Best overkill 1070??

[The Cool n00B]

So, my graphics card died this past Sunday. I just found out today that my water cooler leaked gross oily blue fluid all over my graphics card. Fuck me.

 

Anyway, I need a new 1070, I previously had a Gigabyte 1070 Xtreme Gaming, which always ran at 2030 MHz boost while staying really cool and totally inaudible. I'd just buy a new one but that's $460 I don't have to spend in a situation like this. I need something less than $460 (preferably under $420) that is close to 1.8 GHz boost and has neutral-ish colors (not the red MSI Gaming 8G).

 

EDIT: If it wasn't obvious, it needs to be another 1070.

[Guest]

Wow hold on. Your previous 1070 died and you already have money for a new card?

I mean why didn't you get a 1080 at the first place?

 

Anyway Asus ROG Strix?

[pwn_intended]

The Gigabyte G1 Gaming is pretty sweet. I have one and so does my friend. His runs at 2060 MHz without touching ANYTHING. It sits stably at 2160 when I give it a little more juice. Mine is happy at 1975 Mhz without touching anything, and easily hits 2050 when I max out voltage, power target and add like +80 Hz on the core.

Not sure what its retailing for now though.

[Elerek]

here ya go  http://www.anandtech.com/show/10926/galax-shows-off-single-slot-geforce-gtx-1070-graphics-card

 

jk, I have an EVGA SC 1070. It's stable at over 2ghz, haven't tried pushing it over that so I don't know where it caps out. Bought it for $380

 

edit: Mine's in a extreme worst case scenario as far as cooling goes, the way my setup is it faces the motherboard with stuff on 3 sides, so it only really gets airflow from behind and a little on the top, but it stays under 80 C like a champ with a slight bump on the fan curve. Even then I can't hear it over the 80mm noctua's on my radiators.

 

edi#2: added pic

[The Cool n00B]

4 minutes ago, Elerek said:

here ya go  http://www.anandtech.com/show/10926/galax-shows-off-single-slot-geforce-gtx-1070-graphics-card

 

jk, I have an EVGA SC 1070. It's stable at over 2ghz, haven't tried pushing it over that so I don't know where it caps out. Bought it for $400

Might do that one since EVGA is pretty reputable. Thanks!

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16 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Wow hold on. Your previous 1070 died and you already have money for a new card?

I mean why didn't you get a 1080 at the first place?

Just because someone has money doesn't mean he/she has to spend it on PC parts. 

 

Also a 1080 can be a plain dumb choice depending on the rest of the hardware.  The OP's CPU may be the bottleneck in some games.  Or perhaps he/she still uses a 1080p screen, where a 1070 is more than enough to hit the Vsync even if you have all the graphics settings maxed out.