There is no such thing as a 680
Ti.
That doesn't prove the OP's point wrong. You could have gotten a 980 OC or any card in this class and achieved 1080p 60hz gaming. 1070 is a useless videocard for 1080p 60Hz gaming. Using the argument that use DSR/VSR is kinda a moot point since the immersion factor of gaming on a smaller 22-24" 1080p monitor (of which many gamers use the garbage TN panels) is far inferior to gaming on a 27-32" VA/IPS 1440P panel. Also, almost all 1080p 60Hz monitors the mainstream/average Joe PC gamers use are of low quality compared to the best 1440p/4K monitors. I bet most of them are using TN 1080p 60Hz panels.
Gamers have been stuck on 1080p 60Hz bandwagon for too long and it's time to accept the facts and move on. 1440p/4K gaming (or 3440x1440 or 2560x1080 or multi-panels at minimum) is what's needed for $350 2016 GPUs. It's also why Linus Tech Tips didn't even bother testing the card at 1080p. Most people also don't have anywhere close to an i7 4790K/i7 6700K OC, which means they will also bottleneck 980Ti/1070/Fury X level card.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5lfMogcrPU
In practice it means, 1080p 60Hz gaming will be:
1) CPU bottlenecked with cards as fast as the 1070/980Ti
2) or the GPU will render way too many frames that the end user will never see.
The end result is a 1060/1060Ti/Polaris 10 is a far better fit for most gamers using older generation CPUs or stock i3/i5 Skylake.
This is basically the result of XB1/PS4 gimping the progress of PC gaming because most developers make games cross-platform and it's too hard to ignore how under powerd those consoles are now in 2016.