@Jeremi: Thanks! And I actually wanted to ask you yesterday if there are any news on the Titan front 
@Rolf: great work, these comparisons are gold, we actually should have something like a database, although keeping everything in a contant testing enviroment is a pain in the darkzone.
Maybe there's an explanation for that. Here's a picture from a well known Hardware site, showing the back of a Titan X under full load:
![[Image: 01-PCB.jpg]](http://media.bestofmicro.com/N/X/484269/original/01-PCB.jpg)
As you can see the memory chips are the hottest part of the board with over 100°C. Since hashcat, especially in benchmark mode, doesn't need much memory, leaving the 12GB of the Titan X merely unused. Since years cards with GDDR5 RAM have the ability to slow/clock down their memory to save power. So the conclusion would be:
1. easy use on memory clocks most memory chips down using less energy
2. since memory chips are the hottest parts, the card runs cooler now
The Titan X has 16 more chips than the GTX 980, so there you go.
But that's just my 2ct.
@Rolf: great work, these comparisons are gold, we actually should have something like a database, although keeping everything in a contant testing enviroment is a pain in the darkzone.
Quote:(04-22-2015, 07:45 AM)Rolf Wrote: Oh, and I expected Titan X to be hotter.
Everyone did, and I do not know why! It doesn't draw enough power for it to be as warm as everyone said it was... Maybe if you leave the fan at 20% you can heat it up?
Maybe there's an explanation for that. Here's a picture from a well known Hardware site, showing the back of a Titan X under full load:
As you can see the memory chips are the hottest part of the board with over 100°C. Since hashcat, especially in benchmark mode, doesn't need much memory, leaving the 12GB of the Titan X merely unused. Since years cards with GDDR5 RAM have the ability to slow/clock down their memory to save power. So the conclusion would be:
1. easy use on memory clocks most memory chips down using less energy
2. since memory chips are the hottest parts, the card runs cooler now
The Titan X has 16 more chips than the GTX 980, so there you go.
But that's just my 2ct.