Another listing has showed up with Nvidia's upcoming GeForce Titan, this time showing some specifications that are admirably higher than previous rumors have shown.
There's been no shortage of rumors over Nvidia's upcoming GeForce GTX Titan and we can't help but be impressed by the latest reports that the Titan will deliver truly jaw-dropping performance at an equally staggering price.
According to an Australian online retailer, as reported by WCCF, the GTX Titan will feature 6 GB of DDR5 memory, a 512 bit memory interface (rather than 384 bit), a base clock of 915 MHz (instead of 732 MHz) and a boost clock of 1019 MHz.
It therefore seems that the GK110 chip in the consumer Titan card might actually be quite different from the GK110 chips in Nvidia's professional Tesla K20 and K20X cards.
With the increased performance has unfortunately come a dramatically increased price tag. The already incredible retail price of $899 is now is listed at a frankly insane $1599. While it is unrealistic to expect the GTX Titan to arrive with a sub-$1000 price point, the estimate of $1599 seems a bit too far-fetched.
By the time it gets released you'd probably would be able to buy GTX 690/Devil 13 HD 7990 for a decent price, instead of HD 7970/GTX 680.
Good catch! I think that alone is enough to debunk this particular rumor...
I think it's safe to say that pre-release price estimates for these sorts of things are rarely accurate, and often inflated. Pricing around the $1000 area seems far more likely, although I agree that a sub $1000 price point would be more reasonable. $800ish? ...please? ...nope.
I'm really not sure why there's been such astonishment at the higher clock speeds. Like I've said before, I would be surprised if the Geforce Titan had the same or similar clocks as its Tesla counterpart. Geforce cards have traditionally been clocked higher than their Tesla or Quadro equivalent, and as far as I've seen there's been no evidence to suggest that the situation would be any different this time around, which is why I've been skeptical of the rumored specs for the card up til now. Everything was exactly the same as the Tesla K20X. I think someone either got confused or simply didn't know what they were talking about, and posted the specs for the Tesla K20X as the Geforce Titan.
I'm also a little skeptical about this new 512-bit memory interface rumor. If I'm not mistaken that would require a revision of the memory controller on the GPU, and it seems unlikely that Nvidia would revise GK110 specifically for their Geforce cards. In other words, I don't think it's possible to simply strap an existing GK110, designed around a 384-bit memory interface, to a 512-bit interface and realize the additional bandwidth. The memory capacity is another clue that seems to further contradict this story, which is still rumored to be 6GB. If it were a 512-bit interface, I would expect to see something more like 4 or 8GB on the card.
This card isn't likely to do anything to 690/7990 pricing, as it isn't likely to be faster than them.
What a bunch of horse****.
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