1070ti Rumored to be a LOCKED gpu

[Space Reptile]

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NVIDIA GTX 1070 Ti – Can’t be Overclocked

An industry insider told eTeknix that the GTX 1070 Ti can’t be overclocked. In addition, we’ve been informed that NVIDIA will not release any reference cards and all AIB partner cards will be locked to the same speeds. However, price and aesthetics are expected to differ across partner cards.

yea you read that right , according to an article at eteknix the 1070ti and all its models will be LOCKED and cannot be overclocked 

 

 

sauce

https://www.eteknix.com/gtx-1070-ti-cant-overclocked/

!!! UPDATE !!! 

thanks to @Delicieuxz we know more 

https://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/10/13/nvidia_gtx_1070_ti_overclocking_specification

basically stating that its most likely just people mixing things up as usual 

 

 

 

 

[The Benjamins]

If so RIP. at least that's how they will stop it from eating into 1080 sales.

I don't want to see Nvidia follow Intel with the locked and unlocked SKUs

[Drak3]

So then what's the point?

[BubblyCharizard]

I doubt that Nvidia will lock it, since that's how the AIB partners differentiate their variants.......it might be a max clock speed lock allowing a smaller range, but I doubt that Nvidia would be that short sighted

[Princess Luna]

I called it way back that give it enough time and nVidia would start locking overclocking as well and if you want it a premium must be paid just like Intel

 

the GTX 1070ti is still the dumbest card on the whole Pascal line up, even dumber than the TITAN XP / TITAN Xp and GTX 1060 3GB

[WMGroomAK]

This will definitely make the pricing of these cards key to any sales if it is true...  Would be interesting to see if there is a technical reason for them locking it (if it is locked) or if it was decided just to prevent these cards from eating too much into 1080 sales.

[Taf the Ghost]

Won't most of the after-market 1070s be faster? Unless this is mostly targeted at Laptop and System Integraters? 

[Brainless906]

Well just have to wait for the K variant so we can overclock.

 

If true this screams "were going to make up some bs technical reason for this but really we just want people to keep buying the 1080"

 

But if that was the case then 1070s that overclock well would start beating the Ti...

 

this would just be silly.

[PCGuy_5960]

Well, this is stupid. It's definitely going to be bandwidth starved and if they limit the clock speeds I don't think that this card is going to be more than 5% faster than a 1070. IMO, they should have lowered the price of the 1080. The 1070 Ti makes no sense

[rip]

6 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

I called it way back that give it enough time and nVidia would start locking overclocking as well and if you want it a premium must be paid just like Intel

 

the GTX 1070ti is still the dumbest card on the whole Pascal line up, even dumber than the TITAN XP / TITAN Xp and GTX 1060 3GB

Considering the diff in price between 1070 and 1080 is sometimes 100$ only, this is truly dumb and that in some tests you can OC 1070 to stock 1080

[Master Disaster]

It won't be long until custom bioses emerge to unlock them, if it's true that is.

[rip]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

It won't be long until custom bioses emerge to unlock them, if it's true that is.

but you could void warranty no?

[dizmo]

Kind of surprising, but not entirely. I mean, the 1070Ti was already a stupid card, but if it could be OC'd to almost match a 1080 OC'd, why would anyone buy the more expensive card? There has to be a catch somewhere. It'll be an interesting launch and review period to follow, that's for sure.

4 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

It won't be long until custom bioses emerge to unlock them, if it's true that is.

Are there enthusiast created BIOS's? I thought only the AIB's can make those. They're not going to if it upsets Nvidia.

[chilicheeseburger]

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An industry insider told eTeknix that the GTX 1070 Ti can’t be overclocked. In addition, we’ve been informed that NVIDIA will not release any reference cards and all AIB partner cards will be locked to the same speeds. However, price and aesthetics are expected to differ across partner cards.

Sources say...

[NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle]

20 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

So then what's the point?

Probably to force people to buy the next card if they want more power. Maybe if you oc this one you can get pretty close to whatever the next card is, I actually don't know if it's the regular 1080 or 1080ti cause I've read somewhere that the 1070ti is in between the 1080 and 1080ti version.

[GoodBytes]

I have a feeling this is the mobile version of the chip which carries the same name. Usually the press miss understand information received as they are not super tech experts. But anyway, we will wait and see. But suspect sales to be very low.

 

OR, another possibility, it is for OEMs (Dell, HP, etc.), which is most likely the case than a retail release for consumers.

I mean I don't see why ASUS, MSI, eVGA, and so on make the 1070Ti... they might produce a handful ones to try... but I think they'll see that it won't sale well. They don't have to manufacture everything Nvidia releases.

[Majestic]

So it will be either an OEM-only GPU, or it won't sell for shit.

 

EDIT: damn, @GoodBytes beat me to it

[tp95112]

With gpu boost, I didnt find it necessary to overclock. But that was just me being lazy

[Brainless906]

Just now, GoodBytes said:

I have a feeling this is the mobile version of the chip which carries the same name. Usually the press miss understood information received as they are not super tech experts.

Ye old occam's razor coming into play does make the most sense as a locked desktop card makes no sense.

[SierraKomodo]

3 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

I have a feeling this is the mobile version of the chip which carries the same name. Usually the press miss understand information received as they are not super tech experts. But anyway, we will wait and see. But suspect sales to be very low.

 

OR, another possibility, it is for OEMs (Dell, HP, etc.)

This does seem to be the most likely scenario. I legitimately can't see Nvidia locking a desktop 1070ti chip like that.

[Misanthrope]

24 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

So then what's the point?

I'm assuming locked manual overclocks but with GPUBoost the cards overclock themselves to whatever the cooling and fan curve can handle anyway. Overclocking just pushes them harder than usual but it's no a dramatic difference between tweaking temps and fan speeds only.

[Majestic]

7 minutes ago, tp95112 said:

With gpu boost, I didnt find it necessary to overclock. But that was just me being lazy

Same. It's maybe 80-100 mhz tops. Not worth it.

[Humbug]

33 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

So then what's the point?

While Vega64 is a flop, Vega56 is generally faster than the GTX 1070 and power consumption is ok. So once prices go back to normal it would have been a threat.

Therefore this is a good move by Nvidia. Better make a pre-emptive move now rather than watching as Vega56 gets more partner board options and even faster drivers in the next few months.

[DexterSmythe]

1 hour ago, Drak3 said:

So then what's the point?

Maybe lower TDP then 1080 which would be good for miners and other home GPU based server usage. 

[Drak3]

Just now, CapedCrusader21 said:

Maybe lower TDP then 1080 which would be good for miners and other home GPU based server usage. 

Good miners undervolt, making the 1070Ti irrelevant. Home servers also don't necessarily benefit from this over something like a 580, if at all.