NVIDIA just announced the Titan X, its latest graphics card, at Epic Game’s GDC session this morning. And from the picture this thing looks like a monster. According to NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Titan X is now the world’s most powerful GPU with more than 8 billion transistors (a bit of a jump from the 7 billion in last year’s Titan Z). This card is runs on the company’s new Maxwell architecture, while packing 12 gigabytes of VRAM much like the Titan Z.
“It’s the most advanced GPU the world has ever seen,” Jen-Hsun said, as he presented the company’s very first production unit.
NVIDIA didn’t really reveal too much else about thie new GPU yet. The company has its own conference in a few weeks. They can sort of afford to do this as cause it sounds like the video card most of us will have our eyes on for this year.
While one could contend it was slightly strange for Huang to tease the Titan X at another company’s event, he did have a good reason, which was that it’s powering a new VR experience called Thief in the Shadows, a joint effort from Epic, Oculus and Weta Digital, which puts you in the shoes of someone exploring the dragon Smaug’s treasure-filled cave from The Hobbit.
