Geforce Titan - GK110 will be a consumer part

[Mungri]

TBH unless the AIBs can make unlocked voltage cards, I wouldnt bother waiting for their custom cards for a Titan.

The reference cooler is very good, very quiet and keeps the card cool even when overclocked. Plus it also looks great. The only thing it seems that AIBs can do on their custom designs is change the cooler.

The probelm with past cards like the GTX 680 / 670 is that the reference coolers werent any good for overclocking. Most of the custom design coolers kept GK104s under 70 degrees with no noise.

My reference 680 cooler needs to be set a lot louder to compete with my previous KFA2 EX OC cooler, but the clocks dont decrease until 80 degrees, just the voltage, so I set a custom fan profile to keep the GPU under 80 degrees which is fine.

[highoctane]

The probelm with past cards like the GTX 680 / 670 is that the reference coolers werent any good for overclocking. Most of the custom design coolers kept GK104s under 70 degrees with no noise.

My reference 680 cooler needs to be set a lot louder to compete with my previous KFA2 EX OC cooler, but the clocks dont decrease until 80 degrees, just the voltage, so I set a custom fan profile to keep the GPU under 80 degrees which is fine.

From what I have read Titan could stand to benefit from cooler temps more than earlier GKxxx chips with gpu boost 2.0 putting more emphasis on temps to determine clock speed.

[Mungri]

From what I have read Titan could stand to benefit from cooler temps more than earlier GKxxx chips with gpu boost 2.0 putting more emphasis on temps to determine clock speed.

The Titan reference cooler is very capable though, I dont think there is much need for a better air cooler, only water if you want to use that.