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[Chesskid1]

w00t just ordered a MSI one off newegg backorder. apparently backorder only means a couple days wait before it ships out, while amazon could take like a month from what im reading.

upgrading from a 960, dunno why i bought that, was feeling frugal and wanted a better GPU. it's going to be a huge upgrade i think.

 

[draliko]

Fellow europeans where are you buying at? Especially my italian friends, have you found a shop worth of our money? Got tired of waiting amazon

Actually i'm in love with the zotac style, but will probably buy the first nice card i find, msi, gigabyte, evga or zotac (i don't like asus, had some problems in the past), do you have any suggestion?

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Has anyone had any luck by ordering from Fry's? I wonder if they will get them in store.

 

[Hypron]

Prices for custom 1070s are starting to come out here in NZ.

This price point is just obscene.

NZ$1,000 = US$713

I just checked and importing a card from the US would cost around $800 even when including $150 of GST, so I'm thinking of doing that. I'm just not too sure how the warranty would work in this case...

 

[draliko]

i found a shop that had the g1 avaiable, is it worth it? 513€ shipped isn't really cheap, but from what i see every card is around 500euro

 

[Sutton Dagger]

Prices for custom 1070s are starting to come out here in NZ.

This price point is just obscene.

NZ$1,000 = US$713

I just checked and importing a card from the US would cost around $800 even when including $150 of GST, so I'm thinking of doing that. I'm just not too sure how the warranty would work in this case...

Jesus.... I'm in Aus and looking to do the same thing, EVGA are the ones to go with as they provide international warranty.

 

[Timu]

Even in supply and demand these prices still shock me!

 

[ElyrionX]

Prices for custom 1070s are starting to come out here in NZ.

This price point is just obscene.

NZ$1,000 = US$713

I just checked and importing a card from the US would cost around $800 even when including $150 of GST, so I'm thinking of doing that. I'm just not too sure how the warranty would work in this case...

It's the same in Singapore. For warranty, you'll have to ship it to the US.

But yes, the price points for the 1070 are insane.

 

[eshock]

How does MSI's blower compare to the stock NVidia one? Thinking about the Aero 8G OC since I'll be running multi-GPU and the side fans would be blocked on one of the Frozr models.

 

[RamaTheVoice]

Cheapest custom card I can find in France is the Inno3D iChill X3 for ~480€. It's 460€ on Mindfactory (+20€ shipping if you're outside Germany so comes to the same).

Have we heard anything about those cards yet? Are they worth it at that price?

 

[Jimrpg]

Prices for custom 1070s are starting to come out here in NZ.

This price point is just obscene.

NZ$1,000 = US$713

I just checked and importing a card from the US would cost around $800 even when including $150 of GST, so I'm thinking of doing that. I'm just not too sure how the warranty would work in this case...

Jesus.... I'm in Aus and looking to do the same thing, EVGA are the ones to go with as they provide international warranty.

I ordered that card from Amazon the Gigabyte G1 1070 for US$446 ~AU$600. Shipping it to Malaysia though. Any issues you fill in some forms and need to send it back to Amazon in the US. I'd rather deal with Amazon then a local shop with bad customer service as most cheapy places tend to have. And its AU$200 cheaper so I'd rather do that than pay local prices, sorry local retailers!

 

[Cerbero]

Not less than 500 euro here in italy if i'm searching well enough..

Yup, not really a successor of the 970 in terms of pricing, i bought a Asus Strix 970 for 350€ back in december 2014, +150/200€ than that is not gonna happen in the midrange market in italy/europe, not ever.

 

[FiraB]

At those stupid prices I'm just gonna save my coin for next year or later this year, simply not worth it (even at damn near 3x the performance of my 7970 in games). Someone at nvidia is getting a promotion in marketing for that FE shit, I can see them rolling in the money laughing.

 

[jonno394]

I just read a review that the 1070 is overkill if you only intend to play games at 1080p, is this correct? I'd have thought that going forward, games will just get more demanding and there's no reason not to upgrade a future proof yourself/

I likely will remain at 1080p for a couple years, and maybe move up to 1440p/4K with a new monitor at some point

 

[MuchoMalo]

I just read a review that the 1070 is overkill if you only intend to play games at 1080p, is this correct? I'd have thought that going forward, games will just get more demanding and there's no reason not to upgrade a future proof yourself/

I likely will remain at 1080p for a couple years, and maybe move up to 1440p with a new monitor at some point

That's for you to decide based on the numbers you see and what you want out of the card. I'm using it for 1080p (albeit 21:9) so that I can get a locked 60FPS in every game and use DSR in less demanding games, as well as to take advantage of Fast Sync since I have no plans on buying a monitor that locks me into one vendor. I'm also considering upgrading to a high refresh rate monitor in the future.

If you overclock and don't mind turning down settings in poorly optimized/GameWorks games, buy an 8GB RX 480 to last a good 2-3 years. Don't listen to the people who say that you don't need more than 4GB for 1080p, since VRAM requirements tend to increase with time. Just two years ago 2GB was considered more than enough for 1080p.

 

[cofias]

I just read a review that the 1070 is overkill if you only intend to play games at 1080p, is this correct? I'd have thought that going forward, games will just get more demanding and there's no reason not to upgrade a future proof yourself/

I likely will remain at 1080p for a couple years, and maybe move up to 1440p/4K with a new monitor at some point

It seems to me that a 1070 is the (reasonably) future-proof 1440p option. If you're comfortable staying at 1080p 60fps, you're probably better off picking up a 480 instead for some serious savings. That way you could also jump directly from 1080p to 4K in a few years with no regrets.

 

[Niks]

I just read a review that the 1070 is overkill if you only intend to play games at 1080p, is this correct? I'd have thought that going forward, games will just get more demanding and there's no reason not to upgrade a future proof yourself/

I likely will remain at 1080p for a couple years, and maybe move up to 1440p/4K with a new monitor at some point

You could always downsample. Or if you have a 144hz monitor play at higher fps.

 

[komplanen]

I just read a review that the 1070 is overkill if you only intend to play games at 1080p, is this correct? I'd have thought that going forward, games will just get more demanding and there's no reason not to upgrade a future proof yourself/

I likely will remain at 1080p for a couple years, and maybe move up to 1440p/4K with a new monitor at some point

It depends.

If you want to max games @60fps for the next 2 years then it might not be overkill at all. If you're going to play 1080p with high-settings and a sometimes less than 60fps is okay then get something else.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

I am really contemplating just grabbing the EVGA 1070 from Superbiiz for $449. Has anyone had any issues with their site?

 

[Cerbero]

That's for you to decide based on the numbers you see and what you want out of the card. I'm using it for 1080p (albeit 21:9) so that I can get a locked 60FPS in every game and use DSR in less demanding games, as well as to take advantage of Fast Sync since I have no plans on buying a monitor that locks me into one vendor. I'm also considering upgrading to a high refresh rate monitor in the future.

If you overclock and don't mind turning down settings in poorly optimized/GameWorks games, buy an 8GB RX 480 to last a good 2-3 years. Don't listen to the people who say that you don't need more than 4GB for 1080p, since VRAM requirements tend to increase with time. Just two years ago 2GB was considered more than enough for 1080p.

i agree, DOOM already uses 3GB+ of vram today, being locked to 4GB is not gonna be nice in 2017

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Silly prices still. Wait until AMD's 480 is out, and then AIB 480s are out after, to see their effect on 1070 pricing.

If highly overclocked AIB 480s with Fury X performance as is rumoured only cost $270-300, I can see Nvidia lowering the price of the 1070 baseline from $380 to $350.

 

[Glass Shark]

I just read a review that the 1070 is overkill if you only intend to play games at 1080p, is this correct?

I'm upgrading to a 1070 because my 970 cannot max out games at 60fps at 1080p. I think the 1070 will be a great option to reach that bar for a good while, but no, I don't think it's "overkill." It really depends on the game.

 

[Hari Seldon]

ASUS 1070 FE back up for those desperate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=

Cards releasing have slowed down now.

Edit: And back down again lol.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

ASUS 1070 FE back up for those desperate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=

Cards releasing have slowed down now.

Edit: And back down again lol.

SuperBiiz has EVGA FE up: http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=EV-G1070FE&c=CJ

Has anyone had any good experiences with SuperBiiz? They are always under PC Part Picker, so I assume they are decent.

 

[Jimrpg]

I just read a review that the 1070 is overkill if you only intend to play games at 1080p, is this correct? I'd have thought that going forward, games will just get more demanding and there's no reason not to upgrade a future proof yourself/

I likely will remain at 1080p for a couple years, and maybe move up to 1440p/4K with a new monitor at some point

The 8gb R 480 is the no brainer here at $230. It's equivalent to a GTX 970-980 and can just near about max out 1080p games at 60fps now. Yep games will get more demanding over time, but a 1070 is almost double the price, a non FE cooler card will be around $420 now. It will probably guarantee 1080/60 max settings for the next 2 or 3 years, though I would say its more suited for 1440/60.

The money you save going with the R480, you can put on the next card.

If you have a G-Sync monitor, then of course you should go with the nvidia card.

 

[Parsnip]

I'm not expecting the prices to go down in Finland at all even when the availability improves.

Which means I'm probably going to spend 549€ on one of these.
Blah.

 

[komplanen]

I'm not expecting the prices to go down in Finland at all even when the availability improves.

Which means I'm probably going to spend 549€ on one of these.
Blah.

I ordered Zotac Amp Edition for 519 from cdon.fi.

My ideal cap was 450€ but right now I'm in one of those situations where waiting just isn't an appealing option. I currently have only integrated graphics to go by.

 

[Glass Shark]

SuperBiiz has EVGA FE up: http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=EV-G1070FE&c=CJ

Has anyone had any good experiences with SuperBiiz? They are always under PC Part Picker, so I assume they are decent.

I'm so tempted to do this but I know I'll be disappointed that I didn't wait until an AIB card was in stock

 

[CHC]

1070 FE in stock st Nvidia's own site

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1070#shop

If you want the card design that God intended you to have.

 

[Cerbero]

I'm upgrading to a 1070 because my 970 cannot max out games at 60fps at 1080p. I think the 1070 will be a great option to reach that bar for a good while, but no, I don't think it's "overkill." It really depends on the game.

really? i own a 970 with a 1440p monitor, i usually only need to tune down 1 or 2 settings from ultra to high (the IQ difference is nonexistent) to obtain a locked 60, except for TW3, what games are you referring to?

 

[ShadowKingpin]

1070 FE in stock st Nvidia's own site

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1070#shop

If you want the card design that God intended you to have.

I think I may snag this or the EVGA FE. I have been gaming on a 7950 3GB for four years, so this seems perfect. I wanted the 480 to save money, but I plan to do VR and 1440p, so it's best that I spend the extra $200.

 

[Jimrpg]

really? i own a 970 with a 1440p monitor, i usually only need to tune down 1 or 2 settings from ultra to high (the IQ difference is nonexistent) to obtain a locked 60, except for TW3, what games are you referring to?

In The Divison, I'm on medium (and a couple low) to get 50-60fps on 1440p with an overclocked 1400mhz 970.

The Witcher 3, I'm on mostly mediums some high for 1440p/60.

I think for Project Cars I'm on high/ some mediums for 1440p/60 too.

 

[Parsnip]

I ordered Zotac Amp Edition for 519 from cdon.fi.

My ideal cap was 450€ but right now I'm in one of those situations where waiting just isn't an appealing option. I currently have only integrated graphics to go by.

I'm looking to get the MSI Gaming X, which is 549 on cdon and jimms, and slightly more expensive at verkkokauppa and elsewhere.

At this point I might just wait for some kind of card+game bundle to offset the cost.

 

[Canklestank]

The 8gb R 480 is the no brainer here at $230. It's equivalent to a GTX 970-980 and can just near about max out 1080p games at 60fps now. Yep games will get more demanding over time, but a 1070 is almost double the price, a non FE cooler card will be around $420 now. It will probably guarantee 1080/60 max settings for the next 2 or 3 years, though I would say its more suited for 1440/60.

The money you save going with the R480, you can put on the next card.

If you have a G-Sync monitor, then of course you should go with the nvidia card.

But AIB 480's will be more expensive too. For a decent 8GB custom cooled card, you might be looking at $250-300 or more. It depends how much the 8GB premium is over 4GB.

AMD's pricing is making it's price/performance look better than it probably is. It's still the price/perf king, but very few people will buy the $199 4GB variant.

It would be nice if the 1060 (Ti?) was in the ~$325 price range (for actual cards) for between 980 and 980Ti performance. But that might cannibalize sales of the 1070 too much for nVidia. Maybe if it was 6GB.

 

[Scaramanger]

Loads of MSI Gaming 1070s in stock on overclockers UK, just bagged myself one

Edit: actually they have loads of 1070s across all brands

 

[Haint]

But AIB 480's will be more expensive too. For a decent 8GB custom cooled card, you might be looking at $250-300 or more. It depends how much the 8GB premium is over 4GB.

AMD's pricing is making it's price/performance look better than it probably is. It's still the price/perf king, but very few people will buy the $199 4GB variant.

It would be nice if the 1060 (Ti?) was in the ~$325 price range (for actual cards) for between 980 and 980Ti performance. But that might cannibalize sales of the 1070 too much for nVidia. Maybe if it was 6GB.

You just said it would be nice if they sold a card maybe 15-20% faster than a 970...for the same price the 970 was 2 years ago, on the ancient 28nm node. You guys deserve what Nvidia gives you.

 

[A-V-B]

This Founder's Edition BS will hopefully be over soon...

I don't think we'll ever get a non-founder's edition. They'll just slowly, slowly drop the price over time like usual.

 

[Glass Shark]

PNY FE just changed to "In stock on June 26, 2016" on Amazon. Wonder if we'll see another wave of cards come in around that date.

 

[Canklestank]

You just said it would be nice if they sold a card maybe 15-20% faster than a 970...for the same price the 970 was 2 years ago, on the ancient 28nm node. You guys deserve what Nvidia gives you.

Wow. I'm referring to AIB cards, not reference. Sorry if that wasn't clear. So 25% faster and $25-50 cheaper seems about par for the course? Certainly not a reason to have a coronary. It seemed to be a reasonable (albeit conservative) prediction given where everything else falls.

The sentiment was that while I like the price/performance of the 480, I'd like something more powerful for a bit more money.

Edit: The 1070 is ~980Ti performance for >$420. I basically said I'd like something almost as fast for $100 less.

 

[Glass Shark]

Was just about to bite the bullet and order an FE card from Nvidia's online store, only to realize they charge sales tax for some reason, so I'm short on money.

This whole thing has been a comedy of errors for me.

 

[Caesar III]

I'm still waiting on buying the palit gamerock premium. It's not available at mindfactory until next wednesday anyway so perhaps it's available at amazon until then.

 

[Timu]

On the nvidia site a regular GTX 1070 costs the exact same as the Founder's Edition, I wonder why is that.

 

[Sulik2]

If it doesn't end, that'll mean that it was successful and it'll be worse next time.

If it doesn't end Nvidia knows they can keep jacking up the price of their cards without worrying about sales. The 1170 will be $499 I bet. We need AMD to be competitive with Nvidia to have any reasonable hope for prices.

 

[Mrbob]

Newegg currently has the Zotac 1070 AMP! model in stock.

 

[Chesskid1]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HDUVJ1I/?tag=neogaf0e-20

finally the strix

that and msi twin frozr have always been my fave

 

[billmcdougal]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HDUVJ1I/?tag=neogaf0e-20

finally the strix

that and msi twin frozr have always been my fave

I have the msi gaming x on preorder on amazon. Would switch to this if it were actually in stock.

 

[Mrbob]

I dont know if there is a big difference between these 450 dollar AIB custom cards. I would just grab what is available.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Zotac AMP is up.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=

 

[Dartastic]

Sorry, looking for a bit of assistance because I'm not entirely sure what these specs mean and yeah.

So, I'm looking at the EVGA cards and I'm conflicted between the EVGA ACX 3.0 and the SC GAMING ACX 3.0. I noticed that some of the specs are different but I don't know what that means in a real world performance boost. Is it even worth the extra cash at that point? Should I really even care?

 

[jrcbandit]

I dont know if there is a big difference between these 450 dollar AIB custom cards. I would just grab what is available.

There probably isn't any, the 1070 is severely limited in its overclocking ability unless you get a card that has additional power phases + higher voltage capability like the EVGA FTW edition which isn't available to order and price to be determined.