| PullusPardus said: this GPU is actually pretty cheap if you are to buy a GPU right for future proofing, but sadly I cannot afford it. I need to buy a damn camera first. |
Actually I completely disagree on this point. It's still based on the same Kepler achitecture which is slower in DirectCompute. At Anandtech, the Titan could barely beat HD7970GE in Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution and Dirt Showdown - all games that leverage compute shaders.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6774/nvidias-geforce-gtx-titan-part-2-titans-performance-unveiled
With both PS4/720 incorporating GCN architecture, we may be see even more games using compute shaders. For that reason the Titan seems like a waste of money for future-proofing since we know for sure that Maxwell is the real breakthrough in compute for NV as it will be the first really new GPU architecture for them since 2010. The very idea of future-proofing seems wasteful because once GPUs move to 20nm node, we should see a $500 Maxwell match or even outperform the Titan. 2013 has almost no next generation PC games outside of Crysis 3, possibly Metro Last Light and back end of Q4 2013 including BF4, Watch Dogs, StarWars 1313.
Right now the Titan seems very overpriced compared to HD7970GE or even a GTX680 to be honest.
A single Titan is still not fast enough for 2560x1600 4AA or triple monitor gaming. $2,000 is a heck of a lot to spend on GPUs to future-proof when it's still build on the now 3 year old Fermi architecture (since Kepler is just Fermi with minor tweaks and no hot clocks). Right now a gamer could probably scrape by with $800 HD7970 CF overclocked or GTX680 SLI for $900 and just upgrade to 20nm GPUs. This card mainly makes sense if you have a lot $$ or if you can dump your existing 670/680 in SLI / 690 or HD7970 CF and grab a 2nd one for 2 Titans. That's the only reasonable upgrade path.
