The Pascal GTX 1070 Owners Thread

Amatsubu · 19 Jul 2016 at 16:16

Smurfin said:
Well after buying 2 second hand 980Ti's and experiencing coil whine with both, I've sent them back and cut my losses...and I've ordered an MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X - should arrive in the next 2 days! (not from ocuk sadly, their gouging stretches loyalty beyond breaking point).

Upgrading from SLI 970s (both MSI Gaming Xs as well), so hoping for zero coil whine, low temps and quiet fans just like my 970s. Hoping I won't be disappointed!

out of interest, what values are people getting out of their 1070s in Afterburner, in terms of core and memory clocks? My 970s both ran solidly at +150 core, and +300 on memory.

I think you'll be very happy with it (unless you happen to get a stinker but first batches might be relatively high quality as they'll probably be careful not to eff up)

. Got one yesterday and it's perfect in practically every regard - very cool, completely silent under load, sturdy and doesn't whine.

I've yet to try OC'ing but I'll give it a whirl this week.

Daaaveee · 19 Jul 2016 at 18:15

Smurfin said:
Well after buying 2 second hand 980Ti's and experiencing coil whine with both, I've sent them back and cut my losses...and I've ordered an MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X - should arrive in the next 2 days! (not from ocuk sadly, their gouging stretches loyalty beyond breaking point).

Upgrading from SLI 970s (both MSI Gaming Xs as well), so hoping for zero coil whine, low temps and quiet fans just like my 970s. Hoping I won't be disappointed!

out of interest, what values are people getting out of their 1070s in Afterburner, in terms of core and memory clocks? My 970s both ran solidly at +150 core, and +300 on memory.

+110/+600 are what I'm running for everyday gaming but it will push higher for benchmarking with fans on full

it settles down to 2050mhz and mid 70s degrees on the stock fan profile after half an hour or so of gaming, really quiet too, enjoy!

chef-borjan · 19 Jul 2016 at 20:32

To those who upgraded from the 980Ti.. are these noticeably cooler?

I have a small bed room and an ITX rig, so in these hot days even it managed to heat up my room noticeably after an hour or two of gaming (though it is OC'd to be fair and hitting 75 degrees).

I am thinking of upgrading my graphics card to something than can handle the supersampling I want for my VR headset. I know the 1070 is more attractive in terms of supposed VR support (although I am not 100% sure this will ever be fully implemented like other bells and whistles that are advertised on graphics cards), but also should spit out far less heat than a 980Ti...

But I reckon I can get a used 980Ti for about £100 less.. not an insignificant saving for roughly the same (current) performance. But the temps.. that what will break it for me haha.

Raikiri · 19 Jul 2016 at 21:06

They use about 35%/85-90w less power. Mine is currently 45C idle but that's without the fans being on and my room is 29.7c.

Jono8 · 19 Jul 2016 at 21:17

chef-borjan said:
To those who upgraded from the 980Ti.. are these noticeably cooler?

I have a small bed room and an ITX rig, so in these hot days even it managed to heat up my room noticeably after an hour or two of gaming (though it is OC'd to be fair and hitting 75 degrees).

I am thinking of upgrading my graphics card to something than can handle the supersampling I want for my VR headset. I know the 1070 is more attractive in terms of supposed VR support (although I am not 100% sure this will ever be fully implemented like other bells and whistles that are advertised on graphics cards), but also should spit out far less heat than a 980Ti...

But I reckon I can get a used 980Ti for about £100 less.. not an insignificant saving for roughly the same (current) performance. But the temps.. that what will break it for me haha.

My amp extreme idles with zero rpm fans at around 35 degrees and hovers around 60-63 mark at 35% fan speed at full load, looping heaven/timespy...and that is in today's 30 degree+ heat!

Amatsubu · 19 Jul 2016 at 21:23

chef-borjan said:
To those who upgraded from the 980Ti.. are these noticeably cooler? haha.

Well, for what it's worth, my MSI is significantly cooler OC'd than my 970 Strix was on stock so I'd reckon it should be cooler than a 980Ti

Just had a solid 20min run around the Soviet Installation Camp in Rise of the Tomb Raider OC'd to 2025mhz/+600 mem and it very occasionally touched 66C (mostly 61-64) with fans spinning only at 40%.

The game was practically maxed at 1440p (besides AA, of course) with only shadows set to high and sun soft shadows to on (barely noticeable during gameplay) and it mostly held 60fps with some dips to 55-57, 49fps was the worst case scenario (still very playable).

chef-borjan · 19 Jul 2016 at 21:44

Wow, cooler than a 1070, thats great. Thanks for the info everyone. Time to hover my finger over the purchase button.. better sell my 970 quickly too (or at least to someone who doesn't know the new cards are out!)

XeNoNF50 · 20 Jul 2016 at 00:46

Yeah so my 1070 Amp Extreme arrived. Couple of pics

The card is absolutely gigantic. Had to remove a HDD tray for it to fit into the H440 (fit with ease, mind). Card sagging very slightly towards the unsupported side but not too noticeable or noteworthy. May look into doing something about that in the future though.

Performs real well though. Think my particular card is 1962mhz out of the box. Currently hooked up to my 4k tv and it's beasting games mostly maxed (with AA turned down a little or grass not on ultra in gta5) in 4k. Been around 40-50fps most games in 4k with that. At least 60 most of the time playing 1440p fully maxed in most games, significantly more in 1080p. Really enjoying it!

Kaapstad · 20 Jul 2016 at 07:24

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TNA · 20 Jul 2016 at 08:37

Hey Jono, noticed you put a TimeSpy score up. Do you plan to OC the card more, or like me just use it on stock?

I managed a Graphics Score of 6517, but due to my CPU I end up with a lower overall score of 6228

Amatsubu · 20 Jul 2016 at 09:21

MSI Gaming owners, what max clocks do your cards boost to at stock and where do they usually sit when OC'd?

chrcoluk · 20 Jul 2016 at 10:22

yeah I forgot to add I nearly got caught out by length of my card, luckily it did just about fit with the hdd tray still in case.

Troop · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:50

After trying to decide between a Zotac 980Ti/1070, the price drop of the 1070 Super Jetstream to under 400 broke all my restraint lol!....be here tomorrow

McGraw · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:01

XeNoNF50 said:
Yeah so my 1070 Amp Extreme arrived. Couple of pics

The card is absolutely gigantic. Had to remove a HDD tray for it to fit into the H440 (fit with ease, mind). Card sagging very slightly towards the unsupported side but not too noticeable or noteworthy. May look into doing something about that in the future though.

Performs real well though. Think my particular card is 1962mhz out of the box. Currently hooked up to my 4k tv and it's beasting games mostly maxed (with AA turned down a little or grass not on ultra in gta5) in 4k. Been around 40-50fps most games in 4k with that. At least 60 most of the time playing 1440p fully maxed in most games, significantly more in 1080p. Really enjoying it!

Best sort sag out now otherwise you could get heatsink contact problems trying to straighten it back up.

Kaapstad · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:02

I got my 1070 arriving today, I thought I had better get one.

McGraw · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:04

My poor card took a hammering last night.

I have a very small case with hardly any breathing room around it and normally I pull it out a bit into the open when gaming for any length of time.

Gpu usage at 100% coupled with the above and the hot weather gave 83c GPU temps and 99% fan speed!

Mobo was saying 64c too...yikes!

Kaapstad · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:05

McGraw said:
Best sort sag out now otherwise you could get heatsink contact problems trying to straighten it back up.

Maybe someone could start a thread about cards sagging as it is an important problem and manufacturers could do more to prevent it.

I think end users should be less tolerant of sagging in the same way as they are of coil whine.

chef-borjan · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:42

Anyone with the cheap KFA2 blower? Its on sale right now and I'm looking for some feedback... I have an ITX case and it seems like the blowers aren't too bad this time around...

XeNoNF50 · 20 Jul 2016 at 16:46

Kaapstad said:
Maybe someone could start a thread about cards sagging as it is an important problem and manufacturers could do more to prevent it.

I think end users should be less tolerant of sagging in the same way as they are of coil whine.

Mine is only slight but I am very particular so I notice it. Not entirely sure what I am going to do about it. Perhaps cable tie the 2x8 pin power cable to the HDD tray above. I don't know. I assume others with heavy cards suffer the same (slight) problem.

kalniel · 20 Jul 2016 at 17:15

Kaapstad said:
Maybe someone could start a thread about cards sagging as it is an important problem and manufacturers could do more to prevent it.

I think end users should be less tolerant of sagging in the same way as they are of coil whine.

Bras for all!