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GTX 1070

Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,243
edited March 2017 in The Commons

I need to upgrade my current 4GB GTX 970 to get more GPU memory. I plan to replace it with a 8GB GTX 1070 and am currently considering the following:

Gigabyte: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HHCA1IO/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

EVGA https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GX5YWAO/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

MSI: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GXOX3SW/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Is there any significant difference between them or should I just go with the least expensive one? Does anybody have any other suggestions?

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  • posecastposecast Posts: 386

    I have a gigabyte 980 ti and a gigabyte 770 gtx sitting in my computer now. They have performed without problem. The evga 10 series initially had some problems with overheating. I believe that has been fixed. That said, there are not big differences in these cards when not being overclocked. I do feel that the cards that are being built for overclocking are probably more robust and have stronger capacitors and beefier power handling abilities, which should theoretically translate to a longer lasting board. Overclocking can definitely squeeze more speed out of a graphics card, but in my opinion, for iray, this is not a great idea, as overclocking generally requires better more expensive psu, more fans, better cooling systems, and that cost adds up.

    You are sort of looking at a good, better, best situation. I doubt there will be very much of a tangible performance gain between the three, but I do think the msi will probably live a little longer. Normally going with the middle option is best. Good luck! This is a great time to be looking for a video card!

  • JCThomasJCThomas Posts: 254

    The GTX 1080 Ti has just been announced, so you should expect some price drop in the 1070 and 1080 soon. The 1080 is now 499, but retailers don't seem to have caught up yet (the 1080 ti announcement is only a day old after all). 

    The MSI has the fastest clock speeds, but I don't think the speed difference is enough to notice in iray rendering. So, no, there isn't a significane difference between any of them. EVGA has perhaps the best customer service of any company I have ever worked with ever in my life in any industry, for what it's worth. I've owned MSI motherboards and laptops, no problems. Never owned any Gigabyte products, but they have a good reputation as well. I know someone who has used their motherboards and laptops, also with no problems.

    But that gigabyte 1070 is hideous, sorry to say, looks like a cheap Transformer-knockoff toy that you find on the bottom shelf at a CVS. It's silly perhaps, but looks matter a lot to me personally, so I would not even consider the gigabyte model, despite the price. If you have to buy this instant, I'd go with EVGA. If you can wait, perhaps the MSI will come down off its horse and you can get a sub-400 dollar price on it. In that case, MSI.

    But if you're willing to spend 415 on the MSI model, I'd recommend seriously considering waiting for the 1080 price cut to come into play. SHouldn't be more than a week, and you might be able to find something for 450-ish.

  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679

    The 1070 was just announced to drop to $350, so I'd wait until this settles in. And you may decide to go for something else with these other price drops. If you were just about to drop $400 on a 1070, then maybe a 1080 for its new price of $500 might interest you?

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    At one time MSI had a serious problem with capacitors on there motherboards and other products so I have would a bit cautious about them.

  • posecastposecast Posts: 386

    EVGA seems to be pretty reliable. Though my two gigabytes are still running strong.

  • Kaleb242Kaleb242 Posts: 344
    edited March 2017

    The number of CUDA cores and amount of texture memory makes a big difference when rendering with Iray, so just try to get a GPU with as many CUDA cores and as much video memory as you can afford.

    The new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is faster and costs nearly 60% less than a 10 series Titan X (Pascal) — $699 vs. $1200. These two top tier cards have the same number of CUDA cores (3584) and same high speed GDDR5X memory — but the GTX 1080 Ti was given a slightly higher clock speed to compensate for having 1 GB less texture memory and slightly less memory bus (352-bit vs. 384-bit).

    With the price drops on the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070, you may want to try getting one of the newer GTX 1080 cards for what you would have paid for a GTX 1070. The newer editions of the 1080 and 1070 with faster G5X memory and price drop are coming ( $349)...

    http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-1070-1060-official-price-cut-specs-upgrade/

    I currently have an EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (ACX 2.0 SC+) with 6 GB GDDR5 — it's a great GPU that has served me well for Iray rendering, gaming, and virtual reality with HTC Vive. While I've been excited about the 10 series with Pascal for a while now, I personally have been waiting for the GTX 1080 Ti — it's pretty exciting to have the power of a Titan X for a fraction of the cost — that 11 GB of GDDR5X memory will go a long ways for Iray rendering, gaming and VR.

    I'm looking forward to seeing updated Iray benchmarks with the latest Pascal line up — hopefully Puget Systems will update theirs with the latest Pascal GPUs...
    https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/NVIDIA-Iray-GPU-Performance-Comparison-785/

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