Titan X

[John P. Myers]

In the interest of keeping people from wasting their money, i've got to recommend not buying a $1000 Titan X. $600-$700 maybe, but not $1000. Unlike the original Titan, the new Titan X does not have unlocked double precision, and even if it did it would still be less than the original Titan. The new Titan X does not come with a backplate to keep the card more rigid when installed. If you're looking for a powerful all-purpose GPU from Nvidia, the Titan Z is actually your best bet. $500 more than an X, but over 13x more FP64 and more than 25% FP32. Or just wait a month or 2 for an AMD 390X. $650 or so and 8.6 TFLOPS FP32. Titan X gets just under 6.2 TFLOPS. And with AMD's track record, FP64 will be better there too. For far less money.

Nvidia will also likely reduce the price of the Titan X when AMD launches their new GPUs. Until then, they're calling the 980Ti a Titan X and charging you Titan prices. Please don't fall for it.