The Pascal GTX 1070 Owners Thread

Razzz · 4 Jul 2016 at 13:46

tyler_jrb said:
What games? 99% of current games I play run with SLI just fine.

If your fed up with SLI, I'd sell both your Ti's and just go with a nice GTX 1080.

Any game using the Unity engine for example. I'm shying away from shooter games and more into strategy games. so games like Stellaris and games like that do not require the power of two 980 Ti's

tyler_jrb · 4 Jul 2016 at 13:53

Razzz said:
Any game using the Unity engine for example. I'm shying away from shooter games and more into strategy games. so games like Stellaris and games like that do not require the power of two 980 Ti's

I'd just sell both and get an AIB 1070 or AIB 1080. Should be vastly quieter and cooler than REF cards in SLI for sure.

I'd be more tempted to get a 1080 for the extra grunt over a single 980Ti though, will come in handy for future games. Up to you if you would rather pocket a little.

greedy123 · 4 Jul 2016 at 14:15

My MSI 1070 is on it's way, should arrive tomorrow! Very excited. I had been waiting for the EVGA one but got bored of waiting for stock as the ETA keeps changing (was 1st July). Paid a bit more for the MSI instead but it's a slightly better clock and cooler anyway.

OJS3 · 4 Jul 2016 at 15:11

MSI gaming X or AMP extreme guys?

Ive just built my first system:

i5 6600k
Evo 212 cooler
16gb Ram
MSI Motherboard
Mid ITX case

Hoping to run VR towards the end of the year.

Unfortunately i have a freesync monitor but the 480 doesnt look as futureproof as a 1070.

Aretak · 4 Jul 2016 at 15:28

I'd take the Gaming X, personally (and I did). It runs incredibly cool and quiet without needing a really massive cooler like the Amp Extreme. I'd imagine those three smaller fans are going to put out more noise than the two on the Gaming X, which never get above ~1000RPM (and temperatures don't go above 70 despite that). Of course, not everybody is as sensitive to noise as I am. The slimmer form factor does also make SLI a more practical possibility in the future though.

tyler_jrb · 4 Jul 2016 at 15:29

OJS3 said:
MSI gaming X or AMP extreme guys?

Ive just built my first system:

i5 6600k
Evo 212 cooler
16gb Ram
MSI Motherboard
Mid ITX case

Hoping to run VR towards the end of the year.

Unfortunately i have a freesync monitor but the 480 doesnt look as futureproof as a 1070.

I'd go AMP Extreme in my opinion. Should be the better quality/clocking card. Built like a tank and top quality. Better and longer warranty from Zotac as well.

But it's up to you, the MSI is still a great cool and quiet card from experience with the 980Ti version. Whatever suits your taste and build.

razorpakk · 4 Jul 2016 at 15:38

I wouldn't put clocks among pro and cons of a card, they'll all end up between 2000 and 2100Mhz, which makes essentially zero difference in games.

I would think about noise and price - Palit and Inno3D X3/X4 have better value if you're not concerned with warranty (Palit also uses binned chips @409£).

Sampsy · 4 Jul 2016 at 16:55

Got my EVGA 1070 SC today and all in all I could be happier, mostly with it's overclocking ability. The card is running quietly enough and temps seem to be staying in the 70s under load but the card just won't go over 2Ghz and extra voltage makes zero difference. Given that I didn't think the 1070s were that great value anyway I'm pretty disappointed to be getting one of the worst overclocking cards I have seen. I'll probably stick with it for a few days but I expect i'll be sending it back.

As a side note - I've also found EVGA precision xoc to be total garbage. I find it often fails to apply any settings to the card, it frequently locks up and the autooc feature simply doesn't work, so quickly reverted back to afterburner.

razorpakk · 4 Jul 2016 at 17:04

Sampsy said:
Got my EVGA 1070 SC today and all in all I could be happier, mostly with it's overclocking ability. The card is running quietly enough and temps seem to be staying in the 70s under load but the card just won't go over 2Ghz and extra voltage makes zero difference. Given that I didn't think the 1070s were that great value anyway I'm pretty disappointed to be getting one of the worst overclocking cards I have seen. I'll probably stick with it for a few days but I expect i'll be sending it back.

As a side note - I've also found EVGA precision xoc to be total garbage. I find it often fails to apply any settings to the card, it frequently locks up and the autooc feature simply doesn't work, so quickly reverted back to afterburner.

The average is what, 2050 of actual stable clock in gaming?

I understand you'd like to see at least that for peace of mind, but it's just a perception issue, 2k or 2,1k makes no difference in games.
That said 450£ for that model is way too much.

JustCallMeVlad · 4 Jul 2016 at 20:06

Has anyone tried 3 or 4 way SLI? I have 4 Founders upstairs in their boxes unopened but I'm not opening them till I get confirmation or some proof 4 way works

youdsy · 4 Jul 2016 at 20:28

im thinking of replacing my 980ti for a 1070.

silly to do so???

Aretak · 4 Jul 2016 at 21:00

youdsy said:
im thinking of replacing my 980ti for a 1070.

silly to do so???

I wouldn't bother if it was me. The performance is basically identical, so all you'd really be getting is an extra 2GB VRAM and around 100W less power consumption under full load. Doesn't seem worth it, especially with 1070 prices so high at the moment.

razorpakk · 4 Jul 2016 at 21:06

JustCallMeVlad said:
Has anyone tried 3 or 4 way SLI? I have 4 Founders upstairs in their boxes unopened but I'm not opening them till I get confirmation or some proof 4 way works

For what purpose do you have 4 1070s?

Jono8 · 4 Jul 2016 at 21:08

youdsy said:
im thinking of replacing my 980ti for a 1070.

silly to do so???

yes

easyrider · 4 Jul 2016 at 21:14

youdsy said:
im thinking of replacing my 980ti for a 1070.

silly to do so???

If you can get 375 for your 980ti then why not

Chances of that now are practically zero...

Phil87 · 4 Jul 2016 at 21:20

Got this today: Palit GTX 1070 GameRock Premier Edition

Fire Strike 13,715

To say I'm impressed would be an understatement. Temps are very good too, it hasn't been above 71C at 45% fan speed, even with my sound card about 3mm from one of the fans.

i_am_jon · 4 Jul 2016 at 23:13

Got my MSI 1070 X on Friday.

Even maxed out at 2050 mhz I still can't hear it over the fans in my FT02.

Fire Strike 15,436

shrek2 · 5 Jul 2016 at 04:24

These cards are pathetic overclockers. Mine maxes out at 2050.

Kaapstad · 5 Jul 2016 at 06:13

Phil87 said:
Got this today: Palit GTX 1070 GameRock Premier Edition

Fire Strike 13,715

To say I'm impressed would be an understatement. Temps are very good too, it hasn't been above 71C at 45% fan speed, even with my sound card about 3mm from one of the fans.

i_am_jon said:
Got my MSI 1070 X on Friday.

Even maxed out at 2050 mhz I still can't hear it over the fans in my FT02.

Fire Strike 15,436

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McGraw · 5 Jul 2016 at 06:50

Not sure if my score of about 14,250 is any good looking at the above two results.

My cpu is at 4.5 and my GPU at stock (around 1936mhz)