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Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 Review Thread

CHC said:
No. If there isn't some game you want to play now, there is no reason to upgrade. Cards only get cheaper, wait until you encounter a game you can't enjoy sufficiently because of performance.
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Yeah. I have a 970 together with an i5 4690k @4 ghz and the only games I play that aren't super smooth at 1080p all the time are ARK and GTA V.

ARK runs bad even on higher end hardware, and GTA V runs fine 95% of the time at very high settings. Oh, ARMA 3 could use a bit performance, too.

Other than that, I have no games that don't run smooth all the time, so even though I'm tempted to get a 1070 or maybe a used 980(ti), I can't really justify it for any reason other than to make me a bit prouder of my PC.
 
My 1070 SC I ordered from Newegg yesterday now won't ship until Friday 7/1. Lame. The rep said it was due to them counting their warehouse (whatever that means). Though the rep did upgrade me to next day shipping for free.
 
arbok26 said:
The Xtreme will be a little faster than the G1 out of the box. But if you install either the Gigabyte Overclocking Software or MSI Afterburner, you can adjust some sliders yourself and see how far you can overclock it. It's really basic, and its just about impossible to blow your card up, cause there's only so far the sliders let you increase the power limit.

The G1 clocks are -

Boost: 1822 MHz/ Base: 1620 MHz in OC Mode
Boost: 1784 MHz/ Base: 1594 MHz in Gaming Mode

The Xtreme clocks are -

Boost: 1898 MHz / Base: 1695 MHz in OC mode
Boost: 1873 MHz / Base: 1670 MHz in Gaming mode

So in OC mode on both of them the Xtreme version is 76Mhz faster or roughly 4% faster.

However like I said, you can download the overclocking software and adjust some sliders to boost the clock speeds. Most people are getting 2000Mhz across all brands of 1070. That's faster than the Xtreme. A lot of reviews say that the card is voltage locked so it can't get any higher than 2000-2100Mhz on air coolers. 2200Mhz on water cooled is the fastest I've read so far.

The Xtreme does have a slightly better cooler than the G1, have a second BIOS, and an extra 8 pin plug for better power delivery, but if you are not going to use a custom BIOS you won't really be taking advantage of it.

If you just want to plug and play and put the fastest 1070 into your machine, get the Xtreme, but I just wanted to let you know you can get pretty good performance out of the G1 and probably the Windforce one as well. I'm not expecting much difference between the G1 and Windforce too and the Windforce is $30 cheaper than the G1.

EDIT: Xtreme version also comes with some extra HDMI ports for the front of your case, very awesome if you have a VR headset.
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Most G1s automatically boost way higher than their default values. Mine boosts to 2GHz without me having to do anything.
 
I'm in the US on holiday (from the UK) and placed an order on the $429 Gigabyte on Newegg, money went out, email confirmation and everything. Then I got a order void email and a refund, turns out they don't accept non US cards, I have no idea what to do now! Any ideas?
 
Dzab said:
I'm in the US on holiday (from the UK) and placed an order on the $429 Gigabyte on Newegg, money went out, email confirmation and everything. Then I got a order void email and a refund, turns out they don't accept non US cards, I have no idea what to do now! Any ideas?
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Prepaid or virtual credit card.
 
Dzab said:
I'm in the US on holiday (from the UK) and placed an order on the $429 Gigabyte on Newegg, money went out, email confirmation and everything. Then I got a order void email and a refund, turns out they don't accept non US cards, I have no idea what to do now! Any ideas?
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Paypal?
 
Dzab said:
I'm in the US on holiday (from the UK) and placed an order on the $429 Gigabyte on Newegg, money went out, email confirmation and everything. Then I got a order void email and a refund, turns out they don't accept non US cards, I have no idea what to do now! Any ideas?
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Paypal or if you have a visa card I think they have a program called verified by visa that works. If you're near a microcenter I would go there to get the card. Nvm it's sold out at microcenter
 
Patrick S. said:
Prepaid or virtual credit card.
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How would I get hold of a prepaid card, I thought you needed to be a US citizen? Any recommendations on the virtual card?

And they told me if I used PayPal that it needed to be the same exact address for shipping and billing, sigh.
 
Dzab said:
How would I get hold of a prepaid card, I thought you needed to be a US citizen? Any recommendations on the virtual card?

And they told me if I used PayPal that it needed to be the same exact address for shipping and billing, sigh.
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EDIT: After more research, you probably don't want to/can't go the prepaid card route. It seems a US SSN is required for most, if not all. And there are lots of hidden fees.
 
Philtastic said:
I recently ordered this Acer G257HU for its great value at $280 USD: 25" 2560x1440 IPS 60 Hz.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...6113&cm_re=acer_g257hu-_-24-009-728-_-Product

Here's one short review that shows that it's a pretty good monitor with great colour accuracy:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2483192,00.asp

I considered going for high refresh rate but I absolutely wanted IPS. Getting both IPS and high refresh rate pushes the price way up. Given that most of them are 1440p and the GTX 1070, although mostly staying at or above 60 fps, wouldn't be able to maintain 100+ fps anyway to make use of the increased refresh rate, you'd also want G-Sync. That increases the price even more to a point that I just couldn't justify it.

Given those considerations, I went and bought this significantly cheaper monitor which will tied me over until OLED and high refresh IPS monitors are so much cheaper and when new video cards come out that can render future games at 100+ fps reliably. Maybe Nvidia will support Free Sync by then too (ha).
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Thanks for that - well reasoned and convincing. I may well do this!
 
Got my 1070 all installed. Decent firestrike score (~13k), but i'm running into weird performance. Dying Light is dipping under 60 fps at 1080p. Overwatch was running at roughly 80fps maxed out, again at 1080. I should be getting better performance than that I think? My cpu is a i5 3570k, it can't be bottle necking me that much right? Geforce experience is recommending I even downsample Dyling Light. I don't think that's smart if I can't maintain 60.
 
TharpDaddy said:
Got my 1070 all installed. Decent firestrike score (~13k), but i'm running into weird performance. Dying Light is dipping under 60 fps at 1080p. Overwatch was running at roughly 80fps maxed out, again at 1080. I should be getting better performance than that I think? My cpu is a i5 3570k, it can't be bottle necking me that much right?
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Did you do a complete driver uninstall using something like DDU? Sometimes that can cause performance issues when upgrading cards, even going from NV to NV.
 
Canklestank said:
EDIT: After more research, you probably don't want to/can't go the prepaid card route. It seems a US SSN is required for most, if not all. And there are lots of hidden fees.
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Much appreciated, can't seem to find anything suitable. Guess I'll have to buy from the UK, something will come along eventually.
 
CHC said:
No. If there isn't some game you want to play now, there is no reason to upgrade. Cards only get cheaper, wait until you encounter a game you can't enjoy sufficiently because of performance.
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I keep telling myself this. I'm running a 2500K @ 4.5 ghz and a 970 ssc, and there isnt a game that gives me problems other than having to turn a setting or two down from max. There's no reason for me to upgrade either part right now, but the 1070 is so tempting. The lack of stock and insane hype doesn't help me hold back.

Keep telling myself to wait for BF1, and if I'm not near maxing that game at 60fps 1080p, then I'll upgrade. I expect a 970 to handle it fine though, judging by Star wars BF and BF4.

Hopefully by fall prices on the 1070 will come down, or there will be more options near the $379 msrp.

......but if an EVGA SC 1070 comes in stock on amazon, lord help me....
 
Beautiful Ninja said:
Did you do a complete driver uninstall using something like DDU? Sometimes that can cause performance issues when upgrading cards, even going from NV to NV.
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Thanks! That helped a bit, staying above 60 in Dying Light now at least. Looking at hwmonitor, my cpu usage is at 100% during that game, and my gpu maxes out at around 70-80%. I definitely seem to be cpu bottlenecked. I was hoping to hit 144hz but don't think my computer is quite that beefy.
 
Anyone having a mouse cursor issue when running mixed monitors/resolutions? I have my 4K TV (200% scale) hooked up and 2 1080p monitors (100% scale). Dragging the mouse over to the monitors the cursor is literally 2" across.
 
TharpDaddy said:
Thanks! That helped a bit, staying above 60 in Dying Light now at least. Looking at hwmonitor, my cpu usage is at 100% during that game, and my gpu maxes out at around 70-80%. I definitely seem to be cpu bottlenecked. I was hoping to hit 144hz but don't think my computer is quite that beefy.
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Have you overclocked the CPU?
 
Lockjaw333 said:
I keep telling myself this. I'm running a 2500K @ 4.5 ghz and a 970 ssc, and there isnt a game that gives me problems other than having to turn a setting or two down from max. There's no reason for me to upgrade either part right now, but the 1070 is so tempting. The lack of stock and insane hype doesn't help me hold back.

Keep telling myself to wait for BF1, and if I'm not near maxing that game at 60fps 1080p, then I'll upgrade. I expect a 970 to handle it fine though, judging by Star wars BF and BF4.

Hopefully by fall prices on the 1070 will come down, or there will be more options near the $379 msrp.

......but if an EVGA SC 1070 comes in stock on amazon, lord help me....
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I'm in the same boat, but I actually pulled the trigger for a card. WHO CARES, I WANT IT. WOOOOOOOOOO.
 
Hazaro said:
MSI 1070 Gaming X - $453
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...1070_gaming_x_8g_geforce_gtx_1070_gaming.html

MSI 1070 Aero - $410
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1260391-REG/msi_gtx_1070_aero_8g_oc_geforce_gtx_1070_aero.html
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Man, now that stock is freeing up a bit I'm starting to actually consider returning my FE, even though that will put me without a card for a while.

If I could secure an AIB card from B&H at $450 and not have to pay tax, that would be super nice.
 
CrayToes said:
I shouldn't see any bottlenecking with my I5-4460 3.2ghz should I?
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You might see some bottleneck...games are very dependent on CPU clock for perf. I had my 5820k @ 3.8ghz when I first installed my 1070 and ran Rocket League at 4K getting about 70-80fps...upping my CPU clock to 4.4ghz got it to 90+
 
For these cards OC'ing at 2000mhz what is the common temps were seeing for that? My 970 even reference has been a great OC and runs really cool. Reference at 1465mhz rarely goes above 68c even during the hottest times of summer here.
 
I can OC my FE up to 2100MHz, but it gets to 83C. That's obviously a lot higher than I'd like but not dangerous and not at the thermal limit so it never throttles. I think the airflow in my case must be bad, because other people were saying they're only hitting 70C with an FE overclocked.
 
jrh2 said:
I can OC my FE up to 2100MHz, but it gets to 83C. That's obviously a lot higher than I'd like but not dangerous and not at the thermal limit so it never throttles. I think the airflow in my case must be bad, because other people were saying they're only hitting 70C with an FE overclocked.
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are you adjusting the fans to support the clock speed bump?
 
DrowsyJungle said:
You might see some bottleneck...games are very dependent on CPU clock for perf. I had my 5820k @ 3.8ghz when I first installed my 1070 and ran Rocket League at 4K getting about 70-80fps...upping my CPU clock to 4.4ghz got it to 90+
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I see. Would you suggest upgrading my CPU then?

If so, any suggestions?
 
DrowsyJungle said:
What fan speed do you run your 970 at?
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This was during Witcher 3 gameplay

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Went to Microcenter here in Chicago to pick up a rx 480 to my surprise they not only had the 480's but 1080's and 1070's. I ended grabbing the Gigabyte g1 1070. Glad I got off my but to go because just like everywhere else I checked they showed no stock earlier.
 
AcridMeat said:
Just got my card in the mail, and I'm off work in a couple minutes (WFH today).

The stars aligned!!
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I knew something had to get in the way. I had a DVI adapter from my old 560ti but it appears to be an DVI-A, and the 1070 has a DVI-D port. Had to take a quick trip to best buy and paid way too much for a DVI-D cable.

BUT IT WORKS!

Bumped Mad Max to ultra and it's buttery smooth at 58c. I'm a happy camper. Need to install DOOM for tonight.

Crap I have no hard drive space for it AHHH
 
suedester said:
No, CPU back to factory settings at the moment. I upgraded from a 970 but I could try reinstalling the drivers. It probably is a setting tanking things. Maybe it isn't playing nicely with vsync.
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You ever figure out what your issue is? Just tested Ryse myself and hovering around 40fps on the first level at only 1080p.
 
maybe i just over estimated the card but i'm not crazy in thinking that this card should be able to run WoW at ultra above 100 Fps
 
So I got and set it up. Surprised myself at how massive the card was. All the images are based off of running Dark Souls at 4k (which gets around 40-55fps).

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I'll mess with overclocking later., not in the mood right now.

As for noise, fans are pretty quiet, getting drowned out with any sound. Compared to the ps4, it's nothing. Got a steam link so it was never much of an issue anyways.

About to start playing doom, I'll be back in a bit.
 
Any update from Canadians who ordered the Gigabyte Windforce from newegg?
Mine shipped on Monday from LA but no news since.... I paid for express too so I hope it will be here by Friday!
 
Okay yeah this is odd. Checked bios and ram is set up fine, completely wiped display drivers and reinstalled, cpu isn't being throttled from heat, but i'm still having fps issues. In Ryse i'm only getting 40fps at 1080p, yet my cpu and gpu aren't being maxed out. What could cause that?
 
TharpDaddy said:
Okay yeah this is odd. Checked bios and ram is set up fine, completely wiped display drivers and reinstalled, cpu isn't being throttled from heat, but i'm still having fps issues. In Ryse i'm only getting 40fps at 1080p, yet my cpu and gpu aren't being maxed out. What could cause that?
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PSU maybe?
 
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