Benchmarking the Nvidia Geforce Titan X Maxwell 12GB against popular games from 2014 to 2023 using a period-appropriate gaming PC.
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The Maxwell-based Titan X is the oldest of the premium GPU series that still receives driver updates and works well with the majority of current PC games. From its heyday in 2015, it has lost over 80% of its monetary worth, however thanks to the Maxwell architecture and generous 12GB of VRAM, its descent into obsolescence has been slower and smoother than some of its predecessors. In this video, I’ve charted its performance in noteworthy games from the year before the Titan X launched, right up to the present day.
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00:00 Nvidia Titan X Maxwell 12GB
01:09 Background: History of the Nvidia Titan X
04:02 Test System
04:46 Gaming Benchmarks
04:49 2014 Benchmark 1
06:20 2014 Benchmark 2
07:48 2015 Benchmark 1
09:47 2015 Benchmark 2
11:37 2015 Benchmark 3
13:13 2016 Benchmark
14:36 2017 Benchmark
16:00 2018 Benchmark
17:24 2019 Benchmark
18:30 2020 Benchmark
19:44 2021 Benchmark
21:05 2022 Benchmark 1
22:21 2022 Benchmark 2
23:26 2023: Maxwell’s Reckoning
25:16 2023 Benchmark 1
26:04 2023 Benchmark 2
27:23 2023 Benchmark 3
28:20 Conclusion
A D S
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the shitty american accent hurt to listen to
Lol just came from the Der8auer vids haha that diss at the end was PERFECT!!!! Good info on maxwell top of the line 🙂
Problem with cards like this is they use massive amounts of power for almost "nothing". So very soon in just say 6 months or so card will use same amount of money on power like card is worth. In other words, you can save money by going 6600 or other power efficient card. Recently I replaced 7970 GHz (280x) with mentioned 6600, room is literally 3c colder than it was during gaming sessions. Card was literally adding 5$ at least to power bill each month… and card alone was only worth maybe 40-50$. So old hardware is really not worth keep running unless you got it for free and intend to use it for year or less to bridge the gap till some purchase.
The a310 has rtx
Waiting to see if they make a 40 series titan
want one of these!! thanks for video!!
Perfect timing! I am building a Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Vista Ultimate high-performance workstation at the end of the year and intend on getting two Maxwell Titans in it. Just have to tweak the driver files so XP recognizes them!
Another one spoiled by immaturity.
You want an Asus mars 2 760?
31:01 don't call out bigger youtubers than urself because it's cringe.
Love your videos, im not sure how much the Lenovo p520 goes for in your region, but here in the states they are very cheap and very upgradeable, i would love to see you do videos of those with different gaming configuration at lowest to best possible for gaming options and value for gamers on a budget trying to get the most out of there money. Ty sir for your videos
A $1000 GPU from 2024 won’t even be able to launch Fortnite 9 years from now. If you bought a Maxwell Titan, despite it being a ripoff compared to the 980ti, it was still a great value compared to anything available today.
I'm actually really impressed. the fact that it preforms so much better than the rtx 3050 6gb in god of war is hilarious.
yo bro please benchmark r6 siege in future videos
I wonder if they'll retire Maxwell and Pascal driver support at the same time since the architectures are fairly similar. Maybe by 2025 or 2026?
Comparing the Titan X Maxwell to the 780M in Forza was brilliant. You could do a whole video with those comparisons. Hmm…
@icebergtech 4770k overclock would (custom loop, 6yr old's rig) @ all core 4.4 and 2400mhz ram would make that upgrade pointless….. but hey then again id never keep stock cooling or buy an i5……
Don’t worry, Nvidia also forgot RTX 3060 exist with their release of RTX 4060, lol.
I did play Arkham Knight at launch, which is also why I bought a GTX 970 to get it and Witcher 3 for free. It wasn’t too bad on my PC but I also had the game installed on a SATA SSD instead of a hard drive.
Main issue is some graphical glitches happened but I might also have avoided it if I didn’t play it for so many hours as I did, lol.
On a hard drive and lower tier GPUs it would be unplayable.
I'm still using a Titan Xpascal, starting to show it's age in some games but still a fairly capable card, got it instead of the 1080ti as they were both the same price used in 2018 😅
music gets way too loud when you stop talking. hurts my ears when i try to listen to your relaxed voice, then suddenly having the music blasted in my ear
Should make video about pascal, as its just 220 in cex currently
You should try vulkan mod for alan wake 2. It increases performance pretty well for older gpus.
Getting a mid range-ish GPU and upgrading every 2 to 4 years is WAY more worth it than getting a very high end gpu and upgrade in 8 to 10 years. It takes about 4 years to a lower mid range to catch up with a very high end gpu, but that comes with many benefits: support to newer techs, lower power comsumption, overall better driver compatibility, and lower price.
Your Titan X is running very hot, your results may be hindered.
Stock it should hold 250W all the time, yours cant even hold 200W most of the time.
Nice
Really love the video man and I’m even more looking forward to the Titan V. 😮
I gotta ask… is it throttling? It sure as hell looks like its hitting 83c where boost stops and not maxing out on power
I know these blowers are particularly terrible for noise but the thermal paste seems to be dried or something
This was the beginning of the end
Review Titan V next
I kinda want this same ser of games tested on the Steam Deck to see how it runs them, and how it compares to this Titan.
I reccomend adding Helldivers 2 to the benchmark lineup, it's an actually optimized game that won't make most GPUs commit wattage go boom or melting temperatures as it's a PS5/PC "exclusive" with plenty of dynamic yet consistent scenarios
big downfall of the maxwell arch was its poor a sync compute performance and low fp32 bandwidth because of it in turn. thats why you saw a quick turn around because nvidia knew gcn would keep chugging as long as it got fed faster and faster memory. gcn 2+ all have amazing a sync performance…. thats why you saw some games on maxwell cards havea huge difference and even more so now with it being implemented more regularly (its also why maxwell sucks in vulkan)
What software are you using that shows Vram (alloc) and (util) so specifically? MSI and HWinfo don't separate them like that.
The whole maxwell series was amazing. I loved my GTX 980. Solid card.
So nice GPU
my 980ti resents you…
awesome benchmark
I dont regret getting a 4090.
Your throwaway line at the end about XP gaming is most interesting to me. Is there a video lined up?
This was the dream card for 15Y old me. Boy to see it age.
Hey iceberg, I was just thinking, will we ever get VR benchmarks? As a person that plays a lot of vr games (sometimes more than normal games) I was wondering about the performance of some cards since vr benchmarks are surprisingly not that common. Thanks!
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One interesting thing about the Titan X Maxwell card was that it was actually allowed to have custom models from AIB/board partners and after this generation it was ceased. EVGA had the Titan X SC (Superclocked) with a 13% out of the box OC, it looked the exact same as the NVIDIA Titan X Maxwell card, just pre-binned. They also had a Hydro Copper variant which had a copper waterblock already attached with a 15% OC. It was interesting to see that NVIDIA allowed their partners to mess around with the Titan product line of cards and create custom models. The Titan lineup has always been interesting because although it was always super expensive, it did always have huge VRAM for its time period.
easily overclocked mine to 1400+ but I do wear a noise cancelling headset 😀
I bought a 980ti when it came out precisely because it was so close to a Titan X but at $350 less. It held up very well until I upgraded with RDNA 3's release.
I am nostalgic for this card and the maxwell era as a whole, when I got into PC gaming the 1080 ti was the car to have
10 years later, it's still a beast, but overly expensive.
I know it will sound dumb, but after watching a bunch of videos of older cards since the 900 series, it's shameful how the current GPU scenario is. $200 GPUs now can barely run a 1080P game at ultra/high settings without some kind of help from those upscaling tools. Back in 2014, I really believed that by now we would at least have less expensive cards able to handle 1440p easily
Titan RTX Video? Anyone?