trungracingdev
Gawd
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- Sep 19, 2003
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You're right, the GPU puts out far more heat than any other component. It's a shame you missed a KEY point I made in that post about GPU heat that the AIO water coolers cannot soak up.
It doesn't matter how well you cool the GPU, it will still leak heat into the PCB. And since it's such an intense heat source, it's actually a fair amount of heat (that then radiates into the case / cooling plate). Anyone who's mined for altcoins on a card with an AIO water cooler can vouch for this, the PCB itself gets blisteringly-hot even though the core is being cooled by a water block.
So, on the 295X2, you have ALL of the heat from the VRMs, ALL of the heat from the RAM, and a chunk of the heat from both GPU cores being dumped into the case no matter what (since they're handled by the fan, heatsink, and cooling plate mounted directly to the PCB).
On the Titan Z, almost-exactly half the card's heat is vented out the back of the case. Half the RAM, half the VRMs, and a GPU core.
So no, it's NOT a simple comparison. There are a lot of variables that narrow the gap as far as "absolute heat released into the case" goes on these two cards.
I'm comparing them based on their hardware. Everyone already knows the prices are out of whack *yawn*
Uh... what?
I said right from my first post that the price of the Titan Z was unacceptable... so you're wrong outright. I'm not trying to justify anything related to its price
Because there's really nothing wrong with the product itself. The only problem is that it's priced too high for what it is.
This was, again, stated very early-on in this thread.
I already said the price was too high... seriously, did you even read the thread? It sounds like you missed the first 2/3rds of it.
Also, Nvidia isn't forcing you to buy the Titan Z. Totally your own choice to dish out $3000 if you want the thing, so I'm not show how this equates with "rape" exactly
We've also already established that neither the Titan Z nor the 295 X2 make much sense for ANYONE, and that a normal dual-card setup (either crossfire or SLI) makes more sense than either one in most circumstance... just in case you missed that too.
Wtf??? Just fucking speak for yourself. The 295x2 doesn't make sense to "you".
Personally, even I thought about getting the 295x2. If you actually read all the gaming forums, you can see a lot of interested buyers for the 295x2. You can't say the same about the Titan Z, rightly so....