Differences between EVGA's 1070s.

[Watashi]

First I would like to know the difference between EVGA's 1070, and EVGA's 1070 FTW. Also there are two different FTW editions, one of them is the "GTX 1070 FTW ACX3.0" and the other is the "GTX 1070 FTW DT ACX 3.0". What is the "DT"?

[Mira Yurizaki]

The DT version is not factory overclocked IIRC.

[Watashi]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

The DT version is not factory overclocked IIRC.

Ahhh thank you. I overlooked that. It also seems like the only difference between the regular card, and the "FTW" version,  is that the FTW has RGB lighting

[Aytex]

17 minutes ago, Doomerson said:

Ahhh thank you. I overlooked that. It also seems like the only difference between the regular card, and the "FTW" version,  is that the FTW has RGB lighting

Yes 1070 FTW has RGB lighting 

[Watashi]

Just now, Aytex said:

Yes 1070 FTW has RGB lighting 

And I'm assuming that it can be turned off yes?

[Aytex]

2 minutes ago, Doomerson said:

And I'm assuming that it can be turned off yes?

of course 

[Delicieuxz]

The factory overclocks don't matter, and are just marketing. All of the EVGA GPUs will GPU-boost beyond any of the stated factory overclock settings, and they need to, because none of the EVGA (and most other companies') 10XX series GPUs are binned based on their performance - which means that any chip taken from the single pile that's used for all EVGA GPUs of a particular make has to be able to run at the highest speed EVGA advertise any of their GPUs as being.

 

2 minutes ago, Doomerson said:

And I'm assuming that it can be turned off yes?

If you plan to turn off RGB, then there isn't a lot of purpose is getting a FTW, unless you want the dual BIOS.

[Watashi]

17 minutes ago, Delicieuxz said:

The factory overclocks don't matter, and are just marketing. All of the EVGA GPUs will GPU-boost beyond any of the stated factory overclock settings, and they need to, because none of the EVGA (and most other companies') 10XX series GPUs are binned based on their performance - which means that any chip taken from the single pile that's used for all EVGA GPUs of a particular make has to be able to run at the highest speed EVGA advertise any of their GPUs as being.

 

If you plan to turn off RGB, then there isn't a lot of purpose is getting a FTW, unless you want the dual BIOS.

What is the point of a "dual bios"? Why would your GPU need more then a single BIOS?

[SomethingOrOtherThing]

A note I haven't seen mentioned - from what I've heard - DT - is the one that apparently failed to get overclocked well.

[Watashi]

2 hours ago, FIXXX said:

A note I haven't seen mentioned - from what I've heard - DT - is the one that apparently failed to get overclocked well.

Interesting, if you find any videos or articles on that, I would appreciate seeing them. Thanks

[SomethingOrOtherThing]

29 minutes ago, Doomerson said:

Interesting, if you find any videos or articles on that, I would appreciate seeing them. Thanks

> All SC and FTW cards are strenuously tested in order to ensure they can meet the advertised frequency. Not all cards can, but in a lot of cases, they can still overclock fine or even great, because we also test base frequency under certain intense situations, even though under boost clock scenarios it may overclock really high or perhaps even to the same level as standard FTW. In other scenarios they may have been on the absolute edge of meeting it. >

http://forums.evga.com/1080-FTW-DT-m2506026.aspx#

 

There's some more info in that topic - nice stuff to read in order to comprehend what is what, and why.

[Watashi]

16 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

> All SC and FTW cards are strenuously tested in order to ensure they can meet the advertised frequency. Not all cards can, but in a lot of cases, they can still overclock fine or even great, because we also test base frequency under certain intense situations, even though under boost clock scenarios it may overclock really high or perhaps even to the same level as standard FTW. In other scenarios they may have been on the absolute edge of meeting it. >

http://forums.evga.com/1080-FTW-DT-m2506026.aspx#

 

There's some more info in that topic - nice stuff to read in order to comprehend what is what, and why.

Based on that, it seems that people are just assuming that the DT versions of the cards aren't good overclockers, I would need too see evidence before believing if that was true or not. But it would make sense