GeForce GTX 1070 FTW2 Gaming, 8GB GDDR5, iCX Technology - 9 Thermal Sensors & RGB LED G/P/M, Asynch Fan, Optimized Airflow Design Graphics Card 08G-P4-6676-KR

This card is crazy good. An excellent price point with excellent performance. This card handles all current titles with reasonable frame rates 30+. While it may not provide the crushing performance of the 1080, it gets the job done without totally blowing the budget, maybe just a little stretch. If you have the money, the 1080 is a much better card and will run games faster, farther into the future than the 1080. Also if you already own a 980 TI, R9 295X2, R9 Fury X, or better, the 1070 will not be an upgrade and you should consider the 1080. http://amzn.to/2upKr7U I purchased the FTW with 1797 clock, the 08G-P4-6276-KR version. EVGA makes several versions of this card and it can be difficult to determine what the difference between them is. I will try to do so here. Glossary Blower Cooling - Cooling that uses a blower style cooler and heatsink. Economical design. ACX3.0 Cooling - Advanced cooling system using variable speed fans and heatsinks. Good design. iCX Cooling - Evolution of ACX3.0 including additional thermal sensors and technology. Best fan and heatsink design Hybrid Cooling - Closed loop water cooling that requires mounting a radiator on the back of the case. Very effective cooling Backplate - A metal sheet that is placed over the back of the card further protecting the electronics, and improving heat handling capabilities. RGB LED - An LED that can change color programmatically to any color. Easily match the color of other items inside your case to maximize flexibility in design. 10 Phase Power - An enhanced power supply design that will deliver more consistent power to the graphics processor to insure reliable operation. More phases means cleaner power, and greater power capacity. The other design is a 4 phase design. 8 pin connector - Add in graphics cards need additional power provided to them. This is typically done with an 8 pin connector from the power supply. Some older cards used 6 pin connectors, so some power supplies provide 6+2 connectors, while others provide 8 pin connectors. You need to make sure that you have the proper number of 8 pin connectors (or 6+2) or you will not be able to power your graphics card and it will not work. A 6 pin connector will not work, it does not supply enough power, or fit for that matter. If you do not have either 8 pin or 6+2 pin connectors available, you will need to upgrade your power supply. This is common in older computers, as well as name brand computers from Dell and HP. The power supplies were not designed for high power add in cards. 08G-P4-5170 1683 MHz boost with blower cooling, requires only a single 8pin connector and draws 150W, no backplate (Blower) http://amzn.to/2v2fkms 08G-P4-5171 1683 MHz boost but adds ACX3.0 advanced cooling requires one 8-pin and draws 150W, no backplate (uncommon model) http://amzn.to/2hsIA14 08G-P4-6170 1683 MHz boost with blower cooling one 8pin 150W White LED, adds backplate (Founders Edition) http://amzn.to/2v3WauV 08G-P4-6171 1683 MHz boost ACX3.0 cooling one 8pin 150W adds White LED (REF) http://amzn.to/2vnJPV9 08G-P4-6571 1683 MHz boost iCX cooling and thermal modules single 8pin 150W White LED (Not on Amazon) 08G-P4-5173 1784 MHz boost (super clocked) ACX3 cooling, one 8pin, 170W power White LED, no backplate (SC Black) http://amzn.to/2v2iDKF 08G-P4-6173 1784 MHz boost (super clocked) ACX3 cooling, one 8pin, 170W power White LED (SC) http://amzn.to/2v2t3tm 08G-P4-6178 1784 MHz boost Hybrid cooling, one 8pin, 170W power White LED (HYBRID) http://amzn.to/2vnDrNt 08G-P4-6573 1784 MHz boost (super clocked) iCX cooling, one 8pin, 170W power White LED (SC2) http://amzn.to/2v2oOhN 08G-P4-6274 1683 MHz boost ACX3 cooling, two 8pin, 215W power RGB LED, Enhanced 10 Phase Power Supply for overclocking (FTW 1683) http://amzn.to/2v2G0DF 08G-P4-6276 1797 MHz boost super clocked ACX3 cooling, two 8pin, 215W power RGB LED, 10 Phase Power for OC (FTW 1797) (The card I purchased) http://amzn.to/2v2pDHp 08G-P4-6278 1797 MHz boost super clocked Hybrid cooling, two 8pin, 215W power RGB LED, 10 Phase Power for OC (FTW HYBRID 1797) http://amzn.to/2v45O0t 08G-P4-6674 1683 MHz boost iCX cooling, two 8pin, 215W power RGB LED, 10 Phase Power for OC (Not on Amazon) 08G-P4-6676 1797 MHz boost super clocked iCX cooling, two 8pin, 215W power RGB LED, 10 Phase Power for OC (FTW2 1797) http://amzn.to/2upMLMp I chose the model I did, because it had ACX cooling, and the 1797 clock with the 10 phase power and RGB LED. The more expensive cards offered very little benefit. If the 1070 is just too much of as stretch for the budget consider the 1060 at 6GB (not enough savings to go to 3GB). Be aware that the 1060 is comparable to the 970, 708 or Titan. It is also comparable to the Radeon RX580/570/480/470, R9 390/290 or Intel HD7990. If you own one of those it will not be an upgrade. http://amzn.to/2vyqP6K If the budget is really tight you should look at the 1050. Be aware that the 1050 is on par with the 950, 760 or 660 Ti. It is also comparable to the Rx460, R7-370, R9-270 or Intel Hd 7870. This card will not be an upgrade if you have one of those or better. http://amzn.to/2v4S4CO

New edit: I never had any heat issues with the card. However, EVGA releasing so many versions and a trade in program to their icx version makes it pretty obvious that there is a serious problem that effects the majority. I would not recommend another EVGA card for that reason. Their customer service is awesome, but clearly their quality control is all kinds of tarded. Anyone who would buy these cards must like the odds of playing lottery. I ended up selling the build and built a itx Fracta Design Define S with an ASUS 1060. I rarely game, so its more on my level, and just an all around nicer card. This sucks, i used to love EVGA. Their new line of PSUs states that there are no interchangeable parts, and they use an odd sized fan. This is just evidence they are trying to make things non replaceable and want to give you the heartache of dealing with them and returning or paying more money for warranties. No thanks. Ill stick to a different brand from now on. Plus, i never really liked the look of the card :( The new 1080ti looks even fuglier. Its a gpu EVGA, not a space shuttle. Cool your turbo jets and keep it simple. EDIT: I swapped my SC for a 1070 FTW. MUCH BETTER! stable at 2100 flat! Don't even need slave bios to notice better settings. pics will follow soon. This is my first build and I am able to play on highest/ultra with 60fps. Temps are amazing. OC to just barely over 2GHz and it's perfect. I play at 2560x1080 currently. If you are on 1080p, No doubt this card will annihilate your games. If you are on 1440p, maybe wait for the 1080ti because even the 1080 struggles with that and for 'future proofing' - if there is such a thing (there isnt!) you would be wise to wait a while longer. As for 4k, probably not going to enjoy this card at all. Temps are great. Under load in "The Division" and "GTA V" I get 60fps with some fine tuning the temps never get above 65. Idle temps are great too around 27-35 depending on room temperature. I use MSI Afterburner (after using buggy Precision X and only getting problems) for the fans (since the default fan temps are outrageous and do not even kick on until 50 degrees) and to lock the clock speed in during gaming. Also, make sure you go into Nvidia control panel and change the optimal power mode, to maximum performance. It dies throttle a bit from 2.03-2.06. It has been stable like that for extended periods. Some people are benchmarking just for the scores and have to constantly adjust for each one. This is a stable clock for everything. You can use the NCP optimal power under global settings, and choose specific programs to alter settings on. That is the best bet to ensure when you are not gaming, you are not idling the gpu at full clock or using unnecessary amounts of power. I did a lot of tweaking and have finally found the prefect set up for my use. Gaming, HTPC, Browsing, School, etc etc.... Pretty much everything I will ever need from a GPU. This is my command center and it runs well. I wanted to leave a positive review for what this card is, but I would still advise you to wait longer and just get a 1080 or better. These card manufacturer's are holding back and playing the marketing game to squeeze every penny (not private sellers, the actual manufacturer's) and I believe this card has a lot more potential than they are giving it, especially for the price. If you can, save a little more and spring for the 1080 once prices drop or if you already have a 9 series or even something older, just wait for the ti versions or whatever comes next to last you just as long as your old card did. If you have your heart set on a 1070 regardless, wait for the FTW versions. They should overclock a bit nicer, hopefully to at least 2.1GHz. UPDATEL it appears the FTW cards do not overclock any better according to EVGA's forums. Since the new driver came out I downloaded it and have not noticed any fluctuation of clock speed during play since. It starts out a bit high then drops to a solid 2063-2068. Even with the slave bios most FTW's I have seen still only get about 2088 stable. It's still pretty good considering the stock clock, but there is more potential than they are giving us, especially in the $400 range. At this rate, the prices will only continue to go up.

-My setup I will start the review with a little about my system. I have a fractal node 304 with 16gb ram, Haswell i5k proc, Asus mini itx mobo with a 600 watt psu. My version of a steam box got a tower cooler in my case loaded with noctua fans. My old GPU is a evga gtx 760. For my system the enemy is size and heat so that is a big factor for GPU selection vs some other buyers out there. My gtx 760 was a great card a few years back but really gets bogged down playing today's games on ultra settings. I picked up the evga gtx 1070 because I needed high performance out of a single card with a small footprint and low watt requirement. The 1070 fits the bill perfectly literally lower watt requirement than my old card and only about inch longer with the same height as my 760. I have my pc in a living room environment with a 1080p OLED tv and this card really runs everything on ultra at 60+ fps. I play every game with the steam controller as it has made me retire my xbox controller for everything but emulation. -Performance I am not going to leave benchmarks as there are hundreds of those out there. I am going to give some comparisons to my gtx 760 so others may gauge if the upgrade is worth for you. I will start off by saying if you want to play today's games at max maybe look for a discounted gtx 970. I have friends and they run everything on ultra at 1080p with a 970. The 760 was lucky to run Fallout 4 a little above 30-40 fps just walking around town on highish settings with huge drops in combat. The 1070 runs ultra 1080p 60 fps and the only stutters in frame rate are Bethesda's wacky engine being weird. Metro last light solid and beautiful on the 1070. Metro on the 760 ultra felt like 25 fps that would drop to 1 with physx on high settings. Doom I only played on the 1070 and wow looks like you are playing a CG movie, really just jaw dropping. Battlefield 4 runs pretty well on high settings on the 760, but the 1070 of course destroys all current games. Everyone gets the idea. -Conclusion Really the conclusion here is that the 1070 with 8gb of vram is hopefully another 3-4 year card for me running 1080p. I was kind of torn between this card a discounted 980ti from benchmarks. I have no real desire to dive into VR or 4k at the moment but in my eyes this card is a good value. I have had AMD in the past and was waiting the see the RX 480 but it seems 2 of those beats a 1070, a deal breaker for my mini itx system. I still think crossfire and sli are kind of wonky and power hungry. If you have a smaller system I think you will do better with a Pascal chip. If you have the patience to wait another few months I bet next spring these will be more on par with the 970 price. At the end of the day I like to upgrade every few years and I think this card is solid choice for a few years of ultra 1080p gaming.

I have been doing research on purchasing a new video card since the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 launched last Spring. I was quite frustrated with the lack of AMD Crossfire support for the R9 390X in Crimson software, and as of this writing, Team Red has nothing to offer at the "high end", although I know Vega is due out shortly. Since I recently purchased a new 32" 2560 X 1440 VA Panel Monitor (for all purpose, including some FPS Gaming), I needed some new Graphics Horsepower. The GTX 1070 offerings are many, but I chose this particular Card due to the high quality of construction, EVGA Customer Service and Support, and I received a significant and stable overclock out of the box. The Marketing was not just hype, but the performance is truly there. With no adjustments, Nvidia Boost 3.0 has my Card running at 2012 Mhz in Game. I did apply a custom fan curve through MSI Afterburner, and my fans start up at 45 C. I never saw the temperature go above 65 degree C., and the fans are quiet. I am not getting any coil whine, and everything just works. My results at 2560 X 1440 in CRYSIS 3 and Metro Last Light are on Par with what the major reviews have already benchmarked for this Particular GTX 1070 FTW Card. I also like the 10 phase power, and the larger fans over the SC version. I have not Overclocked any further than the out of box settings thus far, but since I already have a significant overclock, I am not strongly compelled to test this further to obtain very small FPS gains. I would rather just move up to a GTX 1080 for that. I can't comment on the EVGA Precision XOC Program, as I am not using it. I will stick with MSI Afterburner for now. While I think the idea of RGB lighting is pretty cool on the Card, I am personally satisfied with the pale blue color of the default LED color, and I am more satisfied that I do not have to run Precision XOC software just to fiddle with the RGB lighting. I am also staying away from the Nvidia Experience Software. I just do not need it. I would like to add that I purchased this card, well aware that there have been some expressed concerns about the VRM cooling. As VRMs do run hot, (VGA Card, Motherboard), I do believe that cooling is important. I did go ahead and order the free thermal pad kit available from EVGA, and I will go ahead and install them. EVGA is also offering a BIOS update to address and remediate these concerns. I am pretty comfortable tearing down my PC equipment, and I build my own custom computers. I really like EVGA's approach to this concern, and it is one more reason why I am buying this particular video card from EVGA. So, for me, it is EVGA FOR THE WIN.

Good card, the backplate is a cosmetic accessory and you won't miss it. Have to knock a star off because of EVGA's thermal pad fiasco and their default presets. If you get this card, plug it in, and make no modifications to it, it will run extremely hot. EVGA claims this card is very quiet and efficient, which they accomplish by setting the card's fans to not kick in until the card hits 60C. This is crazy. I don't like my CPU to hit 60C let alone my GPU, which I expect to only hit those temperatures when outputting some serious video edits or playing graphically intensive video games. This is all very solvable. You simply have to go into the XOC application and change your card's fan curve. I set it up so that the fans kick in automatically at 40C, which I consider pretty warm, but not too hot to melt (which it will do around 90C if you don't have the thermal mod installed). I personally like going into my hardware's settings and tweaking them for maximum performance, but it seems crazy to me that in order for your card to run at a decent, cool temperature, this is a requirement. Grievances aside, this card does everything I want it to. Games run great at 1440p, Adobe Premiere's GPU acceleration is amazing and instantaneous, it has inputs for DVI-D, HDMI, and Displayport displays (and multiple Displayports in case you wanna use some >60hz refresh rate monitors. One of the cheapest 1070s on the market and you won't be disappointed, provided you're willing to spend some time in its BIOS.

BACKGROUND: PC gamer for 14 going on 15 years, building PC's for just as long, and gamer in general for my whole life (since gameboy was black and white). -I am very "pro EVGA/pro NVIDIA". My first graphics card was an EVGA 8800GT that lasted me 10 years before I upgraded to an EVGA GTX 470 which lasted me 6-7 years before I upgraded to an EVGA GTX 970, and now because my brothers graphics card fried, I just recently upgraded to an EVGA GTX 1070. Not once have I had a graphics card break or not work on me, not once have my drivers ever caused me problems, and not once have I ever been dissatisfied with EVGA or Nvidia. -So to start this review off Ill be talking about 1080p quality (because this will be short). This card will DOMINATE ANYTHING AT 1080p, nuff said. No ifs, not buts, no coconuts. If you cant run something at 1080p with this card something is 100% wrong with another aspect of your pc or your card is DOA. -Now that is over with, Ill talk to (what I hope), is the main target audience of this card, the 1440p people and the glorious 4k crowd. But first my specs Intel Extreme edition 4.0ghz quad core processor, EVGA GTX 1070 (non-overclocked for now because no need, more later), 16 gigs of DDR4 ram clocked at around 2-2.4k, Standard 500GB HD (if only you were an SSD :'(...) 500W power supply MOBO that came with my processor (won MOBO/Processor at PDXLAN, 1k retail price overall ^_^). -With that out of the way, Ill talk to the 1440p crowd. For you my friends, this card would be future-proof. It eats up games at 1440p with upwards of 120fps, games like The Witcher 3, DOOM, Dark Souls 3, Overwatch, ect.... 1440p bows to this card's might, it should last you years before you have to upgrade again, let me remind you this is WITHOUT overclocking, if I decided to shift this card into gear I would get another 20+ FPS out of games at 1440p. So if you are currently gaming on 1440p this is where the buck stops, no need for a 1080, it just isnt worth it. Buy this card and enjoy the next 3-4 years of solid gaming. (I have yet to hear the fans on mine even power up because temps are so low and that is @ 4k). -Now before I talk to the 4k rez group, Im going to get a few things out of the way so you dont blame your graphics card for any errors on your part. If you answer "no" to any of the following questions you should make sure you can change that to a yes before reading on. A. Do you have an HDMI 2.0 cable to support 4K and not an HDMI 1.4 cable? B. Most TV'S have ONE slot for a 4k 60fps HDMI cable, is your HDMI 2.0 cable plugged into said slot? C. Do you have at minimum 8 gigs of ram and a quad core processor clocked at 4.0ghz? D. Is your 4k monitor.... ahem 4k TV rated for at least 60hz/120hz? E. Do you know the "Input lag" for your 4k TV? F. Did you know most TV's come with a"gamer mode" that may or may not buff your FPS in games? (Most of the time it seems to make things better+5-10fps or more, sometimes it makes it worse, play with your settings to get it just right). G. Did you calibrate your TV to fit your liking? (You dont just have a cheap monitor you ram things into, you have to caress the settings to get it where you like it unless you buy it from a pro who has already done so, aka sloppy seconds). -Ok, now that we have that out of the way I will address the 4k gaming crowd. This game will run all current games to my knowledge at 60FPS with all ULTRA settings including things like hairworks and GPU water processing. These titles include The Witcher 3 (so pretty I wept), Dark Souls 3, DOOM, Overwatch, X COM 2, ect, The Division (even though its buggy as horse shit because Ubisoft), ect.... -This card will NOT future proof you, in a few months/years it will be outdated and if you want to be the clawing your way to the top 5-10% of the Master Race, you will have to upgrade, however if money is tight for you as it is for me but you still want to play all the current titles at 4K, this is your card. -If you want a little more padding in the future, spend the extra $200 and get the 1080 (or get 4 in SLI and be the top 1%, you masters of the Master Race who are forever richer then me), you wont really notice anything pretty now, but down the line it will make a huge difference. TL;DR 1080p:GET REKT GAMES, YOU ARE FOREVER DEAD TO THIS CARD...... KNEEL BEFORE ZOD! (enjoy 7 solid years on this card before you have to upgrade so long as you stay on 1080p) 1440p: Sitting fine and dandy for the next few years, plenty of time to save up for the next big card in 4-5 years, you earned this. 2160p/4k: Will play all current titles at max settings assuming all other parts of your PC are up to par, however future proof you are not. Start saving now for that upgrade you will need in the near future (6 months-2 years) when Nvidia releases realistic dong swinging physX and bouncing boob physX alongside the current hairworks/water simulation (your move Nvidia)....

UPDATE now over 2 years later (oct 2020) this card still works perfectly. I have it in one of my secondary computers now which I am giving to my nephew. It still can run new games in 1080p at high to ultra settings. I have a 2080ti in my main computer now, but if you can wait for the RTX 3080 to be more available, do it because it retails for 700 and is way better than the 2080ti. But if you are cool with 1080p, you can still stick with this GTX1070 for a while. UPDATE (Sept 2021) Nephew still has this card in the computer I built for him. Still works great. He is using a 1080p monitor/tv and gets 60fps on most new titles just fine. If he had a higher refresh rate he could be getting more but tv is limited to 60fps with hdmi input from PC for his model. This card is a workhorse. I built one for my niece in 2017 with the same card but used and that PC is still working well too. They both have Ryzen CPUs (R7 2700, and R5 2500) at least 16 GB of DDR4 RAM 3000, and nvme hard drives. So as long as you have decent components like that this PC set up would still work for modern casual gamers. I spend a lot of time building/fixing desktop PCs. I have several I have built that I use at home, and at work. It has been a hobby since about 1994. I used to surrender to the urge of getting the very best component you could possibly get when building a PC or whatever electronic system. And if that is what you want, there is nothing wrong with that. But in the last few years, I have made it a goal to make the best desktop PCs for workstation, and gaming at the lowest possible price. This card is amazing for how cheap it is (yes 380 dollars plus tax is cheap). I spent $400 on a card back in 2006/2007 just on the cusp of AGP going out and PCI-E coming in, and that wasn't even as much as I could have spent back then. The processor in the card is pretty decent. It can run the best games at high graphics (and with 8gb of ram it has no issues there). Where you may run into trouble is if you want to play the latest game at high frame rates on ultra graphics... say you have a 144hz 1440p monitor and want to sync the FPS with the refresh rate... I don't think that will happen for you at that high of a refresh... so if ultra frames are important to you (if you are a competitive gamer playing in tournaments or even just for fun against others) that may be more important to you... but for most gamers I do not believe it is. In this range of cards, the 1070 is in a sweet spot. So unless you plan on spending 1000 or more, this card is the best for the price in this range.

This is a review of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Graphics Video Card (O8G-P4-6276-KR) (Comes with the video graphics card, two dual 6 pin to one 8 pin power adapters, software disc, poster, case EVGA bage and manual.) Summary – This is a replacement of my GTX 970 and speed difference as well as rendering is night and day different! I have yet to find anything that this cannot handle. I would absolutely recommend this card to anyone pondering and this was a perfect install with no issues on my Windows 10 64 Bit O/S. I searched high and low and compared cards until my eyes hurt and this one truly is the best bargain. This is also higher specs than the Founders Edition if you were looking. Founders Edition has only one bios vs. 2 like this card has and this card is over 100mhz slower on clock. Nothing negative to report and this would be a great card to get your system current and give you many years until something else may be needed. Features -Can support resolutions up to 7680x4320 and has HDMI output, 3 Display Port outputs and a DVI Dual Link output. -8192MB (8GB) GDDR5 Memory. -1607mhz base clock. Boost is 1797mhz. -Uses an efficient ACX 3.0 Cooler. -Has adjustable ERGV Led. (Needs EVGA PrecisionX OC installed.) This is great as you can adjust the settings of the card and fan speed. Oh and the led lights look awesome of course. -Max power consumption is 215watts. (Power phase is 10+2). -Requires two 8 pin feeds. -Has two bios vs. one. -1920 Cuda Cores. -Runs on PCI E 3.0 bus. -2 Way SLI Capable with HB Bridge Support. -Supports multiple displays, is VR ready, Nvidia Ansel, SLI capable with HB Bridge Support, Nvidia G-Sync, NVidia gamestream, GPU Boost 3.0, Direct X 12, Vulkan API and has open GL 4.5 support. -Memory bandwidth is 256bitt at 8000mhz and 256.3 gb/s. (.24ns speed.) Rig Specs Now After Update. -Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5h-BK Black Edition motherboard. -Intel Core i7 Devil’s Canyon 4GHZ LGA 1150 Processor. -Corsair H80i Liquid Cooling. -GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card. -Samsung Evo 850 250gb SSD main and Toshiba 3TB storage. -LG Bluray M Disc Burner. -Asus Bluray Burner. -32GB Corsair DDR3 Memory. (8GB x 4) DDR3-1600 – PC3 12800. -Thermaltake Armor Full Metal Case.