The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition Review: GP104 Comes in Threes
by Nate Oh on November 2, 2017 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
- GeForce
- NVIDIA
- Pascal
- GTX 1070 Ti
Overclocking
As NVIDIA is pushing the GTX 1070 Ti for overclocking, it is only fair that we look into it. While NVIDIA does support overclocking, they have limited actual overvolting, and instead providing the ability to unlock 1-2 more boost bins and associated voltages. Using Precision XOC, we adjusted the core and memory clocks, as well as the power/temperature limit and percent 'overvoltage.' For the 180W GTX 1070 Ti, the TDP and TDP limit match the GTX 1080, resulting in a 120% power limit (216W). The 1.093v boost voltage is no surprise, matching the GTX 1080 and 1070 FEs.
| GTX 1070 Ti FE Overclocking | ||||
| Stock | Overclocked | |||
| Core Clock | 1607MHz | 1787MHz | ||
| Boost Clock | 1683MHz | 1863MHz | ||
| Max Boost Clock | 1898MHz | 2078MHz | ||
| Memory Clock | 8Gbps | 8.8Gbps | ||
| Max Voltage | 1.062v | 1.093v | ||
The results, of course, cannot be taken as representative of all GTX 1070 Ti Founders Editions, as this is only a sampled sample size of one. But results here can offer some insight. For one, if there were explicit actual overvolting, it seems very possible to stabilize ~2100+MHz clocks on the GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition. At any rate, GPU overclocks topped out with observed clocks in the high 2000MHz region, roughly 10% over the previously measured average in-game clockspeeds. Memory overclocks were only able to go up 200MHz from the base 2002MHz, or also about 10%. All-in-all, very similar to the GTX 1070 FE, which also managed 10% overclocks on both GPU and GDDR5 memory. Recalling that the GTX 1070 Ti FE clocked on average just 2% higher than the GTX 1070 FE at stock, there's nothing particularly groundbreaking here, especially considering the 20-25% overclock capability of Maxwell 2 reference cards.
A total of four different overclocks were tested. First was a baseline, consisting of 100% overvoltage and max power/temperature limits. The second was overclocking the GDDR5 memory by 800Mbps. The third was overclocking the GPU with a +180MHz offset; in practice this resulted in observed clocks between 2030 - 2080MHz. Lastly, all previous adjustments were combined for an overall overclock.
Although this is more of a cursory look than anything else, the combined overclock provides the best performance, just like it was for the GTX 1080 and 1070, although it seems like memory overclocking is more effective on the GTX 1070 Ti. Earlier, we mentioned how the GTX 1070 Ti compared to the GTX 1070 by having four more SMs but without any additional memory bandwidth, and perhaps that is playing a role here.
There isn't much to add on the power, temperature, and noise front. Understandably, the card will heat up a few more degrees and spin its blower faster, at the expense of ~25W at the wall, inasmuch as the 120% power limit will let it. As a casual overclocker, there may not be a lot to gain here; the GTX 1070 Ti FE already boosts to ~1800+MHz at stock, and squeezing 200MHz more with the anemic capabilities of NVIDIA's reference PCB won't make waves. And for hardcore overclockers, there would be little need of the reference board's power delivery system.
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jrs77 - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
God those GPU-prices are extreme. All across the board they're some 30% too high imho.The last GPU I bought was a GTX660, which cost just a tad under $200. Now the 1060 costs $100 more than that.
The GTX1070 should cost $350 and the GTX1080 $500. These are the price-brackets that existet just a couple years ago.
Yojimbo - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
You're exaggerating the price differences a little. You can get a 1060 6 GB for $260, and the 1080 does start at $500. And if you had a 2 GB 660 that's a bit like the 3 GB 1060, which can be had for $205.DDR3 prices per bit are close to where they were 3 years ago, and significantly higher than 5 years ago. I'm not sure how GDDR5 prices compare for then and now, but it's a safe bet that demand outstripping supply in the memory market has affected GDDR5 as well. Then consider that the GTX 1070 has twice the VRAM as the GTX 970.
I think cryptocurrency was responsible for the high prices of graphics cards earlier this year, but as of now perhaps it's memory prices that are keeping them high. The closeness in price of the 1080 and 1070 and the big difference in price of the 1060 3 GB and 1060 6 GB probably still have to do with cryptocurrency. The 1080 and 1070 are based on the same GPU, and the pricing is affected by the yield and the demand for each card.Cryptominers demand the 1070,but not the 1080. If the 1070 is in demand relative to the the 1080 at a high ratio than the yield ratio of the GPU, it makes economic sense for the price of the 1070 to move upwards. Perhaps this situation is one reason the 1070 Ti only has one SM disabled. A similar situation exists for the 1060 3 GB/6 GB pair, pushing the 6 GB version up in relation to the 3 GB (cryptominers demand the 6 GB, I believe)
damianrobertjones - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
I NEED to see the minimum frame rate on each of the games. It's pretty much silly to show me 565+ fps when it dips to 42fps.CiccioB - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Tons of graphs are presented for each game and they all measure the timings on average and minimum. Have a look at the small pics below the big graphs.letmepicyou - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Not a big fan of how nVidia is creating facial recognition technology to help usher in the police state...Yojimbo - Saturday, November 4, 2017 - link
Which world is freer, one where we spend our time thinking of which technologies to ban and how to ban them, then implementing bans and spending our efforts enforcing the ban? Or one where we let technology progress and then work to integrate the technology in a beneficial way (which may require changes in laws after a period of disruption)? I'd argue that the second way is freer. How we use the technology is up to us. One could argue, I guess, that the Amish face no dangers regarding facial recognition policing (although maybe that's one technology they would like, because I think the reason they reject technologies is because they don't want individuals to have the power to be free from the Amish group structure).r13j13r13 - Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - link
5 fpsGastec - Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - link
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