14 DAY TRIAL // Gigabyte could have probably managed to tweak the GPU and memory frequencies of the new high-end video card from NVIDIA, if it added a custom cooler to the mix, but this didn't happen.
Whether because NVIDIA has forbidden such customizations for a while (which usually happens with new products) or because Gigabyte just didn't feel comfortable unleashing an OC version yet, the card has been left as it was.
So here it is, the GeForce GTX TITAN Black, featuring the same cooler that is decidedly not black, save for some parts and the etching of the name on the shroud.
In other words, the newcomer looks pretty much the same as the original GTX Titan, except with black letters spelling “TITAN.”
Still, the new adapter does have 6GB GDDR5 memory controlled by the graphics processing unit over a 384-bit interface.
The base frequency of the GK110 graphics processing unit is of 889 MHz, but the GPU boost technology can take it to 980 MHz if it comes down to it (GPU Boost 2.0 technology).
And it probably won't come down to it, because the card is so overpowered that even the base speed should be enough for top-quality gaming, with or without multi-monitor configurations.
After all, the GV-NTITANBLKD5-6GD-B, like every other GTX TITAN Black out there, has 2,880 CUDA cores in that 28nm GPU.
Everything else is along the lines that gamers might expect: G-Sync, PhysX, Microsoft DirectX 11.2, PCI-Express 3.0 architecture, and NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround support (3D on multi-monitor setups).
Speaking of monitors, they can connect to the GV-NTITANBLKD5-6GD-B via Dual-link DVI-I, DVI-D, DisplayPort, and HDMI.
Gigabyte ships the GV-NTITANBLKD5-6GD-B for $999 / €999 along with the GIGABYTE OC GURU II software, which should let you tweak the clocks and voltages even if Gigabyte wasn't able to do it itself in the factory.