Which 1070?

[ToejaM]

I made a similar thread called which 1060 but after some thought, I think I'm going to bite the bullet and go for the 1070 just for longevity.

The question is then, which 1070 makes the most sense price wise?

 

[ToejaM]

Seems some have over 1800 on the boost clock with over 1600 on the core clock.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-03f-pl.html

Compared to the 1500 core and 1600 boost clock on some of the others. Would there be a huge difference in performance between the two?

Edit: I don't want to spend £400 on a card when I could get a massive difference in I guess, sound / performance for an extra few notes. I'd say that loudness is actually quite important given the location of my rig.

Edit 2: Warranty is also quite a big difference on some of them to, just figuring there is a bit of a sweet spot given there are so many different ones.

Edit 3: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-304-ea.html - Looking at this, it has a nice warranty period (3 years), its EVGA (good according to many posts!) and its near enough 1600/1800 as standard. I just don't know anything about how loud it is or if its overclockable. I like that the Zotac has 5 years but I think by then, I'll probably have upgraded again so 3 years is likely suitable.

 

[ToejaM]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt...b3.0-full-tower-case-red-white-ca-027-nx.html

I have this case, so I think space isn't an issue - I'm running a GTX 670 atm and previously a Gigabyte 7970 GHz edition until it went kaput. So I imagine if these fit, then likely any will.

I probably will overclock, however I'd like to keep the noise down where possible

 

[ToejaM]

I think this one is going to be my final choice for money + stock performance and cooling, any objections/justifications as to why I shouldnt get this?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zota...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-103-zt.html

 

[ToejaM]

Once pay clears today.. its happy day.. also, do OCUK still change their deals on Wednesdays, I'm sure it was Wednesdays that the deals were usually out

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...express-graphics-card-gx-32c-ms.html#comments

This is looking like the final beast, none of the cheaper ones hit the mark, also a review says it does over 2k on stock power settings, while not all cards are equal thats promising for overclocking.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...ess-graphics-card-70nsh6dhk6vk-gx-090-kf.html

This is good for the price but only two years warranty, I think if it was 3 years warranty it would be a sure buy.

Whats the deal with this paragon stuff? Do people sell it on also like game codes or ?

 

[ToejaM]

Oh! Good shout thasks

 

[ToejaM]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER WITH OVERCLOCKERS UK!

No problem OCUK Went with the amp edition, hopefully here tomorrow but I'm on nights tomorrow night so I'll probably be asleep when it gets here :'(

 

[ToejaM]

Its here! Unfortunately my internet is being really strange and its taking forever to load anything.

I also just seen that it went on offer for £10 cheaper, FML!

 

[ToejaM]

Was just playing metro last night, maxing out everything, gpu at around 95% usage, temps were 68c and boost clock was around 1970 without me doing anything

 

[ToejaM]

I'll test in around 5-6 hours when I finish my night shift, got a fan on next to me so didnt really look into noise levels heh!

 

[ToejaM]

Managed to get it over clocked to 2100 on the core on stock and running valley for 30 mins didn't go over 62c. Ran a few benchmarks on batman origins and no artifacts, did notice a few model textures popped from low to high quality but didn't get time to retest on stock. Overall nice and quiet

 

[ToejaM]

Zotac 1070 Amp! - Best price/performance and 5 yr warranty. SILENT cooling too, they are awesome!

Already bought it

Have it running fine on +120 core clock which the boost clock pops it to 2100mhz <3