These charts go into more detail on power consumption at idle, during 4K gaming, and under the effects of our stress test. I almost bought a 1080 but judging from the performance difference it simply wasn't worth it, either. The 0dB fans also let you enjoy games in complete silence and make DirectCU III the coolest and quietest graphics card in the market. From the 8GB of GDDR5 (runs at 8008 MHz), 256-bit Memory Interface, to the GP104-200 core and its 1,920 CUDA cores. Asus employs an almost oversized 6+1-phase design, wherein the six GPU phases are supplied by uPI Group's uP9511 eight-phase buck controller.

Before we look at power consumption, we should talk about the correlation between GPU Boost frequency and core voltage, which are so similar that we decided to put their graphs one on top of the other. Because of this, the card may be doing its thing getting the heat away, but the case isn’t removing the additional heat load it as it should. One final feature that we've become accustomed to is FanConnect II, essentially a pair of four-pin fan headers on the PCB that allow to control DC or PWM fans based on the GPU temperature. NVIDIA's unique set of features - such as multi-res shading - mean you get the right level of performance, image quality, and latency to ensure your VR experience is nothing short of amazing.So much so that nVidia even intentionally nerfed the performance of the x70 series because its performance was so close to the x80. The GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card delivers the incredible speed and power of NVIDIA Pascal™ the most advanced GPU architecture ever created. I was able to push the Strix to a stable boost of around 2,120 MHz on the core and the memory up to 8,852 MHz. Moving on up in resolution, the FPS drop is a bit noticeable but still plenty playable for most titles.

It’s a problem shared by all premium GTX 1070 Ti SKUs, as they’re not able to offer compelling speed bumps over basic models. Again, it’s a solid-looking card and because its only real color hues come from the RGB LEDs, it will easily fit in any themed build. The large heatsink also makes contact with the VRM circuitry, while a metal plate draws heat away from most – not all – of the memory modules.It remains to be seen whether this will deter consumers or not, and a lot will depend on pricing which has been pretty volatile recently. This particular 1070 features everything the regular DUAL ASUS 1070 GPU has but boasts clock speeds that sit significantly higher. While we appreciate Asus’ efforts to subvert this limitation and make the best of it, even the OC Mode on this Advanced SKU is less than we’d expect from a normal Strix OC card.

Together with Palit Super Jetstream, Palit Gamerock / Gamerock Premium, and Gainward Phoenix (GLH/GS).Featuring Aura RGB Lighting on both the shroud and backplate, ROG Strix graphics cards are capable of displaying millions of colours and six different effects for a personalised gaming system. The VRM area makes contact with the heatsink through a thermal pad connected to the heat pipes and fin array. At a purely subjective level, this is less annoying to listen to than the deeper tones produced by other cards with nominally lower dB(A) values. If you look closely, you can see the RGB LEDs almost looking like eyebrows, both above and below the fans. NVIDIA G-SYNC™ synchronises the ROG Swift gaming monitor's refresh rate to the GPU in your GeForce GTX-powered PC, eliminating screen tearing and minimising display stutter and input lag.