Nvidia Titan outsells 1 year old GTX 690 in 3 months, PC gaming dying

PC gaming dying!

this might not help tormentos sleep well knowing that even a $1000 card is getting a bigger adoption rate than the previous

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/17/nvidias-surprised-the-titan-outsold-the-year-old-gtx-690-in-just-3-months-were-not/

Nvidias dual-GPU behemoth, the GeForce GTX 690, has been out in the wild for over a year now, but the equally freakishly expensive GTX Titan has outsold it in less than three months. Now either the GTX 690 sold a pifflingly small amount (quite possibly) or the GTX Titan has been better received than even Nvidia thought.

According to Nvidia, its the latter.

I had a chat with Ben Berraondo, the senior PR manager for GeForce, about the GTX Titan earlier this week. Even we were surprised just how popular the Titan was. And still is, he said. Titan sold a lot more than the GTX 690, for example. Its still selling very well.

Realistically though it shouldnt have come as much of a surprise. The GTX 690 was really just a one trick pony, and not a particularly good trick at that. The dual-GPU card was made for one thing, and one thing only: high-end gaming.

And with the reticence of the PC gaming public to go down the somewhat unreliable SLI route, especially for a £900/$1,000 graphics card, even I could have told you they werent going to sell a huge amount.

Nvidia Titan got a shit load of hype for some reason. And AMD are out performing the GTX 690 for cheaper.

I'm not sure this directly relates to PC gaming. as mentioned in the article the GTX titan is directed at a wide market

I new GPU is outselling an older GPU? Wow amazing? Nobody stated the units sold not to mention the Titan is better for devs then the 690 do the dual GPU support. The 690 hasn o purpose over SLI 670s which are the same yet faster.

I feel bad for anyone who bought a titan especially when their next line that equates to titans performance will be worth only 500 dollars. NEWMAHAY

The GTX Titan cost 1100, what games do you guys play that justifiy these prices?

The GTX Titan cost 1100, what games do you guys play that justifiy these prices?

Quad4Life

GTX 690 was sold out of stock all the way till mid September 2012. It took a month for my order to even ship.

Plus you need 2 Titans to beat 1 GTX 690. And on top of that people who want a cheaper version of Tesla now have that option.

Actually GTX Titan is not that overpriced if you think of its benefits. It´s one single GPU card that peforms almost like a sli-setup. And for being a single GPU, it doesn´t require ax expensive power supply and the refregeration setup, because it consumes power like a regular middle-range video card.

I´d rather overpay a few bucks than have driver and heating problems that all sli setups usually have.

Once it fall a bit in price, I totally buy it.

It's all in the marketing.

The 690 was high-end, but the Titan is simply overkill, and people like that.

It's also called "Titan".

The GTX Titan cost 1100, what games do you guys play that justifiy these prices?

Quad4Life

about $1000, but it's used for things other than gaming, if you read the article

The Titan is a good card, it just awful in the bang for your buck department (Its almost 2x the price of a 4GB GTX 680 FTW).

I'm going to wait for the Maxwell series since the new architecture should yield good results (the midranged GTX 860TI should be inbetween GTX 680/Titan performance and the GTX 870 should almost identical to a Titan). I will probably get a 860Ti for $299 or the 870 if its worth the extra $100 or so

Waiting for those drones to come in and tell us how you can have a do it yourself high end PC for $300! biggest_loser

Lol. No need for that. I would totally buy it for 1000$. The thing, because of not being released in my location, I have to recur to resellers that would charge me 1500$. So I have to wait. LOL 1000$ is a deal for me.

The Titan is a good card, it just awful in the bang for your buck department (Its almost 2x the price of a 4GB GTX 680 FTW).

I'm going to wait for the Maxwell series since the new architecture should yield good results (the midranged GTX 860TI should be inbetween GTX 680/Titan performance and the GTX 870 should almost identical to a Titan). I will probably get a 860Ti for $299 or the 870 if its worth the extra $100 or so

mastershake575

The GTX Titan cost 1100, what games do you guys play that justifiy these prices?

Quad4Life

You don't buy a Titan for "bang for your buck". clyde46

A newer card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

Even if I had that kind of money would I pay that much for one Videocard F NO! 

A newed card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

timbers_WSU

Lol. i forgot that consolites are communists. They condemn other people for having nicer things. :P

Still amazes me how much people care how others spend their money. 

Even if I had that kind of money would I pay that much for one Videocard F NO! 

xhawk27

If you had that kind of money, your perspective would change.:P

Even if I had that kind of money would I pay that much for one Videocard F NO! 

xhawk27

Good for you. Others would

Damn, PC gaming sure is dying, I could get 2 PS4s for that amount of cash.

Thank you nVidia!

For gamers by gamers!

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

A newed card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

jhonMalcovich

Lol. i forgot that consolites are communists. They condemn other people for having nicer things. :P

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

Even if I had that kind of money would I pay that much for one Videocard F NO! 

jhonMalcovich

If you had that kind of money, your perspective would change.:P

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

Even if I had that kind of money would I pay that much for one Videocard F NO! 

jhonMalcovich

If you had that kind of money, your perspective would change.:P

Yeah but still that is a lot of money for a Videocard and many PC games now are console ports. 

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

A newed card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

timbers_WSU

Lol. i forgot that consolites are communists. They condemn other people for having nicer things. :P

It's implied in that article that it's not used for just gaming

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

Even if I had that kind of money would I pay that much for one Videocard F NO! 

xhawk27

If you had that kind of money, your perspective would change.:P

Yeah but still that is a lot of money for a Videocard and many PC games now are console ports. 

define many? 

I can't speak for other consolites but the 360 and PS3 was fine for me. The PS4 looks fine for me. $1000 on a card to play games is idiotic..timbers_WSU

What if you're an enthusiast for speed and performance? I don't see why it's a stupid thing to spend money on what you're passionate about. Why would anyone buy a Ferrari? People have hobbies and passions.

A newed card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

timbers_WSU

Damn, PC gaming sure is dying, I could get 2 PS4s for that amount of cash.

 

Thank you nVidia!

For gamers by gamers!

SchnabbleTab

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

Even if I had that kind of money would I pay that much for one Videocard F NO! 

xhawk27

If you had that kind of money, your perspective would change.:P

Yeah but still that is a lot of money for a Videocard and many PC games now are console ports. 

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

If you had that kind of money, your perspective would change.:P

Quad4Life

Yeah but still that is a lot of money for a Videocard and many PC games now are console ports. 

not true

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

If you had that kind of money, your perspective would change.:P

lostrib

Yeah but still that is a lot of money for a Videocard and many PC games now are console ports. 

define many? 

The Majority of big games are first on the Consoles and then ported over to the PC. 

A newer card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

timbers_WSU

What? :? of course it is. It's like saying a sequel to a game sold more in 3 months than it's predecessor which was out for a year. Your post makes no sense

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

A newer card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

seanmcloughlin

What? :? of course it is. It's like saying a sequel to a game sold more in 3 months than it's predecessor which was out for a year. Your post makes no sense

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

Yeah but still that is a lot of money for a Videocard and many PC games now are console ports. 

xhawk27

define many? 

The Majority of big games are first on the Consoles and then ported over to the PC. 

[QUOTE="SchnabbleTab"]

Damn, PC gaming sure is dying, I could get 2 PS4s for that amount of cash.

 

Thank you nVidia!

For gamers by gamers!

Quad4Life

But they didn´t. They choosed PC gaming ;)

[QUOTE="SchnabbleTab"]

Damn, PC gaming sure is dying, I could get 2 PS4s for that amount of cash.

 

Thank you nVidia!

For gamers by gamers!

Quad4Life

True but if you want the best graphics and multitasking and free games, MMO's etc and have that kind of money then it's not that bad, plus a Titan will last 7-8 years as well, so if you have the money, then why not spending it on something you like?

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

define many? 

Quad4Life

The Majority of big games are first on the Consoles and then ported over to the PC. 

depends on the game, and what kind of settings you're wanting to play at

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

A newer card sales better than an older one? Holy shit! Amazing!
More amazing are the idiots who would buy a $1000 video card.

Quad4Life

What? :? of course it is. It's like saying a sequel to a game sold more in 3 months than it's predecessor which was out for a year. Your post makes no sense

If I had it to spare, yeah I would. Especially a Titan. I do a lot of video editing and rendering and the compute power of a Titan would help immensely in CUDA assistance

[QUOTE="Quad4Life"][QUOTE="SchnabbleTab"]

Damn, PC gaming sure is dying, I could get 2 PS4s for that amount of cash.

 

Thank you nVidia!

For gamers by gamers!

SchnabbleTab

True but if you want the best graphics and multitasking and free games, MMO's etc and have that kind of money then it's not that bad, plus a Titan will last 7-8 years as well, so if you have the money, then why not spending it on something you like?

Hahahaah Titan isn't going to last 7 years. 

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

Yeah but still that is a lot of money for a Videocard and many PC games now are console ports. 

xhawk27

define many? 

The Majority of big games are first on the Consoles and then ported over to the PC. 

and often these console ports have added effects, draw distance, resolution, textures that need higher end hardware to run 

[QUOTE="SchnabbleTab"]

[QUOTE="Quad4Life"] You could probably buy a PS4 and Xbox 3 both of which will last 7-8 years and never need upgrading. Doesn't get much better than that.xhawk27

True but if you want the best graphics and multitasking and free games, MMO's etc and have that kind of money then it's not that bad, plus a Titan will last 7-8 years as well, so if you have the money, then why not spending it on something you like?

Hahahaah Titan isn't going to last 7 years. 

people dropping money on titan probably don't care

[QUOTE="SchnabbleTab"]

[QUOTE="Quad4Life"] You could probably buy a PS4 and Xbox 3 both of which will last 7-8 years and never need upgrading. Doesn't get much better than that.xhawk27

True but if you want the best graphics and multitasking and free games, MMO's etc and have that kind of money then it's not that bad, plus a Titan will last 7-8 years as well, so if you have the money, then why not spending it on something you like?

Hahahaah Titan isn't going to last 7 years. 

It probably would. 

A PC with Titan runs circles arround Ps4. Besides you can always make a sli setup when the video card will be cheap in price, which easily prolong would its life span to 7 years. 

But I am not sure if PS4 will last that long :P

Hahahaah Titan isn't going to last 7 years.

xhawk27

I wouldn't call it a stretch to say 5-7 is possible (its all up to microsoft/DirectX on this one). In terms of performance per time period is the equivalent of somehow owning a 8800GTX in 2005 (that card can still play games today).