Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) 12GB Review

Nvidia box artwork is effective, yet simple.

The card is protected inside thick foam and an anti static covering.

Inside the box is a little nvidia branded folder containing a ‘quick start' and ‘support guide' on the card.

The Titan X looks very similar to other Titan branded cards from previous generations. Obviously it is black and not silver like some of the earlier models, but Nvidia haven't broke with the mould and added another fan for instance.

Nvidia haven't suddenly adopted RGB lighting either – but the ‘Geforce GTX' wording seen above, lights up in green when powered on.

The card measures 10.5 inches and it fits perfectly into a dual slot form factor. Discussing Nvidia reference coolers can often end up in a heated debate. I have used Nvidia reference coolers with SLI configurations for years now, and generally tie them in with MSI Afterburner, raising the temperature profile to slightly increase performance further.

Two way SLI is supported and we recommend you pick up one of the new Nvidia SLI adapters to ensure you are running at full performance. More information on this over HERE.

The Titan X takes power from a single 6 pin and an 8 pin power connector. Nvidia claim the power demand has increased from 180 watts on the GTX 1080 Founders Edition to 250 watts on the Titan X.

A single dual link DVI port sits above three DisplayPort and a single HDMI connector. The Titan X is DisplayPort 1.2 certified, DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 ready enabling support for 4K display at 120hz, 5K displays at 60hz and 8k Displays at 60hz (with two cables).

The GP102 die is large. 12GB of GDDR5x memory populates the positions around the GPU core. There will only ever be one version of the Titan X – Nvidia partners are not allowed to release their own custom versions of this card.

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