I just ordered 2 Titan XP's

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I mighta waited for Jan 18th but even if the 1080ti was to drop it could take you months to actually get it.

I like buying Titans when they first come out.
 
Couldn't wait for the Ti hu? Ouch.

-edit- And are you going to run those on your sig rig? :-S
 
Can't resist due to the recent churn ... [hey I had 2 myself, I earned it!]

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Mister E said:
Couldn't wait for the Ti hu? Ouch.

-edit- And are you going to run those on your sig rig? :-S
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Yup. I've been having to turn graphics down a bit in some newer games such as Watch Dogs 2 and a handful of others. Would rather just be able to crank it.
 
bjornb17 said:
Yup. I've been having to turn graphics down a bit in some newer games such as Watch Dogs 2 and a handful of others. Would rather just be able to crank it.
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Unfortunately even with a Titan X you'll only average around 40 FPS with everything cranked at 3440x1440.

Thread title... well with two in SLI, scaling in this game is around 60%. So that should get you to 60 FPS.
 
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Woohoo! Is it just poorly optimized or something? Graphics are pretty nice though.
 
Armenius said:
60% is average these days. Around 80% is about the best you'll get.
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What I mean is, it seems like the game takes quite a bit of horsepower to run nicely. Other graphical games like Division and Witcher 3 seem to be quite a bit less demanding.
 
When it comes to Titian cards, buying them at release net the most value.
Not sure about buying them now, especially since SLI isn't doing that well in DX12 games.
 
Didn't realize Watch Dogs 2 was such a demanding game. Doesn't even look all that great.
 
B!nd. said:
Didn't realize Watch Dogs 2 was such a demanding game. Doesn't even look all that great.
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It's funny you mention that. When I first fired it up I thought the same thing - how could Ubisoft in 2016 release and old looking game. Once I enabled the nVidia TXAA and cranked up a few other things it looks beyond great. I was quite surprised with how crisp, vibrant, and polished it all looked.
 
Probably a question I should have asked earlier - but that would have been too practical. Should I be worried at all about my 3770k @ 4.7 bottleneck two Titan XP's? Would my motherboard/CPU have enough PCI lanes to not bottleneck anything?
 
bjornb17 said:
Probably a question I should have asked earlier - but that would have been too practical. Should I be worried at all about my 3770k @ 4.7 bottleneck two Titan XP's? Would my motherboard/CPU have enough PCI lanes to not bottleneck anything?
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You're clocked high enough and with a large enough resolution that even if it did bottleneck, at your settings you wouldn't notice it. Just keep stuff from using the native cpu pcie lanes since you only have 16 lanes for the gpus.
 
If you can get SLI to work properly then it should be great. However, I just sold my pair of GTX 1080's in SLI because of the poor scaling and support of most games, half of the time the second card is wasted because it doesn't either scale properly or the game just doesn't support SLI which was a waste of my investment. Games like the Battlefield series run great but others seem to have poor SLI support or none at all.
 
bjornb17 said:
Probably a question I should have asked earlier - but that would have been too practical. Should I be worried at all about my 3770k @ 4.7 bottleneck two Titan XP's? Would my motherboard/CPU have enough PCI lanes to not bottleneck anything?
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Nope on both counts. Your 3770K has a damned fine OC and a 6700/7700K is only going to be ~20% clock-for-clock, so wouldn't buy you much.
 
ChronoDetector said:
If you can get SLI to work properly then it should be great. However, I just sold my pair of GTX 1080's in SLI because of the poor scaling and support of most games, half of the time the second card is wasted because it doesn't either scale properly or the game just doesn't support SLI which was a waste of my investment. Games like the Battlefield series run great but others seem to have poor SLI support or none at all.
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I totally agree am im as pro sli guy youll find with owninf dual cards since the begining with voodoo 2 12mb sli.

I bought 2 1080s and i should of listened to everyone this time..

I could of used that money for a hct vive and would of in a heart beat if is of known the usual tyoe of fps games thst have always supported sli forgot about it. Games like titanfall,cod and battlefield to name a few.. a few games from 2015 even dropped support with later updates. :/
 
eclypse said:
I could of used that money for a hct vive and would of in a heart beat if is of known the usual tyoe of fps games thst have always supported sli forgot about it. Games like titanfall,cod and battlefield to name a few.. a few games from 2015 even dropped support with later updates. :/
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BF1 has very good SLI support. I certainly get your point and agree, but still, it can come in handy for some games. Maybe not worth it but not quite useless. I guess we'll see where mGPU goes with DX 12 and Vulkan.
 
bjornb17 said:
It's funny you mention that. When I first fired it up I thought the same thing - how could Ubisoft in 2016 release and old looking game. Once I enabled the nVidia TXAA and cranked up a few other things it looks beyond great. I was quite surprised with how crisp, vibrant, and polished it all looked.
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Looks average. But for the performance, ugly. It looks like crap with lots horrible jaggies. I don't see anyone maxing this out unless they have a Titan X, or two GTX 1080s or similar. An OCed GTX 1070 + 4670K is certainly not enough to get good frame rates at ultra settings at 1080. Forget about using high end AA as well.

Very off topic, but I hope the day comes when a $300 GPU can run 1440 well. I suppose that is many years off, especially if AMD continues to loose its competitive edge.
 
bjornb17 said:
Fuck it why not.
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Good for you. You're gonna love them.

I've had the same for 3 months now and having tons of fun.

After all, it's just money. Enjoy life while you can. Can't take all that cash into afterlife.
 
heatlesssun said:
BF1 has very good SLI support. I certainly get your point and agree, but still, it can come in handy for some games. Maybe not worth it but not quite useless. I guess we'll see where mGPU goes with DX 12 and Vulkan.
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You mean, it does *now*. SLI was still broke in DX12, last I checked, and the long-running SLI bug in DX11 was very annoying.

I can see the OP and enthusiasts still investing in SLI/CFX especially if your main diversion has good support, but it's very quickly becoming a hard sell. I'm looking to go back to a single, fast card for the first time in five years myself :/.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
I'm looking to go back to a single, fast card for the first time in five years myself :/.
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Problem is, a fast single card is often not enough.

I don't buy two cards because i like to stuff my PC case with as much components as possible. I buy it because there isn't a card available that can single-handedly deliver the performance that i need.
 
I know how you feel bro. That was the case when I bought my 2x6950's and 2xGTX670's for 1600p 60Hz, and with my two GTX970's for 1440p 144Hz.

The nosediving support for at least dual-GPU is a bit sad, and it's one of the reasons I didn't stretch for the 34" 1440p panel over the 27" versions.


(the other being game support for said resolution being spotty...)
 
IdiotInCharge said:
I know how you feel bro. That was the case when I bought my 2x6950's and 2xGTX670's for 1600p 60Hz, and with my two GTX970's for 1440p 144Hz.

The nosediving support for at least dual-GPU is a bit sad, and it's one of the reasons I didn't stretch for the 34" 1440p panel over the 27" versions.


(the other being game support for said resolution being spotty...)
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I do blame this situation on a 34" 1440p monitor - however, the graphics are so pretty I can't be mad about it :)
 
Oh, and also ordered a 280mm radiator to replace mye 240mm - want to see if I can squeeze a little extra out of this poor 3770k :D I had it previously running at 4.8 but the temps were a touch high.
 
Rizen said:
Fortunately / unfortunately these things don't put out as much heat as older cards like the 480s, R9 290X, etc.
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One of them puts out more heat than both my 980s did. With my friend and I both playing Overwatch in my computer room/office and both running Titan XPs, the room turned into a sauna after a couple hours. That was with the A/C running and a ceiling fan on.

I can't imagine running SLI Titan XPs. It would be hot. It would be loud. It would be miserable. Only way I would do it is water cooling them.
 
Astral Abyss said:
One of them puts out more heat than both my 980s did. With my friend and I both playing Overwatch in my computer room/office and both running Titan XPs, the room turned into a sauna after a couple hours. That was with the A/C running and a ceiling fan on.

I can't imagine running SLI Titan XPs. It would be hot. It would be loud. It would be miserable. Only way I would do it is water cooling them.
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I live in south Texas so I'm sure I"ll have fun with the heat.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
I know how you feel bro. That was the case when I bought my 2x6950's and 2xGTX670's for 1600p 60Hz, and with my two GTX970's for 1440p 144Hz.

The nosediving support for at least dual-GPU is a bit sad, and it's one of the reasons I didn't stretch for the 34" 1440p panel over the 27" versions.


(the other being game support for said resolution being spotty...)
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I use a 3440x1440 and a 1080 drives every game on at least high. Most on ultra at 60FPS. Not a bad idea to wait for better Gsync... 3440x1440 is 5MP while 4k is 8MP, so it's a nice middle ground.

Yeah SLI blows.
 
The T-XP *is* the modern GTX480, more or less (maybe GTX580? I know the 400-series ran hotter than it should have...). It's the full-fat die.

Also, watercooling won't help your room- it'll make it worse, as it makes your system better at pumping heat away from the GPU and into the room!


(there's no fix for this: if you're dealing with heat, you have just been introduced to the reason firsthand that data centers upgrade regularly; the drop in cooling cost for a given workload pays for the hardware!)
 
bjornb17 said:
I live in south Texas so I'm sure I"ll have fun with the heat.
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Southern Arizona here.

IdiotInCharge said:
The T-XP *is* the modern GTX480, more or less (maybe GTX580? I know the 400-series ran hotter than it should have...). It's the full-fat die.

Also, watercooling won't help your room- it'll make it worse, as it makes your system better at pumping heat away from the GPU and into the room!


(there's no fix for this: if you're dealing with heat, you have just been introduced to the reason firsthand that data centers upgrade regularly; the drop in cooling cost for a given workload pays for the hardware!)
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It's not so much to deal with the heat, although it should help because the stock cooler is so inefficient, it's more to do with the ridiculous amount of noise the stock cooler makes when gaming.


EDIT: The only consolation is that @ 60fps you might not be pushing 2 of them hard enough to really heat them up.
 
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