Nvidia Titan - do we really need it?

[Aastii]

The only reason for the titan is if you were to run 2 or 3 in sli they'd scale better and probs beats 2 or 3 690s.

You can't run 3 690's in SLI. You can run 2 in quad SLI, but not 3 for hex, it isn't supported. On paper though, 3 Titan's will beat 2 690's, even with 1 less GPU, though the power draw will be around 80-100W more.

Who's going to invest £2,500 in a 3-Way SLi setup of these then?

The thing you are missing is the Titan isn't really aimed for the gaming market.
It is really intended for the workstation environment where best compute power for the $$ is welcomed.
If it was aimed at the gaming market the price would also be lower by a couple of hundred.

This. The Titan shines with compute applications, not with gamers

 

[SpringWater]

Probably because it's part of the GeForce GTX line...

Well yeah, but they could make an exception just to make it sound cooler

If the titan is great for apps like Maya the only question is, why would a person who needs this much power for these sorts of things buy a gaming card instead of a professional workstation card ?

 

[cwizardtx]

This card is designed to be a single card solution for small form factor and boutique gaming PC designers. If you prefer to avoid the headache of SLI gaming but want the most power you can get, you drop $999 on one of these. I'm personally dying that I cannot get these through my distributors or build systems with them

 

[Okedokey]

Its designed for professional rendering businesses where it takes days to render vdieo. Days = money. And yes, i might get 10.

 

[linkin]

Its designed for professional rendering businesses where it takes days to render vdieo. Days = money. And yes, i might get 10.

Throw one my way would you