Report: Nvidia GTX Titan-Z to Hit Retail April 29

By Niels Broekhuijsen
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The Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan-Z is a monstrous graphics card that is expected to carry a monstrous price tag of $2999 in the US. Unfortunately, that price excludes taxes, which will make the final cost for the unit even higher. A report on the Japanese website Hermitage Akihabara indicates that the card might cost about 400,000¥ there including taxes. At the time of writing this translates to a devastating $3907.

For European customers we often find that the US price excluding taxes is what Europeans pay including taxes, meaning that Europeans will have to part ways from approximately €2999 for the card. This translates to about $4150 incl VAT. This is often a worst-case scenario, though. The card is reportedly going to make its arrival to retail on April 29, so we'll find out for sure in just a few days.

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Niels Broekhuijsen
Niels Broekhuijsen

Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.

37 Comments Comment from the forums
  • c123456
    Might want to fix the currencies in this article.
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  • gsxrme
    Proof Read!? na...
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  • Quarkzquarkz
    so in other words, the GTX 690 is still better? =(
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  • wysiwygbill
    I wonder what the profit margin is for these. Hopefully, pricing the high end "consumer" cards to be affordable only to the upper class isn't a trend.
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  • sunflier
    The card is reportedly going to make its arrival to retail on April 29...

    How convenient for those getting back tax refunds right about now/then.
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  • SpadeM
    Might want to fix the currencies in this article.

    Yeah, they don't seem to understand how prices in Europe work.
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  • NightLight
    we have 21% taxes here in Belgium. So 2999$ = 2169,57€ + 21% = 2625.18€ all inclusive wich is 3628,79$. This card will not sell here, the max for a graphics card should always be about 700€. (about 970$)
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  • Vlad Rose
    OMG, is Nvidia that crazy to try and charge that much for an enthusiast video card??? At that price I'd much rather use it for something more practical, like a down payment for a nice car or a house. I'm sure there will be some fools with more money than brains though...
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  • kristoffe
    This is a complete waste of money. If you're a pro, why not go Tesla or K series instead of this bloated double float gaming card? And then they purposefully disable double power on the gaming cards (600x on, 500x was great). I laughed in NVidia's face at SIGGRAPH 2012 at the show and their parties for doing that. Pros would never desaturate the T or K market, only enthusiasts would have a small bridge to learn on.

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  • N.Broekhuijsen
    Not that it is relevant at all, but I actually live in Europe. The Netherlands to be precise.

    Now, while I agree that the price for Europe will probably end up landing somewhere around the €2600 - €2700 mark after a few days/weeks, initial prices are almost always the USD number with a Euro symbol in front of it. The R9 295X2 for example, is available right now for pre-order for about €1499 here (incl VAT), and its US MSRP is $1499 (Excl VAT).
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