NVIDIA's GeForce GTX Titan: Yes, It CAN Play Crysis 3

A couple of days ago, we showed you the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan in all its glory—almost. While we were able to reveal the card itself, discuss its new features and specifications, and talk about some of the new systems it will be powering, we weren’t able to post any performance data. Fortunately, that all changes today. We’ve been able to test NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX Titan in a number of different configurations, including SLI and in a multi-monitor setup, and have the goods for you here today. And yes, we’ve got some Crysis 3 action on tap as well.

If you haven’t already done so, we suggest checking out our initial preview of the GeForce GTX Titan. In our original piece, we outline the card’s specifications and cover its new features, like GPU Boost 2.0 and display overclocking, so we won’t be covering them again here. We do have lots of performance data though, including some GPGPU tests, and some overclocked scores too.

The GK110-Based NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan

NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Specifications & Features

Graphics Processing Clusters	5
Streaming Multiprocessors	14
CUDA Cores (single precision)	2688
CUDA Cores (double precision)	896
Texture Units	224
ROP Units	48
Base Clock	836 MHz
Boost Clock	876 MHz
Memory Clock (Data rate)	6008 MHz
L2 Cache Size	1536K
Total Video Memory	6144MB GDDR5
Memory Interface	384-bit
Total Memory Bandwidth	288.4 GB/s
Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear)	187.5 GigaTexels/sec
Fabrication Process	28 nm
Transistor Count	7.1 Billion
Connectors	2 x Dual-Link DVI 1 x HDMI 1 x DisplayPort
Form Factor	Dual Slot
Power Connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin
Recommended Power Supply	600 Watts
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watts
Thermal Threshold	95°C

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The GeForce GTX Titan’s specifications portend to the card’s immense horsepower. Not only is the GK110 at the heart of the GTX Titan twice the size of the GK104 used in the GeForce GTX 600 series, but it offers some new features as well, and it’s paired to a gigantic 6GB frame buffer. Yes, the GeForce GTX Titan’s TDP is lower than NVIDIA’s current flagship GeForce GTX 690 and the Titan is quieter too.

The Maingear SHIFT Super Stock with 3-Way GTX Titan SLI. PCs Don't Get Sexier Than This!

According to NVIDIA, “GeForce GTX TITAN was built to power the world’s fastest gaming PCs. From massively powerful 3-way SLI gaming supercomputers to super-fast and elegant small form factor rigs.” And that’s a big part of the Titan’s story. As you’ll see in the pages ahead, the card is extremely fast. But it doesn’t supplant the GeForce GTX 690. What it does do, however, is allow NVIDIA and its system partners—like Maingear—to offer new ultra powerful gaming PCs and quiet, small form factor rigs with much higher performance than they could before.

We’ve got a couple of a systems in house already that we’ll be showing you soon enough. For now though, we’re sure many of you are wondering just how well the GeForce GTX Titan performs. So without further delay, here are the benchmarks you’ve been itching to see…