Differences between different NVIDIA GTX 1070's

[Henry G Wright]

Hello,

I want to upgrade my graphics card from a GeForce GTX 660 TI to a GTX 1070. I can't see any difference in the specs but I wanted to know if there was any performance difference in video editing (and also some gaming) between the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO, the EVGA founder's edition, the Zotac, Zotac founder's edition, ASUS, Galax, etc.

Thanks.

[PenPoint]

Basically, since every single chipset of GTX 1070 is identical, there is no large gap of performance.

FOCed(Factory OverClocked) VGAs are just a little bit better than non-FOCed ones,

and you can still overclock non-FOCed ones through various custom overclock tools such as MSI Afterburner or EVGA PrecisionX and so on.

When it comes to your list... I suggest ASUS or MSI.

[Gonio]

First: Buy cards with aftermarket coolers, no founder editions. The specific blowerstyle could help in certain small and extremly full cases, but overall: forget these exist. For the others each brand has different aproaches and namings.

 

All I could say that it depends on your budget and preferences for cooling and sound. But for performance the general rule of thumb is how well the card cools, since the out of factory clock is passed by far with all if the cooling is correct trough the very good boost of Nvidia. So also don't pin yourself on out of box speeds. Best is to read reviews about the specific card you eyeball and see how they compare on average to others in cooling. I personally also don't like superloud cards.

 

Currently EVGA, MSI and Asus seem to have several good picks.