14 DAY TRIAL // The GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics adapter from NVIDIA should have gone up for sale today (April 29, 2014), but that might not be happening after all, according to certain market watchers.
The folks at SweClockers say that the Santa Clara, California-based company is thinking of enacting some design changes.
Either that, or the corporation is thinking of modifying the price. We have to say that the tag of three thousand dollars/Euro is really, really steep.
Especially when you factor in that teeny little detail that is the price of AMD's own dual-GPU video board, the Radeon R9 295 X2 ($1,500 / €1,500).
The biggest hint that NVIDIA has made, or is still making, design changes is a comparison shot between the original product picture and the one that is showing up on retailer websites now.
Initially, the board has a slot that took up two and a half PCI Express slots, which is basically the same as three full slots as far as PC builders are concerned. Now, though, the new press shots appear to have a full, 3-slot cooler.
Maybe NVIDIA is making the board a bit thicker because it changed the cooler into one that keeps heat lower, or makes less noise, or both.
Whatever the reason, it's looking as though the GeForce GTX Titan Z won't be going up for sale as soon as they were supposed to.
We're still hoping that the price will be reduced at least a bit, but we're not going to hold our breath on that.
The board is, after all, made for enthusiasts who suffer from absolutely no sort of financial constraints. Rich people, in other words.
Thinking that the difference in price (double the price) won't make them bat an eye might be a bit farfetched, but we suppose it won't harm the company much if it keeps the Titan Z at three grand for a while.
Chances are high that much stranger things have happened than a product selling better than or as well as its competitor despite having twice the price. If nothing else, it does have 12 GB of GDDR5 VRAM (AMD's Radeon R9 295 X2 boasts 8 GB “only”).
If you want to know the other technical specifications, we covered everything relevant about the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z video adapter back when it was released in late March 2014. Those two GK110 GPUs are truly something to behold, even if they don't make the price any less painful to look at.