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[laoni]

I'm still having so much trouble deciding. Either I get the 1070 for ridiculously comfortable 1080p gaming or I get the 480 for 1080p gaming at a decent level with less bells and whistles but cheaper price tag.

Currently the GTX1070 is $780 for a Gigabyte Founder's model, whereas the RX480 is $449 so almost half the price. I can justify the large 1070 price tag as I'm currently running a 770 4GB model and it'll be one helluva upgrade that I won't need to change anytime soon. I'm comfortable running 1080p gaming and can't see myself changing that anytime soon.

Please help

I imported my 1070 from the UK after the pound crsshed and paid $670 for mine (for the same card, including shipping). I jumped the gun a bit because the price would have gone down to $640 but, stock was low. If you're willing to wait the extra time, importing will save you cash (from the UK or the US)

 

[CrichtonKicks]

I ordered my gigabyte g1 from Amazon June 15th and it still hasn't shipped. The only thing keeping me from cancelling the order is they gave me 20% off and $20 in credit and a free month of prime so final price is $320ish for the card. The wait is killing me.

Do you have an estimated date? I ordered mine on June 14th and it arrived on Tuesday.

 

[Jimrpg]

I'm still having so much trouble deciding. Either I get the 1070 for ridiculously comfortable 1080p gaming or I get the 480 for 1080p gaming at a decent level with less bells and whistles but cheaper price tag.

Currently the GTX1070 is $780 for a Gigabyte Founder's model, whereas the RX480 is $449 so almost half the price. I can justify the large 1070 price tag as I'm currently running a 770 4GB model and it'll be one helluva upgrade that I won't need to change anytime soon. I'm comfortable running 1080p gaming and can't see myself changing that anytime soon.

Please help

Well, have you considered importing your card, I assume you're in Australia with those prices.

A Gigabyte G1 1070 from Amazon or Newegg is AU$600 shipped. A RX480 is about $360. That might affect your decision making. After that it's really up to you, I think a RX480 will still be good for a couple of years at 1080p, maybe 3 years for the 1070.

Seeing as you're coming from a 770, you would probably be happier with the bigger jump up in performance, maybe 100% diff. A RX480 might get you 50%.

 

[JBwB]

I'm still having so much trouble deciding. Either I get the 1070 for ridiculously comfortable 1080p gaming or I get the 480 for 1080p gaming at a decent level with less bells and whistles but cheaper price tag.

Currently the GTX1070 is $780 for a Gigabyte Founder's model, whereas the RX480 is $449 so almost half the price. I can justify the large 1070 price tag as I'm currently running a 770 4GB model and it'll be one helluva upgrade that I won't need to change anytime soon. I'm comfortable running 1080p gaming and can't see myself changing that anytime soon.

Please help

Are you in Australia? Just import from the US when there's stock available, much cheaper than getting one locally.

That's what I'm planning to do once I get rid of my current graphics card.

 

[MaxiLive]

I've had my 1070 for about a week now and I've been very impressed. I upgraded from a stock AMD 290 which has been on its last legs for about 4 months now with it running and a constant 94 C in 3D applications and blue screening randomly.

Thus far the 1070 has been great apart from thee few odd drivers crashes I've had when playing VR titles. The performance has been great for me, I play at 2560x1080 21:9 and it has ran pretty much everything at 60fps on ultra which has been very impressive.

I've actually continued my play through of Rise of Tomb Raider now I can run it above 45 fps and the sliders all the way up!

At the moment I would say its hard for most consumers to justify the price for the upgrade, I would wait for the cards to drop £50-75 at least to make it a bit more manageable on the wallet.

But if you are on the fence and currently using a 3-4 year old GPU the upgrade is more than likely well worth it! No buyers remorse here (yet...). Oh, also super sampling VR games is fantastic, they look soooooo much better!

 

[blueyesdevil]

1 pound is 1.20 euro right now. Going to order a MSI 1070 from UK then it seems (455 euro).

 

[ElyrionX]

Which manufacturer has the quietest and coolest 1070?

 

[Kiru]

Which manufacturer has the quietest and coolest 1070?

I would say Palit Gamerock/Gainward Phoenix, then comes MSI with the Gaming X.

 

[dgrdsv]

GIGABYTE announces GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC

 

[DieH@rd]

The MSI 1070 Aero 8G is the FIRST GPU in my area that has recieved sub 500€ price [the whole 5€ below it].

I cannot find any impressions or reviews for it on the web. Is there anyone on GAF who tested it? Can it hit its clocks without throttling, is the cooler good [I don't expect miracles, as long as noise is in the acceptable range], any other issues?

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

In stock at this moment on Amazon UK, Price: £429.99

MSI Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 Graphics Card - Black (Gaming X 8G GDDR5, 2 Fan, PCI Express 3)

£442 in stock at Scan.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi...ady-graphics-card-with-twin-frozr-vi-plus-rgb

that's where i got my msi 1070. they also have the palit, evga, gigabyte and asus models in stock right now.

Which manufacturer has the quietest and coolest 1070?

i can't speak for any others but my MSI gaming X card is very silent even during stress testing. i'm still trying to get used to not hearing any noise from my PC. haven't seen the GPU go past 70C (even while overclocked) and the fan speed hasn't gone over 40%. this includes during the Firestrike test. i love how these cards don't even need to spin the fans until it hits 60C. not sure what other models do it.

 

[Caayn]

The MSI 1070 Aero 8G is the FIRST GPU in my area that has recieved sub 500€ price [the whole 5€ below it].

I cannot find any impressions or reviews for it on the web. Is there anyone on GAF who tested it? Can it hit its clocks without throttling, is the cooler good [I don't expect miracles, as long as noise is in the acceptable range], any other issues?

I wonder this as well. I'm really curious how the Aero holds up against the reference cooler.

Can't find anything about it online. Sadly reviewers seem more interested in reviewing yet another internal exhaust cooler.

 

[Widge]

Seen this for $470:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GXOX2BU/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I've got $225 of vouchers for Amazon but may very well find myself with another $150 soon. This puts me in the region of the 1070 being affordable.

I noted my PSU was 600w and had 8 pins on it, so I think this would be compatible. I just need to find one that ships to the UK.

 

[MuchoMalo]

My memory for the bench was at 8900. I brought it down to 8850 now for stability.

And I guess my issue with the physics score is I was comparing against reviews using an 8 core CPU. My mistake.

Then your memory clock is lower than mine. :/ Your max core clock is higher though, so I guess that could be it? I feel like I lost more performance than I should have when I lost my overclock.

 

[nilbog21]

How long until I can just buy an MSI 1070 at retail price? zzz

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i have a question about overclocking my GPU. i have a MSI gtx 1070 and i'm using MSI afterburner to overclock it. i had tested it up to +90 for both core/memory using Firestrike. today i tried +110 for both and Firestrike kept crashing and saying that I cancelled the test which I didn't. is this a sign of instability or is it just the program? this kept happening as i dialled it back a little each time. +95 core / +90 memory was the first one that didn't crash. my system isn't crashing or anything...it's just only Firestrike. also i'm not seeing any kind of artifacting during benchmarks.

i downloaded Heaven benchmark and that runs just fine at +95/95. should i stop overclocking now or see how far i can go with Heaven?

 

[djplaeskool]

How long until I can just buy an MSI 1070 at retail price? zzz

Probably going to be a while.
They're disappearing at the $400+ price point as fast as retailers can get them in stock.

Speaking of which, My 1070 gets delivered today

 

[MuchoMalo]

Then your memory clock is lower than mine. :/ Your max core clock is higher though, so I guess that could be it? I feel like I lost more performance than I should have when I lost my overclock.

So, uh, I found the issue. Geforce Experience's overlay is shit, it seems. I'll need to test later if that ended up killing my overclock as well.

 

[ZOONAMI]

It's not? It's running around 7600. Not sure why it's showing at 3800 in the photo but, that's half the actual memory clock.

Yeah, that's underclocked. Should be running 8000mhz.

 

[ZOONAMI]

Which thread?

http://www.overclock.net/t/1601329/gtx-1070-1080-bios-who-has-it

 

[ZOONAMI]

Then your memory clock is lower than mine. :/ Your max core clock is higher though, so I guess that could be it? I feel like I lost more performance than I should have when I lost my overclock.

It's really most likely just that his upper boost clocks are sticking better than ours. My memory is higher than him and my core will hit that high, but my core seems to stabilize right around the 2000hz mark. So yeah his score is about 400 points higher than mine as well. Would think his card is just sticking at 2050+ more consistently. Check your gpuz log and see where your core speed is most consistently boosting to in firestrike. And yeah, every gpu is different, so exact some clocks on 2 different cards can have 2 different results. And honestly 400 points is pretty minimal, just think of it like within the margin of error. Probably doesn't result in even a difference of 1fps in games.

 

[MuchoMalo]

It's really most likely just that his upper boost clocks are sticking better than ours. My memory is higher than him and my core will hit that high, but my core seems to stabilize right around the 2000hz mark. So yeah his score is about 400 points higher than mine as well. Would think his card is just sticking at 2050+ more consistently. Check your gpuz log and see where your core speed is most consistently boosting to in firestrike. And yeah, every gpu is different, so exact some clocks on 2 different cards can have 2 different results. And honestly 400 points is pretty minimal, just think of it like within the margin of error. Probably doesn't result in even a difference of 1fps in games.

No, it was stable at 2050MHz for almost the entire test. Doesn't matter though, as I've already found the issue. You see it in my post above. Turning off Nvidia's overlay got me the performance I expected to get. In fact, it got me a higher graphics score than him by about 50 points.

 

[Chesskid1]

i have a question about overclocking my GPU. i have a MSI gtx 1070 and i'm using MSI afterburner to overclock it. i had tested it up to +90 for both core/memory using Firestrike. today i tried +110 for both and Firestrike kept crashing and saying that I cancelled the test which I didn't. is this a sign of instability or is it just the program? this kept happening as i dialled it back a little each time. +95 core / +90 memory was the first one that didn't crash. my system isn't crashing or anything...it's just only Firestrike. also i'm not seeing any kind of artifacting during benchmarks.

i downloaded Heaven benchmark and that runs just fine at +95/95. should i stop overclocking now or see how far i can go with Heaven?

from my experience, if you get anything weird going on that wasn't going on before, it's an unstable overclock.

 

[AkumaNiko]

I know this probably belongs in bst but I wanted to give someone the chance here to get it.

I have a nvidia GeForce 1070 I want to sell, I'm asking 500 for it. I don't want to make any money, just what I paid with taxes and have good shipping covered. It's sealed in the box. Pm me if you want photos

 

[Emarv]

I know this probably belongs in bst but I wanted to give someone the chance here to get it.

I have a nvidia GeForce 1070 I want to sell, I'm asking 500 for it. I don't want to make any money, just what I paid with taxes and have good shipping covered. It's sealed in the box. Pm me if you want photos

Founder's?

 

[MuchoMalo]

i have a question about overclocking my GPU. i have a MSI gtx 1070 and i'm using MSI afterburner to overclock it. i had tested it up to +90 for both core/memory using Firestrike. today i tried +110 for both and Firestrike kept crashing and saying that I cancelled the test which I didn't. is this a sign of instability or is it just the program? this kept happening as i dialled it back a little each time. +95 core / +90 memory was the first one that didn't crash. my system isn't crashing or anything...it's just only Firestrike. also i'm not seeing any kind of artifacting during benchmarks.

i downloaded Heaven benchmark and that runs just fine at +95/95. should i stop overclocking now or see how far i can go with Heaven?

When your driver crashes, it's because the overclock failed. Dial it back. Also, you should be able to push the memory way higher than that. There's no need to sync core and memory clocks if that's what you're doing. I'd say to keep the core at 95 is that works and then start dialing up the memory in increments of 50. If you see any green flashes in Fire Strike, that's artifacting. Once you see one, dial the memory back by 50. Most cards are able to get +500 on memory, some even better.

 

[AkumaNiko]

Founder's?

Yep

 

[Seiniyta]

GIGABYTE announces GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC

Okay, I'm sold on that, solves my problem of the card being too large, and the price (485) isn't too awful either (still pricy but still)

 

[shiyrley]

I will get my 1070 next week. Gigabyte G1 Gaming model. I hope it manages to get good performance on my 1440p monitor for a while! I just want 60 FPS and I don't mind turning down one or two things in certain games in order to get rock solid 1440p60FPS

It was 450€, still a bit pricey for me but I'm sure it'll be worth it

 

[Buttonbasher]

Mine should be here on Saturday, but the shipping hasn't updated since Wednesday night, and I'm giving into mania and panic.

 

[TatteredHat]

GIGABYTE announces GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC

That's kinda cute, I'm tempted to buy it.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Looks like a damn solid card. Finally going to build a new PC since 2011. My 2500k has treated me well (and 770) but want to get new mobo with new RAM.

 

[Knurek]

Okay, I'm sold on that, solves my problem of the card being too large, and the price (485) isn't too awful either (still pricy but still)

I had a 970 version of that card.
If the 1070 one is similar it doesn't have semi-passive cooling and is a tad loud under load.
Not sure how big of an issue fan noise is to you, but you might want to consider a 2/3 fan version if you prefer to have a more quiet experience.

 

[RedSwirl]

Idle temps are around 35C. I think my Gigabyte 760 was around 29 or 30 idle. Is that to be expected?

DOOM demo runs way over 100fps in 1080p, completely smooth once I turn on vsync (can't stand screen tearing). Temps maxed out at 61. Not gonna try to OC.

 

[Knurek]

Idle temps are around 35C. I think my Gigabyte 760 was around 29 or 30 idle. Is that to be expected?

Idle fans off?
Anything up to 59C is okay if so.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

When your driver crashes, it's because the overclock failed. Dial it back. Also, you should be able to push the memory way higher than that. There's no need to sync core and memory clocks if that's what you're doing. I'd say to keep the core at 95 is that works and then start dialing up the memory in increments of 50. If you see any green flashes in Fire Strike, that's artifacting. Once you see one, dial the memory back by 50. Most cards are able to get +500 on memory, some even better.

ah ok. i was just doing them both at the same values because it's different from the way i overclocked my 290. with that card i could pick the exact frequency so 1085/1400 is what i had but with my 1070 it's +95. is that a percentage or something? i don't know. i will try pushing my memory clock up a bit more then.
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i seem to having some issues with my 1070 right now. in some games...rocket league/overwatch it's saying that it's a solid 60fps but it just doesn't feel smooth. i'm worried it's something wrong with my card. also my card is running at 60C and it's running at full core/memory clocks so 1582/4095 with only chrome/spotify open. yet it says it's only 0-2% usage. i dont know how to see what my gpu is doing. maybe a bug with the sensors?

 

[atomsk]

my 399 Gigabyte from newegg shipped... from the CA warehouse

I'm so used to everything shipping from NJ and getting here in a day (because I'm in NJ)

So I guess middle-to-late next week it is.

 

[Mr Swine]

Is the MSI Aero a Founders Edition card or something with better cooling? Either I buy that or go with a EVGA 1070 card

 

[MuchoMalo]

ah ok. i was just doing them both at the same values because it's different from the way i overclocked my 290. with that card i could pick the exact frequency so 1085/1400 is what i had but with my 1070 it's +95. is that a percentage or something? i don't know. i will try pushing my memory clock up a bit more then.
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i seem to having some issues with my 1070 right now. in some games...rocket league/overwatch it's saying that it's a solid 60fps but it just doesn't feel smooth. i'm worried it's something wrong with my card. also my card is running at 60C and it's running at full core/memory clocks so 1582/4095 with only chrome/spotify open. yet it says it's only 0-2% usage. i dont know how to see what my gpu is doing. maybe a bug with the sensors?

It's an offset. +95 means that you've added 95MHz to the base clock, though the boost isn't going to completely match that due to how boost works.

That does seem odd. How many monitors are you using, and what's your refresh rate?

 

[QuantumBro]

Idle temps are around 35C. I think my Gigabyte 760 was around 29 or 30 idle. Is that to be expected?

DOOM demo runs way over 100fps in 1080p, completely smooth once I turn on vsync (can't stand screen tearing). Temps maxed out at 61. Not gonna try to OC.

You should be able to downsample from 1440p and keep the framerate above 60, if you enable it in the control panel.

 

[DieH@rd]

Idle temps are around 35C. I think my Gigabyte 760 was around 29 or 30 idle. Is that to be expected?

You should check, but most probably fans are off in idle mode. Anyways, 1070 is much bigger chip than 760 so a bit higher temp is not a problem. Fans should start workin at 60C.

 

[Stabby McSter]

I got my EVGA 1070 SC yesterday, but the fans have been kind of bugging me. They sound like they're pulsating or something. Every five seconds, it'll just speed up for a second, and then drop. It's quiet, but loud enough to bug the shit out of me.

Unless I installed it wrong and stuff

 

[Lettuce]

In stock at this moment on Amazon UK, Price: £429.99

MSI Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 Graphics Card - Black (Gaming X 8G GDDR5, 2 Fan, PCI Express 3)

Not sure why anyone would buy at these inflated prices atm!?

GIGABYTE announces GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC

So whats the downside to getting a card like this against a normal sized card?

 

[billmcdougal]

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i seem to having some issues with my 1070 right now. in some games...rocket league/overwatch it's saying that it's a solid 60fps but it just doesn't feel smooth. i'm worried it's something wrong with my card. also my card is running at 60C and it's running at full core/memory clocks so 1582/4095 with only chrome/spotify open. yet it says it's only 0-2% usage. i dont know how to see what my gpu is doing. maybe a bug with the sensors?

Mine does this too. I haven't seen clocks lower than 1582 since the day I installed it.
Is it supposed to underclock to a fraction?

 

[spacemonkeynation]

Well, I have no self control. Just bought the Gigabyte GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8GB from NewEgg.

Coming from a 4GB 770 GTX this should be a pretty sweet upgrade.

 

[MuchoMalo]

So whats the downside to getting a card like this against a normal sized card?

It costs more and may not be as cool or quiet as other AIB cards.

 

[MuchoMalo]

Mine does this too. I haven't seen clocks lower than 1582 since the day I installed it.
Is it supposed to underclock to a fraction?

Yes, it should underclock to around 200-300MHz at idle. Have you messed with your Windows power plan?

Edit: Ugh. My bad.

 

[Timu]

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, GTX 1070 news: Supply issues hound release; TSMC causing delay?

"Avid gamers may have been impressed by Nvidia's new GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 graphics cards, but a recent supply issue has left many frustrated and disappointed.

According to Morning News USA, many who have been waiting to get their hands on the latest Nvidia GPUs have been voicing out their frustrations because the video cards are still unavailable online and in stores. Worse, many have taken advantage of the supply issue, putting their own recently purchased GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 video cards up for sale online at exorbitant prices.

While reports initially indicated that the dearth in supply may be due to Nvidia's inability to cope with the unusually high demand for the new products, Mobipicker has said that the issue could actually stem from the production of the Pascal-based graphic cards. According to the website, TSMC, one of the companies supplying Nvidia, is reportedly having trouble meeting the increased demand for the 16nm chips that are essential to the GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 GPUs.

Mobipicker indicated that this could be the reason Nvidia has been unable to supply retailers with the hotly anticipated new graphics cards.

Until Nvidia and TSMC work out the supply issue, gamers will continue to have difficulty getting their hands on the in-demand cards. As of writing, both the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080 are out of stock on the GeForce website.

It remains to be seen how Nvidia's production issue will be affected by the release of the new AMD RX 480, which is said to offer superb graphic performance at a budget price. The new line of AMD Polaris-based graphics cards is expected to give Nvidia a run for its money in the coming weeks.

The Nvidia GTX 1080 hit store shelves on May 27, while its less pricey counterpart, the GTX 1070, became available on June 10. Both are aimed at high-performance gaming PCs and are based on Nvidia's latest Pascal architecture, which the company touts as "the world's most advanced GPU architecture."

I hope this doesn't mean it takes longer for them to be at the intended price points.

 

[billmcdougal]

Yes, it should underclock to around 200-300MHz at idle. Have you messed with your Windows power plan?

Edit: Ugh. My bad.

I don't think so, but I did change the power settings in the Nvidia control panel from "Best Power" to "Maximize Performance" cause I read to do so in a guide for optimizing ARK.

It seems obvious now that that would do it

 

[gamma]

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, GTX 1070 news: Supply issues hound release; TSMC causing delay?

"Avid gamers may have been impressed by Nvidia's new GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 graphics cards, but a recent supply issue has left many frustrated and disappointed.

According to Morning News USA, many who have been waiting to get their hands on the latest Nvidia GPUs have been voicing out their frustrations because the video cards are still unavailable online and in stores. Worse, many have taken advantage of the supply issue, putting their own recently purchased GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 video cards up for sale online at exorbitant prices.

While reports initially indicated that the dearth in supply may be due to Nvidia's inability to cope with the unusually high demand for the new products, Mobipicker has said that the issue could actually stem from the production of the Pascal-based graphic cards. According to the website, TSMC, one of the companies supplying Nvidia, is reportedly having trouble meeting the increased demand for the 16nm chips that are essential to the GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 GPUs.

Mobipicker indicated that this could be the reason Nvidia has been unable to supply retailers with the hotly anticipated new graphics cards.

Until Nvidia and TSMC work out the supply issue, gamers will continue to have difficulty getting their hands on the in-demand cards. As of writing, both the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080 are out of stock on the GeForce website.

It remains to be seen how Nvidia's production issue will be affected by the release of the new AMD RX 480, which is said to offer superb graphic performance at a budget price. The new line of AMD Polaris-based graphics cards is expected to give Nvidia a run for its money in the coming weeks.

The Nvidia GTX 1080 hit store shelves on May 27, while its less pricey counterpart, the GTX 1070, became available on June 10. Both are aimed at high-performance gaming PCs and are based on Nvidia's latest Pascal architecture, which the company touts as "the world's most advanced GPU architecture."

I hope this doesn't mean it takes longer for them to be at the intended price points.

Christian Times?

wtf