 So we've only just peeled our protective plastic off the new GTX 1080s, and revealed the fact that we had the baddest graphics card on the block, when BAM! Nvidia hits us upside the freaking head with its new flagship, the Pascal-based Titan X, like a salmon that suddenly flies over the river and just smacks you right in the face. Indeed, the timing of the release was so soon after the 1080 that so many of us were surprised. But we were able to get our hands on one just before it could swim away. So let's put it through its paces and see just what kind of a beast we're dealing with. Intel's Skull Canyon Nook features a 6th generation Core i7 processor and Thunderbolt 3. Learn more at the link in the video description. So the Titan XP is loaded with awesome new features, including USB 2.0 support, the ability to burn things onto a CD, and full Y2K compliance. Wait, what? Okay, well, not really, but many people have decided to call the new Titan X the XP, with P standing for Pascal, to distinguish it from the older Titan X, which was based on the Maxwell architecture. I'm not exactly sure why Nvidia recycled the name, maybe they decided that the letter X was just too good of a hype train for them to get off of. I mean, I understand that. That's not the only similarity to the Maxwell Titan X, as the two cards look quite alike with their black cooler shroud. However, the Titan XP does have a bit of an updated aesthetic, carrying over the angular look from the rest of the GeForce 10 series, as well as a smoother plastic finish and the full Titan X name proudly displayed on the left side. You also get a metal finish on both the heatsink fins and the center of the blower style fan, instead of black, as well as a backplate, which was absent on the original. Overall, I think the card has a slightly more premium look than its predecessor, but of course, that's a matter of taste. For connectivity, you get one HDMI 2.0b port, one dual link DVI-I, three DisplayPort 1.4 connectors, meaning you can output an 8K 60Hz signal if you've got something like a multi-4K setup. Then there's also an SLI connector, which supports the new high bandwidth SLI bridges. You'll need one 8-pin and one 6-pin power connector to power said Titan XP as well. But let's talk about the heart of this monster, the GP102 GPU, which continues with the GeForce 10 theme of lower-numbered GPUs being more powerful. Although the Titan X's GP102 runs at a slightly lower boost clock than a 1080, it makes up for this with a whopping 3584 Cuda cores, over a thousand more than the 1080. Perhaps a little surprisingly, this still isn't even the final form for the GP102, as the Titan XP has some of the GP102's Cuda cores disabled. You'll need to pick up the new Quadro P6000 if you want the full-fat GP102 experience. But of course, that isn't going to matter much unless you're doing something like rendering the sequel to James Cameron's Avatar, as the Titan XP is an insanely powerful card in its own right. Like the Maxwell Titan X, you get 12GB of VRAM, but this is the faster GDDR5X, with a bandwidth of 480GB per second. We still don't have HBM2, but this VRAM configuration makes this card firmly aimed at GPU computing. More specifically, NVIDIA is marketing the Titan XP as a deep learning card. In case you're unaware, deep learning is somewhat of a recent buzzword for using artificial neural networks to solve complex problems, using lots of virtual nodes that perform calculations in layers loosely modeled on how our brains work. Kind of, sort of. Highly parallelized chips like the GP102 that contain tons of compute cores are quite good for this type of work, which has applications in everything from language and facial recognition to the life sciences, to helping driverless cars learn how to deal with obstacles and hazards on the road, which NVIDIA, perhaps not coincidentally, also are working on. Now I know most of you aren't developing bioinformatics algorithms at home, so let's talk about game performance instead. The Titan XP beats out the GTX 1080 by about 10 FPS, or even more, in every game that we tested, firmly establishing it as the new heavyweight champ, but with a couple of caveats. This still can't get always 60 FPS in 4K in every scenario with the settings completely cranked. So if you've got a bunch of money burning a hole in your pocket for no apparent reason, and you want to push that many frames to your 4K monitor at those unnecessary settings, you might be better off with two GTX 1080s in SLI, especially as $1,200 US dollars, the Titan XP's new retail price, is exactly about twice the price of a 1080. Now that's going to be give or take depending on your region, but still, it isn't the best bang for the buck card in terms of frame rates, and I don't think anyone expected it to be with the name of Titan. That isn't to say that the Titan XP doesn't have its place. If you're more of a prosumer who does GP GPU stuff at home, or you want the extra VRAM for your ridiculous monitor setup that would require that, the Titan XP is definitely worth a look. But if you just want extra gaming performance, you'll almost certainly be better off waiting for the potential GTX 1080 Ti. In the previous generation, the 980 Ti offered frame rates very close to the original Titan X for a much lower price. So if Nvidia does roll out a 1080 Ti somewhat soon, it will likely be the green team's top-end card of choice for nearly all PC gamers that want to spend a whack ton of money. But if you have the money in your budget, the Titan XP would be an incredible addition to your arsenal, and would look even more impressive in your battle station than that Bliss wallpaper that came with Windows XP. If you like this video, like it and get subscribed, and if you dislike it, stomp the ever-living crap out of the dislike button. Just like repeatedly press it a lot until you get really tired, and then I think your point will probably get across by then. If you want to buy some stuff that you saw in this video, go to Amazon and do that. 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