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    NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX TITAN X + Alienware

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Game7a1, Mar 17, 2015.

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    I wonder if the 4710hq will be an issue for this card.
     
    gschneider, Mar 18, 2015
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    It's a desktop gpu...
     
    pathfindercod, Mar 18, 2015
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    Graphics amplifier
     
    ChrisAtsin, Mar 18, 2015
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    Ah.. That thing is in the back of my mind, sorry. I don't think cpu can keep up with 980m sli much less a titan...
     
    pathfindercod, Mar 18, 2015
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    Isn't 980M SLI going to eat Titan X?
     
    GodlikeRU, Mar 19, 2015
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    no, the other way round
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 19, 2015
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    Ah I see now, thx. I doubt if the GA is going to give so much power to the Titan X that it will work as it should.
     
    GodlikeRU, Mar 19, 2015
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  9. TomJGX

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    meaker actually beat a GTX Titan X in Firestrike with his heavily Oced 980M SLI so I think it might be possible... Not too sure.. @Meaker, care to confirm this?
     
    TomJGX, Mar 19, 2015
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    My overclocked 980M cards perform like desktop 980 sli so you can use that to compare in the reviews how it will perform at least up to 1440p.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 19, 2015
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    What settings do you have it clocked at?
     
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    Well for benchmarks it's around 1450-1500 core and 1500 mem and that's where is matches up to the 980 desktop.

    I run 24/7 at 1266/1500 which I think is more like a factory OCed 970.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 19, 2015
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    Impressive but I can't see this card running that clocks longer than 1 year. It'll die very fast IMHO that's why I don't overclock.
     
    GodlikeRU, Mar 20, 2015
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    No.
    - gtx 980m has 1536 cuda cores

    - gtx 980 has 2048 cuda cores (128 TU 64 ROPs)

    no way they can perform the same, despite oc (that can be applied to both cards and to the Titan-X).
     
    Nhirlathothep, Mar 20, 2015
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    Well if he can still get it to the base specs of the 980's SLI, then that is performing the same as them under their ideal conditions. Regardless, it's obvious if they overclocked the 980's it's going to be faster and better, but this is just speaking from a laptop GPU power perspective how powerful they can get.
     
    bnosam, Mar 20, 2015
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    Complete waste of money, lol.

    $1000 (Titan X) + $299 (amplifier) + $1500~$2500 (laptop). You can build a badass desktop for less with a Titan X!

    You're putting nearly $1500 into that Amplifier, maybe more if you had a GPU before. And yes, it will be bottlenecked for sure. You guys are crazy to think it would be an adequate combination. There's no reason to buy something over a 970 or 980 for a laptop.

    Oh, and that 385W PSU in the Amplifier won't be enough to support an overclocked Titan X. The 980 reaches 390W when overclocked, and the Titan X needs like 500-600W.
     
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    Lol yes you oc the 980 desktop and it pulls significantly ahead but it was a reference point for comparison to the titan-x. Some people really take me giving them reference points as some kind of statment.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 21, 2015
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    man, u said so many wrong things :(

    pls wait before give advices!

    gtx titan-x tdp: 250w


    [​IMG]
     
    Nhirlathothep, Mar 21, 2015
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    To add, the TITAN X has a hard 275w TPD for overclocking. Some people reason it's because of the reference design cooler. After all, from the reviews on the TITAN X that can be accessed, the TITAN X reaches 85 C and can get quite loud.
    Numbers that record the system wattage with an OC TITAN X are higher than the GTX 980 and R9 290x, but around a GTX 690.
     
    Game7a1, Mar 21, 2015
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    At stock, yes. I'm not wrong.
     
    J.Dre, Mar 22, 2015
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    GTX 970 can pull almost 300w when you flash an unlocked BIOS. I think maybe the Titan X will use 450+
     
    Mobius 1, Mar 22, 2015
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    Stock yes, otherwise, you're wrong. 970/980 can pull up to or more than 300W, so logically the Titan X would too.
     
    bnosam, Mar 22, 2015
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    Clearly the Titan X is a power hog. Go to 5:41~ and start watching.

     
    J.Dre, Mar 22, 2015
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    That seems to be total system power consumption, not the GPU consumption. A lot of the reviews have the GTX TITAN X + computer have wattage consumption aound 390w, and alot of the reviews use a Haswell-E or Ivy-Bridge-E processor (130w to 140w itself).
    http://www.anandtech.com/show/9059/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-review/17
    http://www.techspot.com/review/977-nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x/page9.html
    http://techreport.com/review/27969/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-x-graphics-card-reviewed/11
    (Other reviews may have not overclocked the TITAN X but say stock is around 250w, which we all agreed that is the wattage consumption at stock).
     
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    Nvidia limit the TDP via the bios so without an unlock (which they have likely made difficult) it won't get massively hungry.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 22, 2015
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    There isn't a single 980 out there that can pull 390W on its own. You are thinking of system total power. Remember that the graphics amp PSU doesn't have to power anything but the card. My R9 290x pulls way more than a 980. So the Titan X should have no problem in the graphics amp.
     
    Eldaren513, Mar 22, 2015
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    I'm not thinking total system power, lol.

    Mr. Fox can pull more than 600W from an SLI laptop. That's total power. You're telling me a desktop with a 980 only uses 390W when overclocked? Don't think so, bud.
     
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    http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/22

    Think again bud. Scroll down to the furmark test. It clearly states total system power.
     
    Eldaren513, Mar 22, 2015
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    You can use maxwell bios editor and a modified version of nvflash to do it, I think.
     
    Mobius 1, Mar 22, 2015
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    Doesn't matter what Anandtech did with their 980. The Titan X uses much more at that high level of overclock.

    I don't even know why we are debating power consumption. That was the least of my worries for anyone that grabs one. You should be more worried about the bottleneck. Power consumption is irrelevant.
     
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    I can confirm that even the original Titans (and every subsequent variant) will draw more than 390W if you let them overvolt on an unlocked custom VBIOS. However on air cooling, you aren't recommended to go more than 390W or else you start blowing out the VRM's. You will need a water loop setup to even considering going beyond 390W on a Titan safely. However at times, I have seen my Titan SLI spike over 400W if I push the overvolts high enough. However, I am still on stock aircooling so I didn't dare to keep them that high.

    Basically if you don't choose to overclock a Titan X, 395W is sufficient for it to run. If you want to push the Titan X to its aircooled limits, the 395W PSU supplied by AW isn't going to cut it safely (unless that PSU is designed 80 Plus Platinum or above, which I severely doubt). If you do choose to overclock, don't even try to overvolt. The overvolting will raise that wattage up the wazoo.

    With that said, all of this is a moot point. I doubt the AW 15 can handle all that power sufficiently. You need a CPU that runs at least around 4.0GHZ to make all of the power the Titan offers sufficiently.
     
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    Probably so... Too weak and slow to keep up with a wicked GPU.
     
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    The TITAN X is now available for the Area 51's configuration option... but... well...
    $1400 upgrade from an R9 270, the same price as upgrading to a TITAN Z.
     
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    That's ridiculous, lol. Just get 980 SLi
     
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    Depends on the game, but you will still get a very good gaming setup.
     
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    yea I will most likely be picking this up and trying it out in the amp as soon as I can, I have the 4980hq so it shouldn't be so badly bottlenecked. Of course I know it will be but I'm not overly concerned. Planning on using the part in a mini itx desktop build later. It will do just fine for the time being.
     
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