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Is the GTX Titan still a viable choice?

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For gaming, a Titan is a 780 with 6GB of varm and a Titan Black is a 780Ti with 6GB of vram. A 970 slightly outperforms a 780 and a 980 a 780Ti.  A 780Ti with 6GB of vram does not exist, so if you truly wanted that level of performance with 6GB of vram the Titan Black would be your only choice right now.  A 780 with 6GB of vram does exist though, which makes a Titan kind of pointless since its going to have a price premium for its non gaming features.  It's unlikely that you need more than the 4GB of vram provided by the 970/980, but that's up to you if you want more.  

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As the title says , does it put up a fight against say , a 780ti or a 980?

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its a bit better than a 780 ti so yes

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If it's cheaper than 970 then yes.

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If it's cheaper than 970 then yes.

I once got a offer to buy a Titan for around 300-400 dollar used..........

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according to firemark, my dual 7950s are 60% faster. they only cost me 250. so going off that, Id have to say no. But i havent looked much into it

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What? The Titan has never been a viable choice if you're after a gaming card. Even now, it's still basically a 780 with too much ram, unless you're after double precision.

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its a bit better than a 780 ti so yes

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I meant outside of gaming. I should have specified that CUDA cores are great.

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They are nice, but people still put to much value in them. If you can get them for 250 or less than sure go for it, but otherwise leave them be. Offers here on second hand units hover around 400 to much to use it for gaming.

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I meant outside of gaming. I should have specified that CUDA cores are great.

OP is talking about gaming

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Man CES is happening over the next few days, so you'll get a sneak at the new Titans no doubt, these old ones are out dated. The only good thing is the size of the memory bus. 256-bit is stupid small nowadays, especially at the higher end of Graphics cards which is why the 290X and 290 beat the 970 at 4K.  The 980 passes with sheer core speed brute force. 

 

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The 780 Ti is relevant because it has a wider bus. But you need to compare these results to the Maxwell refresh to see the difference bus width makes. Outside of gaming then yes the titan is good as a workhorse but thats what it is designed for. Overall you are better off getting a 780Ti than a Titan, or wait for the new Titans to come out (which they should soon). The only reason you should get a 700 series titan is if you are hard up on cash and need the cuda cores. Or alternatively you can wait for AMD and Hawaii, which I have a feeling will be pretty decent this year in the way of high end GPU's
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In pure performance, sure, it's still a powerful card. It's a little better than a 780 and a little worse than a 780 Ti. Yes, it has workstation enhancements, that doesn't make it worse for gaming. It's exactly between the 780 and 780 Ti in gaming, so unless you think those are bad cards for gaming, it's silly to say the Titan isn't a viable gaming card. For the usual price, it's a bad value for purely gaming purposes, but that's not what's being asked. Regardless of price, the performance is still exactly what it is, which is enough to call it a solid gaming card.

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Get it, I'll buy it off you or get you a 970.

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They are still great for gaming. However, any other high-end GTX card (780-/ti, 970/980) would be better for the money. Unless you got a great deal on one.

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unless the game you're playing needs double precision float, I don't see any reason unless its dirt cheap, or you need a workstation card.

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its a bit better than a 780 ti so yes

Depends on which TITAN. TITAN Black is essentially a 780 Ti with double precision compute and 6GB of VRAM. The original TITAN is a 780 with double precision and 6GB of VRAM.

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not if its used

Well if it's used but from a friend or someone you trust, and has little time on it, it's almost as new really.

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Woah , that's a lot of feedback , a guy was selling it off for 450€ so , taking into consideration everything said in this thread , i'm better off with a 970 or waiting out to see what's to come on CES.

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Get a 980 or wait for the next card. Most people couldnt afford a Titan so their only opinion is what they read online.

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I once got a offer to buy a Titan for around 300-400 dollar used..........

I went and bought one watercooled for ~350€ and traded it to some knucklehead for 2 r9 290s both watercooled :)

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