GeForce GTX Titan Z - Wuh?

The Titan Z... What is it?

Okay, we are all familiar with the Titan, the most powerful workstation GPU right now. It is incredibly powerful and hasn't been matched in performance. The Titan Z tops the charts in return of the Titan series GPUs.

What is the Titan Z? It has a total of 5760 Cuda cores, 12 GB VRAM, and a price of $3000. Another interesting thing about this is that the performance was not made through one GPU, it is dual chip architecture, hence the drastic change in the looks of the cooler. This can be compared to a few pairs of modern NVIDIA chipsets:

        Two 780 Ti's in SLI:           5760 Cuda cores, 3GB VRAM, $1200

        Two Titan Blacks in SLI:    5760 Cuda Cores, 6GB VRAM, $2000

Initially, it looks as if the Titan Z would be a complete waste of money. This, however, is not the case. The Titan Z has its place in the market of workstation GPUs and even in the high-end GPU ranks.

What does the Titan Z have that other cards do not? For one, it is the only up-to-date NVIDIA card with SLI, basically taking the conventional two-card setup and putting it on one card. Secondly, for a single card to have 12GB VRAM is astounding. I have only seen 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 GB variants of GPUs and NVIDIA bumps that up to 12GB. It is, at-least marketed to be, extremely power efficient while keeping the noise down.

How does this card apply to the marketplace? For one, businesses don't mind nudging out another $1000 for a nicer GPU as long as it improves what they are doing and gives them a profit. Secondly, if one person wanted to create the ultimate ITX machine, this would be the card, no doubt.

Do you want it? If you want to make the best of the best workstation PC, you want the Titan Z. If you want to make an insane ITX rig, you want the Titan Z. If you care at all about the use of your money and effectiveness of the card for the money spent, you do not want the Titan Z.

This has been Nickster258

Resources:
http://anandtech.com/show/7894/nvidia-gtc-2014-keynote-live-blog
http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/03/25/titan-z/
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/announcing-the-geforce-gtx-titan-z