Best GTX1070?

[SurajBlue]

I want to know what the best gtx1070 is 

[RS2007GOD]

Fine one with a lot of power phases and that will likely be the best overclocker

[SurajBlue]

1 minute ago, RS2007GOD said:

Fine one with a lot of power phases and that will likely be the best overclocker

is the strix good?

[App4that]

All 1070s will overclock depending on your luck, not power phases. it's all about operating temps. 

[RS2007GOD]

Just now, App4that said:

All 1070s will overclock depending on your luck, not power phases. it's all about operating temps. 

In general the cards with the xtra powerphases also have the better binned chips/cooling solution but cost more. 

[Cyracus]

Haven't seen one that doesn't regularly hit 2000+ MHz with adequate cooling. Find one where they use samsung memory chips for memory overclocking if you care about every last bit of performance potential, or get one that looks good with your build like I did since the difference is minimal

[RS2007GOD]

Just now, Cyracus said:

Haven't seen one that doesn't regularly hit 2000+ MHz with adequate cooling. Find one where they use samsung memory chips for memory overclocking if you care about every last bit of performance potential, or get one that looks good with your build like I did since the difference is minimal

I agree just get one that looks good. Unless your looking for serious overclocks and benchmarking you'll barly notice a difference in games.

[DocSwag]

4 minutes ago, App4that said:

All 1070s will overclock depending on your luck, not power phases. it's all about operating temps. 

Well it is kinda, though after a certain amount of phases it doesn't matter much anymore  

[App4that]

3 minutes ago, RS2007GOD said:

In general the cards with the xtra powerphases also have the better binned chips/cooling solution but cost more. 

Nah, clever marketing but nah. My reference 980ti has a ASIC rating of 78.3. 

 

The extra power phases are there for those who use cooling like LN2. Totally silly. Not saying kick one out of bed, just offering the reality. 

[waterjug]

the cheapest one. done.

[Shiv78]

STRIX or any EVGA iCX (SC2, SSC2, FTW2, or just plain iCX)

[Damikiller37]

9 minutes ago, SurajBlue said:

is the strix good?

Very nice card! I have a 1070 Strix and it looks fantastic, isn't particularly loud and the OC mode gets it to around 2030Mhz+ for me without breaking a sweat while keeping things nice and cool.

[Princess Luna]

The best 1070 is a 980ti

 

Seriously though I think Strix a good pick, evga superclocked too for its price.

[Brooksie359]

I would say there alot of good cards. The Asus strix is one of the best so if you were planning on going with that you should be fine. The main thing to look at is temperature and noise. Having better cooling allows the GPU Boost 3.0 to do more work and have the card overclock itself basically. As far as power phases go they can help with stability at some extreme overclocks but unless you are trying to squeeze out every last drop of performance they really don't do a whole lot.

[scottyseng]

I have both a MSI Gaming X and a EVGA SC ACX 2.0.

 

So far I like the MSI Gaming X for it's lower temps.

 

I'd say go for the Strix though, it looks awesome / the cooler is scary huge.

 

But yeah, both are beaten by my overclocked 980 Ti...

 

However, the 1070s run really cool. Both of these in my server rendering run at 66C...compared to 76C with a single 980 Ti.

[RS2007GOD]

22 minutes ago, App4that said:

Nah, clever marketing but nah. My reference 980ti has a ASIC rating of 78.3. 

 

The extra power phases are there for those who use cooling like LN2. Totally silly. Not saying kick one out of bed, just offering the reality. 

So your saying a card with a better binned chip, better cooling solution and better power delivery such as a hof card is not a "better" card than somthing more mainstream? Better value yes but not a better card. The OP says best not best value.

[App4that]

7 minutes ago, RS2007GOD said:

So your saying a card with a better binned chip, better cooling solution and better power delivery such as a hof card is not a "better" card than somthing more mainstream? Better value yes but not a better card. The OP says best not best value.

The HOF isn't binned, well they walk up and randomly grab so I guess it's some form of binning. The cooling solution is what you look at, that's a selling point. But most open coolers perform the same, other than the slot bending comically large. 

 

But the "better" power delivery borders on a joke. You can have a system with half the phases of another out perform it because the components are higher quality. thats why all 1070 and 1080 overclock the same. Most reviewers have seen the highest clocks with FE cards, which fueled a conspiricy theory that Nvidia was binning. But I digress. 

 

It doesn't matter. Only the cooler matters. 

[RS2007GOD]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

The HOF isn't binned, well they walk up and randomly grab so I guess it some form of binning. The cooling solution is what you look at, that's a selling point. But most open coolers perform the same, other than the slot beinging comically large. 

 

But the "better" power delivery borders on a joke. You can have a system with half the phases of another out perform it because the components are higher quality. thats why all 1070 and 1080 overclock the same. Most reviewers have seen the highest clocks woth FE cards, which fueled a conspiricy theory that Nvidia was binning. But I digress. 

 

It doesn't matter. Only the cooler matters. 

Well if I was looking to buy the best card I wouldn't buy a card with half the power phases as another card unless it had an actual benefit. Which it doesn't apart from putting more stress on the fewer phases. And if hof cards arnt binned then why the hell are they so highly regarded in the overclocking world? Maybe becouse of power delivery hmm

[Techicolors]

I have the EVGA 1070 SC since September last year, so yes it is actually one of the boards that could have caught fire or blown up. but it's 100% safe at my end. and since then i added an AIO cooler. still i would opt for the SC2 nowadays

 

and about overclocking: I heard the SC is mostly reference design but it overclocks pretty well. but seems to me gpu boost 3.0 is messing with it most of the time. the AIO helped a little but not much. at least i got lower temps, so it sustains the overclocks longer 

[App4that]

1 minute ago, RS2007GOD said:

Well if I was looking to buy the best card I wouldn't buy a card with half the power phases as another card unless it had an actual benefit. Which it doesn't apart from putting more stress on the fewer phases. And if hof cards arnt binned then why the hell are they so highly regarded in the overclocking world? Maybe becouse of power delivery hmm

Because Maxwell. Maxwell was power hungry, if you could keep it cool the more power you ran through it the better. But all the fame for the HOF comes from LN2 and other such overclocking. Not using the open air cooler that comes with it.