The Pascal GTX 1070 Owners Thread

sirp · 3 Jul 2016 at 12:04

Is anyone running a 1070 on an MSI z68a-gd65?

If this should work fine, I assume it should though, does it matter which card to get? I will not be overclocking so just want a quiet and good one

foxyfaefife · 3 Jul 2016 at 13:00

Absolutely delighted with the Gamerock 1070 Premium, performance is superb and it looks great in the case. Very grateful to Overclockers for fast delivery, excellent service and competitive price.

Aretak · 3 Jul 2016 at 13:14

Minstadave said:
Do MSI really need eleventy versions of the 1070?

Different cooler designs for different markets I suppose. Looks to be using the same PCB as the Armour and Gaming X models, so I doubt it's much bother for them to strap a different cooler on.

V_R · 3 Jul 2016 at 13:15

Got my MSI Gaming X on Friday, ordered Thursday afternoon. Installed and running great! :cool:

Not had a great deal of time to actually test it out as I've been busy this weekend, but will have a bit of a session this afternoon! Very happy with it though.

More pictures:

Mario · 3 Jul 2016 at 14:02

ok,im torn between EVGA and Zotac now..i know Zotac CS is pants

thefogo · 3 Jul 2016 at 14:16

shrek2 said:
Yes. You need to install eXpertool from the Gainward website and set it up to start with windows. You can change colours from there.

Thanks

It works great. Plus you can uninstall the software and it still keeps the colour.

opethdisciple · 3 Jul 2016 at 14:36

Tempted to upgrade in August.

I currently game at 1920x1200 driven by a [email protected], a GTX 970 and 16Gb of ram. It is perfect at this resolution.

However my monitor is from 2008 and tears like crazy and is locked to 60Hz. Even with adaptive Vysnc on I get tearing.

Tempted to get a Gsync 144Hz 1440p panel. But I'd need a new GPU for that. Either a 1070 or 1080.

However is my current CPU going to be able to drive this card? And will I regret buying the 1070 over a 1080 for this resolution?

Do we know yet how DX12 and specifically Async compute works now with these new cards? I get the impression, Nvidia are brushing it under the carpet somewhat as AMD are better in this area.

kalniel · 3 Jul 2016 at 14:39

opethdisciple said:
Do we know yet how DX12 and specifically Async compute works now with these new cards? I get the impression, Nvidia are brushing it under the carpet somewhat as AMD are better in this area.

They still can't do Async compute, but they have some premption tricks which gives them a small boost in DX12, but nothing like the boost AMD cards get.

Kaapstad · 3 Jul 2016 at 14:59

chris-82 said:
posted this a few pages back but was only a link to the pic of my card so may have been missed,but my card has arrived and here is the pic:

foxyfaefife said:
Absolutely delighted with the Gamerock 1070 Premium, performance is superb and it looks great in the case. Very grateful to Overclockers for fast delivery, excellent service and competitive price.

V_R said:
Got my MSI Gaming X on Friday, ordered Thursday afternoon. Installed and running great!

Not had a great deal of time to actually test it out as I've been busy this weekend, but will have a bit of a session this afternoon! Very happy with it though.

More pictures:

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The Roll of Honour.

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arc@css · 3 Jul 2016 at 14:59

opethdisciple said:
is my current CPU going to be able to drive this card?

Yes. I have a 980Ti, which is similar in performance to a 1070, and that has been absolutely fine when paired with my cpu (bearing in mind we have the same cpu and that yours is presently clocked higher than mine). Until recently I was running 1200p, so most of my experience is based on that. Now I'm playing at 1440p, things seem to be somewhat more gpu dependent than before - which is nice as it allows the gpu to stretch its legs even further.

opethdisciple said:
And will I regret buying the 1070 over a 1080 for this resolution?

Depends what you play/expect, though I don't believe you will be sorry with your purchase, no.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1070/2577vs3609

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1731?vs=1743

opethdisciple · 3 Jul 2016 at 15:25

arc@css said:
Yes. I have a 980Ti, which is similar in performance to a 1070, and that has been absolutely fine when paired with my cpu (bearing in mind we have the same cpu and that yours is presently clocked higher than mine). Until recently I was running 1200p, so most of my experience is based on that. Now I'm playing at 1440p, things seem to be somewhat more gpu dependent than before - which is nice as it allows the gpu to stretch its legs even further.

Depends what you play/expect, though I don't believe you will be sorry with your purchase, no.

The way I play my games is everything max settings wise, but things like MSAA x2 only that way I get the benefits but also save on performance.

I would expect the 1070 to do just that at 1440p in 90% + of AAA titles in the future ~ 2 years.

Currently my 970 can do this at 1200p with the games I have played.

Robi · 3 Jul 2016 at 15:53

Cancelled my AMP Extreme order with a competitor for the MSI Armor from OcUK. Arrives Tuesday. Can't wait

What clocks are people hitting with this card?

PCM2 · 3 Jul 2016 at 15:57

Robi said:
Cancelled my AMP Extreme order with a competitor for the MSI Armor from OcUK. Arrives Tuesday. Can't wait

What clocks are people hitting with this card?

Currently have mine conservatively clocked to ~2050MHz boost on the core with memory at 4600MHz. That's just with Afterburner set to 108% Power Limit, +100 Core and +600 Memory.

welshdragon · 3 Jul 2016 at 16:22

Mario said:
ok,im torn between EVGA and Zotac now..i know Zotac CS is pants

I have just preordered an evga one due to their customer service reputation.

antonusklesk · 3 Jul 2016 at 17:21

sirp said:
Is anyone running a 1070 on an MSI z68a-gd65?

If this should work fine, I assume it should though, does it matter which card to get? I will not be overclocking so just want a quiet and good one

Running the p67a not the z67a, but no issues of note for me.

foxyfaefife · 3 Jul 2016 at 17:31

Anyone else noticed a general improvement in graphics from their old card, even using the same settings? I previously used a GTX 770 which got a fairly respectable 1000-odd on Heaven at the same settings used in the benchmark thread here - however I never actually found the graphics in Heaven benchmark particularly appealing until I ran it with the 1070 (which gets 2500). It looks absolutely fantastic! Was pretty surprised by this, I thought only frame rates would be affected.

sirp · 3 Jul 2016 at 17:32

antonusklesk said:
Running the p67a not the z67a, but no issues of note for me.

Excellent to hear. Which model did you get?

Really not sure which to buy, so many of them. Not fussed about cost though, just want the right one

Mario · 3 Jul 2016 at 17:53

sirp said:
Excellent to hear. Which model did you get?

Really not sure which to buy, so many of them. Not fussed about cost though, just want the right one

Im leaning towards EVGA,purely for resale value
Still want Zotac tho as its in stock

sirp · 3 Jul 2016 at 17:59

I was going to get the msi gaming x ...is that a good choice or not?

Poneros · 3 Jul 2016 at 18:23

Any non-reference 1070 is a good choice, the main thing I'd say to look at is warranty & customer service. Performance-wise it's all more or less the same +- 2-3fps.