.

Titan V will not support NVLink or SLI

Yey, I wrecked Sodapoppin in VR last night. Got to shake my assets at 22k viewers of his in celebration.

*sigh* why is it so hard to get paid for stuff you sell.

Lesson learned, let shite collect dust or require payment upfront.