NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Powered Maingear SHIFT

Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan
Brand: NVIDIA

by Marco Chiappetta — Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 09:00 AM EDT

At this point in a new GPU launch article, we would normally list details of our test bed and dive right into the performance results. Unfortunately, for those of you that are itching to see exactly what the GeForce GTX Titan can do, you’ll have to wait just a little while longer.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan

NVIDIA has asked that we not publish our performance results for just few more days, but don’t sweat it—the wait will be worth it—especially if this Crysis 3 download finishes on time. In the meantime, here’s a video NVIDIA has put together announcing the GeForce GTX Titan. After geeking out over the last few pages, this little teaser should get you fired up all over again.

The GeForce GTX Titan should be available immediately from many of NVIDIA’s key system partners, with limited retail availability to follow. As you probably expect, pricing is going to be relatively high and will fall into the same range as the dual-GPU powered GeForce GTX 690. Whether or not you consider the GTX Titan worthy of consideration will depend on your budget and the card’s performance relatively to competing offerings. We’ll paint the complete picture soon enough, but one thing is for certain: the GeForce GTX Titan will easily be the most powerful single-GPU powered graphics card available and its high-end construction, new features, quiet operation, and ability to work in a wide range of form factors make it all the more interesting.

To be continued...

Update: GeForce GTX Titan performance review available here.

Tags: Nvidia, Gaming, graphics, GTX, Maingear, Kepler, Titan, GK110

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com