A Reddit user secured a pair of Nvidia GTX Titan X (Maxwell) GPUs at a significant discount, purchasing the two cards for just $86. Syft694 said on PCMR Reddit that it also included a few random EK parts for water cooling, adding that they plan to upgrade from the GTX 1650 in their current system. The GTX Titan X (Maxwell) had an SRP of $999 per unit, meaning this card would have cost around $2,000 when new. This meant they were able to secure a discount of more than 95% on this SLI setup.

u/Syft694 admitted that they were new to the r/pcmasterrace subreddit and they’re asking if the Maxwell GPUs are still viable. While these cards aren’t equipped for ray tracing and are only comparable to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti in performance based on Tom’s Hardware’s GPU benchmarks hierarchy , it’s still a substantial upgrade over their current graphics card. More importantly, it’s quite an affordable upgrade, especially at a time where GPU prices are skyrocketing because of the memory chip shortage.

I bought 2x EVGA GTX Titan X (Maxwell) with random EK parts all over it for $86. from r/pcmasterrace

One major issue that other Redditors pointed out is that they need to purchase water-cooling hardware required to cool the cards if they don’t have it yet. However, another one pointed out that they could find a Kraken G12 cooling bracket that should work with other AIO coolers on the market — hopefully, including the EK parts attached to the GPUs they bought. There’s also the issue of a lack of Game Ready Drivers for Maxwell cards, but the user argued that they only use it for playing older titles that benefit more from pure rasterization performance and that Turing and newer GPUs are insanely expensive in their region.

While u/Syft694 might not be as lucky as this Goodwill shopper that found a $30 PC with an RTX 3080 Ti GPU and Ryzen 7 CPU , the $86 Nvidia GTX Titan X (Maxwell) dual-SLI setup is still an excellent deal, especially if they do not need modern features. Aside from that, it saves the once formidable graphics card from the scrap heap, helping reduce e-waste and giving it a second life in a system built for running retro or classic games.

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