Nvidia reveals GeForce GTX TITAN, the world’s fastest GPU, priced at Rs. 68,499

Move over AMD and Nvidia’s own GeForce GTX 680, the king of gaming GPUs is here. Just a while ago, Nvidia revealed their new GeForce GTX TITAN graphics unit, which is supposedly the most powerful GPU on the planet right now. Nvidia says that is made of the same Kepler architecture that the company’s been using for its range of graphics units recently. It is also purportedly delivering the same amount of power as the GPUs in the Titan supercomputer, powered by the Nvidia GK110 GPUs. Here’s a short promo of the new GTX TITAN in all its aluminium glory -

The GTX TITAN has 2,668 GPU cores, which are about 75% more than the ones on the GTX 680, but a little less when compared to the GTX 690, which has a grand total of 3,072 GPU cores running at 915 MHz by default while the TITAN runs at a lesser 837 MHz. But on the memory side, with 6GB of DDR5 memory and a bandwidth of 384-bit, the TITAN is better than the 690. So, with a better memory bandwidth, multi screen gaming would be a total win with the TITAN, but Nvidia themselves say that single screen gaming may favour the 690 a bit. Nevertheless, the TITAN is a beast. The exterior is made of aluminium and has, what Nvidia calls,

According to Nvidia, these are the highlights of the TITAN, in a nutshell -

The GeForce GTX TITAN:

• Contains 7 billion transistors
• Has 2,668 GPU cores—75%  more than the Company’s NVIDIA GeForceGTX 680 GPU
• Delivers 4.5 Terraflops of single precision and 1.3 Terraflops of double precision processing power
• Supports new GPU Boost™ 2.0technology which automatically boosts graphics performance and supports unlocked voltage and advanced controls for even more gaming control and overclocking customization
• Can be combined with additional GTX TITANs in SLI mode for even more performance

Nvidia says the GTX TITAN will be available within a week, and in India, it is priced at Rs. 68,499. ASUS and Zotac will the Add-in card partners who will be selling this card in the market. We are certainly looking forward to it, are you? Let us know in the comments section below.