(GURU 3D Rumor) Would you rather have two Nvidia X80Ti's? Or one X80 Titan?

[moonbogg]

Guru3D forums birthed the following rumor. Lets assume its true. Based on the specs, what would you rather have? Two of the Ti's or a single Titan and OC it as far as possible? I'd still take my usual SLI route of the 2nd best card. I've been doing that forever except for like 1 round back with the 7800GTX's.

 

[hawtdawg]

These specs could be real, I guess. It looks like full GP100 yields are pretty bad though if those are the Ti specs. I'm also not expecting the regular X80 variant to be that beefy. I'm predicting something with similar looking specs to the current Titan, only with a 256bit bus, while being 20-30% faster due to architecture changes. If they are going this big this soon, it tells me that there's not much architectural difference between Maxwell and Pascal, and that they need size to make it faster.

I think the giveaway is the TDP. A 512bit GDDR5 GPU has the same TDP as an HBM2 variant? I think not. In fact, the bus-width numbers look wrong altogether.

 

[exar333]

A Ti out of the gate would be different than what we have seen. Wonder if the Ti is really the x80, the x80 is the x70 and a Ti closer to the Titan specs might come later in the year?

 

[poofyhairguy]

Given those number the Titan would be better, but I really doubt the numbers.

 

[MrTeal]

Outside of memory, the Titan would have 20% more processing power. I think I'd take my chances on SLI'd Tis.

 

[NTMBK]

Those specs are BS. I massively doubt that we will see a single GPU which can use both GDDR5 and HBM. The interface is completely and utterly different, you would need to have both a full set of GDDR5 controllers and HBM controllers, with a pinout which somehow has interposer-compatible microbumps plus PCB-compatible full-sized bumps... I don't see how you could make that work. Unless you had a "dummy" interposer even for the GDDR5 part, which just passed through pins to the PCB...

 

[raghu78]

Those specs are BS. I massively doubt that we will see a single GPU which can use both GDDR5 and HBM. The interface is completely and utterly different, you would need to have both a full set of GDDR5 controllers and HBM controllers, with a pinout which somehow has interposer-compatible microbumps plus PCB-compatible full-sized bumps... I don't see how you could make that work. Unless you had a "dummy" interposer even for the GDDR5 part, which just passed through pins to the PCB...

agreed I do not think GP104 will use 384 bit GDDR5 memory bus because PCI-E MxM does not support larger than 256 bit GDDR5 memory bus width and Nvidia are not going to design a chip which cannot be put into notebooks. GP104 either sports 256 bit GDDR5X or 2048 bit HBM2. As for GP100 its definitely only HBM2, 4096 bit wide, 1 TB/s, 16 GB Geforce and 32 GB Tesla.. So yeah I call the article complete nonsense.

 

[moonbogg]

Outside of memory, the Titan would have 20% more processing power. I think I'd take my chances on SLI'd Tis.

Yeah me too. If SLI doesn't work, you'd lose a little FPS to a single titan, but you can OC and make up for some of it. But when SLI does work, WHABAM!! Epic performance like THE JESUS!

 

[MrTeal]

agreed I do not think GP104 will use 384 bit GDDR5 memory bus because PCI-E MxM does not support larger than 256 bit GDDR5 memory bus width and Nvidia are not going to design a chip which cannot be put into notebooks. GP104 either sports 256 bit GDDR5X or 2048 bit HBM2. As for GP100 its definitely only HBM2, 4096 bit wide, 1 TB/s, 16 GB Geforce and 32 GB Tesla.. So yeah I call the article complete nonsense.

Do you have a link for that? It seems weird, why would the memory bus size matter with an MXM, unless you just mean that it would be hard to physically fit enough GDDR5 chips onto the MXM module at higher bus widths.

 

[Railgun]

Regardless of what's what, I'll end up with two new Titans in the end.

Two OG Titans have gotten me this far.....

 

[moonbogg]

Regardless of what's what, I'll end up with two new Titans in the end.

Two OG Titans have gotten me this far.....

Too much moneys:'( not enough bang bang. :''(
:''( family of sad people :''(fill your screen

 

[Broburger]

I'll take whatever gives me 60+ maxed at 4k.

 

[Innokentij]

I cant stand SLI since it's software based, will get the TI if it's not to far behind the titan when oced.

 

[Anubis]

I will always choose 1 card over 2

there are still far too many issues with SLI and crossfire to bother dealing with it

 

[moonbogg]

I cant stand SLI since it's software based, will get the TI if it's not to far behind the titan when oced.

I will always choose 1 card over 2

there are still far too many issues with SLI and crossfire to bother dealing with it

Both of you need to go sit in the corner right now and think about what you have said. You are on an enthusiast forum and if you can't be courteous of other's enthusiast feelings, then you need to go on time out for a while until you can.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I will always choose 1 card over 2

there are still far too many issues with SLI and crossfire to bother dealing with it

If Directx12 doesn't change that VR will. A GPU for each eye is probably the first natural use for SLI/CF.

 

[Innokentij]

Both of you need to go sit in the corner right now and think about what you have said. You are on an enthusiast forum and if you can't be courteous of other's enthusiast feelings, then you need to go on time out for a while until you can.

Yes and a enthusiast will always choose the superior solution, and the thread starter asked what >i< would choose last time i checked. YOU need to go take a time out since u feel threantened by someone that dont praise SLI. GOOD DAY SIR

 

[moonbogg]

Fine but you don't have to be all rude and stuffs. SLI TIL MY DEATH! I will not only be buried in a GPU shaped, no, Nvidia GPU shaped coffin, but I will have my body cut in half and be buried in TWO Nvidia GPU shaped coffins side by side with SLI connector and everything. I am enthusiast. I am bogg.

 

[NTMBK]

Fine but you don't have to be all rude and stuffs. SLI TIL MY DEATH! I will not only be buried in a GPU shaped, no, Nvidia GPU shaped coffin, but I will have my body cut in half and be buried in TWO Nvidia GPU shaped coffins side by side with SLI connector and everything. I am enthusiast. I am bogg.

You could get Radeon shaped coffins, then you wouldn't need the bridge :awe:

 

[cbrunny]

Fine but you don't have to be all rude and stuffs. SLI TIL MY DEATH! I will not only be buried in a GPU shaped, no, Nvidia GPU shaped coffin, but I will have my body cut in half and be buried in TWO Nvidia GPU shaped coffins side by side with SLI connector and everything. I am enthusiast. I am bogg.

Lol what's the appeal of SLI over a single card with equal performance?

I ask in all seriousness as I consider my next purchase. Currently running on CF.

 

[MrTeal]

Lol what's the appeal of SLI over a single card with equal performance?

I ask in all seriousness as I consider my next purchase. Currently running on CF.

There's zero appeal to SLI over a single card of the same performance. However, in a situation like the hypothetical presented here it's a little different, A single card might be 20% faster (or less, if a similar situation to Maxwell plays out and the Ti clocks better than Titan) in cases where SLI does not work, but the SLI setup might be 50% or more faster when it does work.

 

[Anubis]

Both of you need to go sit in the corner right now and think about what you have said. You are on an enthusiast forum and if you can't be courteous of other's enthusiast feelings, then you need to go on time out for a while until you can.

how does me saying I will choose A over B have anything to do with being courteous to other people

being an enthusiast I want my stuff to work the best it can with as few issues as possible, so single card it is

 

[moonbogg]

You could get Radeon shaped coffins, then you wouldn't need the bridge :awe:

LOL

 

[Innokentij]

Real question is, who here gonna sell a kidney to afford x2 titanX?

 

[moonbogg]

Two Titan-X's? There's a few around here who will snatch some up. I will wait for the 980ti replacement myself and see how things end up there. I don't think I'm capable of buying a single GPU, even though I tell myself I should. If I can have one badass GPU, having two is always far too tempting to pass up. Two pieces of awesomeness installed in my case is so much better than having only one.