We will talk about the fastest GeForce GTX
TITAN graphics accelerator that produced mass with the air cooling as well as
the results of the TITAN card pair in 2-way SLI configuration.
Zotac GeFore GTX Titan AMP! Edition 6GB is
currently the fastest version with the GeForce GTX Titan cooler that is mass
produced. Other brands also offer the versions with higher GPU frequencies, but
they are also equipped with the liquid cooling. Zotac also has higher memory
frequencies, before overclocking significantly about 10%. So Zotac GeForce GTX
Titan AMP edition seems to be the fastest single GPU graphics card until
mid-June, 2013. That's why we have to test it. We will also test the
effectiveness of SLI technology that is installed into two GeForce GTX Titan
card types in the new game and with the new drivers. Let's get started!
Packing and Accessories
The brightly colored box of this graphics
card surely attracts the attention of buyers. The card name, memory capacity
and warranty, all are printed on the packaging. There is also a sticker with information
about the games.
The
colorful cardboard of Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition 6GB
Specifications of products, supported
technology and accompanying accessories are listed on the back of the box
The
front and the back of cardboard
Wrapped paper covers the main box which is
made from durable cardboard and has magnetic locks. Graphics card is fixed in a
plastic piece of wrapped foam inside
Graphics
card is fixed in a plastic piece of wrapped foam inside
Below is a compartment for accessories, which
includes manuals and other documents, a DVI -> VGA adapter, power cable, a
CD with drivers and a Zotac's Assassin's Creed 3 game disc.
Accessories
Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition comes
on sale for nearly $ 1,150. This is a very high price, as the other Titan
cards. The warranty period lasts two years but you can extend to five years by
registering your card at Zotac's official website. Equipment is manufactured in
China.
Functionality and design
Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition
follows the reference designs, so apparently it is an exact copy of the
standards of NVIDIA for GTX Titan.
The
front of Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition
This card is heavy and big at 267x100x39mm.
The front of it is surrounded by cooler but the backside is exposed.
The
back of Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition
The plastic window is on the cooler casing,
which is made by chrome on the blades, screws are designed head and the bold
line "GeForce GTX" in the upper edge is very nice and accurate as the
reference Titan.
The
bold line "GeForce GTX" in the upper edge
The cooling system does not make any
difference.
Cooling
system
Card has a standard option for the
connector that includes DVI-I port and dual link DVI-D, a HDMI 1.4a port and a
DisplayPort 1.2 port.
The
connection ports
The two source connectors can be found in
its normal position
Source
of card
Despite of having the increased pulses frequency,
Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition has standard power requirements: 250 watts
for the card and 600 watts for computer.
We will benchmark a pair of SLI and the card
provides two SLI connectors.
A
part of Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition card
Because Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP!
Edition is a copy of the reference design, so we do not disturb the cooling
system to capture and check its GPU manufacture date. We just put the card in
our test.
The GPU-Z utility has confirmed the
specifications that you can find in the official website. The GPU’s basic clock
frequency is 902 MHz and the increased clock frequency is 954 MHz. It is higher
than 65 MHz (or 7.8%) when comparing to the reference GTX Titan.
The
specifications of Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan
There are two types of EVGA cards which have
faster GPU (928/980 MHz), but they accompany by a liquid cooling. Zotac version
has the highest memory clock frequency. It is at 6,608 MHz or above 10% when
comparing to the reference frequency. Judge by ASIC Quality report of GPU-Z,
our GPU is not the best quality possible.
ASIC’s
Quality review of GPU-Z
Now we check the temperature of the card.
To do this, we use five standard times of Alien vs Predator (2010) at the
highest images quality setting, at a resolution of 2,560x1,440 pixels and with
16x anisotropic filtering and 4x MSAA.
The
results of Alien and Predator
We used MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 beta 9 and
GPU-Z version 0.7.1 to monitor the temperature inside a closed system shell,
the configuration is discussed in detail in the next section of the review. All
tests are taken place at 25°C room temperature.
With the cooling fan is adjusted automatically,
the GPU gets hot 82°C. Fans turned up to a speed of 2,550RPM.
MSI
Afterburner 3.0.0 beta 9 and GPU-Z version 0.7.1 hardware screen
Thus, although the pulse frequency
increases, Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP! Edition is not hotter than the
reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan. Take note that the GPU frequency is up to 1,032
MHz peak when the regulations have reloaded for the next run, however the card
has passed the test with 954 MHz.
At maximum speed of fan (4,300 RPM) GPU is
cooler, its highest temperature is only 60°C.
.
MSI
Afterburner 3.0.0 beta 9 and GPU-Z version 0.7.1 hardware screen
Now we can proceed to test its overclocking
capabilities.
Overclocking potential
We used EVGA Precision X version 4.1.0 to
set power goals and the highest temperature for Zotac GeForce GTX Titan AMP!
Edition
Overclocking
test settings
We can remind you that the Nvidia reference
card is managed to overclock up to 972/1,011/7,308 MHz, this is a pretty good
result. Zotac added 60 MHz to its GPU frequency and 640 MHz to the memory
frequency, so the results are somewhat lower clock frequency than the Nvidia’s.
NVidia
GeForce GTX Titan
In fact we were not lucky with the card
form of Zotac. Its temperature does not change after we overclocked it.
Its
temperature does not change after we overclocked it
