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Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 Review Thread

holygeesus said:
not sure why you've posted in this thread, but if you are considering selling a 980ti to buy a 1070 I'd suggest against it.
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Sorry wasn't for the 1070. There are so many threads floating around, I thought this was the 1080 release date one :P
 
We're there non-FE preorders for the 1080 on the release date? Hoping that will be the case for the 1070, I would like to get one for <$400 (like everyone else haha).
 
w0s said:
Sorry wasn't for the 1070. There are so many threads floating around, I thought this was the 1080 release date one :P
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Still not worth it. I have a 980Ti and it OCs like crazy.

Just wait for 1080Ti and Vega to be announced.
 
After all the hubbub over the 970 turning out to be a 3.5gb + 0.5gb, do we know for sure the 1070 isn't also similarly changed from its bigger brother? Has anyone actually ran the same bandwidth tests on the 1070 which proved it on the 970?
 
Xdrive05 said:
After all the hubbub over the 970 turning out to be a 3.5gb + 0.5gb, do we know for sure the 1070 isn't also similarly changed from its bigger brother? Has anyone actually ran the same bandwidth tests on the 1070 which proved it on the 970?
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Yes, it's good. They found other ways to gimp it now.
 
CHC said:
We're there non-FE preorders for the 1080 on the release date? Hoping that will be the case for the 1070, I would like to get one for <$400 (like everyone else haha).
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Same here. I'll be trying to order a 1070 at launch to put into a VR-centric rig we're putting together for a middle school afterschool program and the sooner I can get a non-FE 1070, the better.
 
dr_rus said:
GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming
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All these announcements of custom 1070s without prices and release dates!

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I'll be going for the ASUS Strix. Hoping for a $399 price on it. Managed to sell my old ASUS Strix 970 for $300 last month. It kinda sucks cause I've been without my PC for a while now since I didn't have a backup GPU and my CPU doesn't have an iGPU but it'll all be worth it once I get the 1070 I think.
 
Odrion said:
I hate to break it to you but at this point building a VR proof machine is either impossible or very improbable. VR Hardware is very early tech, with the current displays running at low resolution. At this current point headsets are about as demanding as 2k resolution monitors, and for that hardware to improve it's low resolution it's going to become exponentially more demanding. Theoretically, that is...

Because VR software is also very early tech. And currently there is a lot of research going on to figure out how we're going to optimize game engines to make them less resource intensive. Nvidia made a solution with their Pascal gpus but we don't know if engines will implement that. Maybe they will, or maybe there's going to be a big solution down to road that will be implemented by post Pascal cards and the Pascal gpu line (and others gpus that preceded it) will be made obsolete. Maybe AMD figures out a much better solution and now your Nvidia card is lagging behind in benchmarks. There's also research going into that technique where the game renders less the more it's outside the center of your view, maybe that's the future too, but that could require new headsets as well.

Or VR could straight up die on PC! Or lose what little AAA support it has already. Or maybe it takes off in a big way!

If I was building a VR exclusive machine I'd probably snatch a AMD 480 for $200 and then continue to at what the VR and GPU landscape is going to be in 2017. I mean, $800 (which is actually closer to $900 due to shipping and tax) is a pretty huge investment as well and the software isn't really... Well, there's not a system seller. Maybe you're better off waiting until next year to hop into VR. At least then manufacturing could become cheaper and the headset market becomes more competitive when the other big manufacturers start releasing headsets. The influx of China manufactured VR headsets could plummet the price too.
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I don't think anyone is expecting a build now to last forever. But for current headsets, a 1070 seems a good fit. Approximately 980ti level performance, with the potential to improve by using the VR hardware support in pascal
 
2050 mhz boost clock sustained on the 1070 is pretty nice , I'm sure the aftermarket cooler versions will be able to do it while staying very quiet (lol @100 percent fanspeed on the potato edition)

When the 1070 comes down to about 300 dollars it'll be a great 970 successor
 
SneakyStephan said:
2050 mhz boost clock sustained on the 1070 is pretty nice , I'm sure the aftermarket cooler versions will be able to do it while staying very quiet (lol @100 percent fanspeed on the potato edition)

When the 1070 comes down to about 300 dollars it'll be a great 970 successor
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lmao

Maybe if AMD does something crazy to force their hand, but otherwise... Nah.
 
SneakyStephan said:
2050 mhz boost clock sustained on the 1070 is pretty nice , I'm sure the aftermarket cooler versions will be able to do it while staying very quiet (lol @100 percent fanspeed on the potato edition)

When the 1070 comes down to about 300 dollars it'll be a great 970 successor
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300? Why would that ever happen before the 1170 release?
 
mrklaw said:
I don't think anyone is expecting a build now to last forever. But for current headsets, a 1070 seems a good fit. Approximately 980ti level performance, with the potential to improve by using the VR hardware support in pascal
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Right, we certainly aren't either. If all that we were going to have was the youth fooling around with stuff like Tiltbrush, then a lower end card would probably be fine. Chances are however that program instructors are going to want to mess around with different experiences-- within the realm of what would be appropriate for a school setting-- and so getting a 1070 in the machine seems like a good way to hopefully still ensure a more stable experience a year or two down the road; certainly moreso than the 970 the program initially was planning on buying.
 
This bodes really well for VR

Doesn't bode well for the resale price of my Titan X. But the writing was always on the wall
 
I think I've made up my mind and I'll go with the ASUS ROG Strix 1070 (unless some glaring problems are found)

I know people choose EVGA because of their support, warranty, etc...how is ASUS on that end?
 
Nyteshade517 said:
I think I've made up my mind and I'll go with the ASUS ROG Strix 1070 (unless some glaring problems are found)

I know people choose EVGA because of their support, warranty, etc...how is ASUS on that end?
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ASUS support is trash. Their products are okay but if it breaks and your Amazon/Newegg return policy has expired, only God can help you then.

Go EVGA or MSI if you want good customer service.
 
Hip Hop said:
How easy is it to overclock these cards?

easier than a CPU?
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Its pretty simple honestly, It'll just be a trail and error kind of thing. Up the core and memory clocks then check if its stable (temps, benchmarks tools, games ect.) and if you wan't to push it even further up the voltage and keep trying to raise the bar. From what I understand these cards don't have too much headroom for overclocking so it shouldn't be too hard to find out what you can and can't do.
 
Excuse me people:

More than a review, is there a video somewhere that explains exactly what type of new tech the 1080 and 1070 are bringing?

Would really like to see. Thank you.
 
I know that all the different branded cards aren't revealed yet, but what's the difference between them all? Are some better at cooling, some better at OC'ing, some quieter etc.?

This would be the first graphics card I've bought since I randomly picked a 280x when I made my PC and don't really get all the different brands :P
 
Stupid Sexy Flanders said:
I know that all the different branded cards aren't revealed yet, but what's the difference between them all? Are some better at cooling, some better at OC'ing, some quieter etc.?

This would be the first graphics card I've bought since I randomly picked a 280x when I made my PC and don't really get all the different brands :P
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Yeah, basically. Most companies will have a couple cards with different priorities.

Like MSI for example.

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There are the obvious balancing tradeoffs - an overclocked card will naturally run hotter/louder, if it comes with additional cooling to counteract that, it'll be more expensive etc. Generally, some companies are well respected for their fast speeds that often improve on the original manufacturer's designs, while other companies try to skim some off the top and offer budget options.

But aside from such general observations and trends, we'll have to wait for actual benchmarks to see whether some cards come out ahead of others in terms of price/performance ratio.
 
tringworldso said:
I heard something similar. Can you elaborate on how its been gimped?
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I'm exaggerating when I say "gimped," but they disabled way more of the GPU this time, to the point that no amount of overclocking can get it to match a 1080, and the power delivery on the reference board is clearly worse than the 1080. I'd also heard about more restrictive overclocking limits, though I'm not sure how true that is.
 
When did the non FE 1080s go up for pre order? After the FE launch, right? I'm going to a music festival from the 8th to the 13th but definitely want in on a non FE 1070
 
The founders edition is like an inverse collectors edition. They release the standard base unit and charge you extra. Then release the special editions with extras but cheaper.
 
Looks like I should've been keeping track of this thread. All the non-FEs already showing up. What mailing lists should I keep track of? Just the ones at the MSI, Gigabyte, and EVGA websites?
 
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