NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1070 Thread

[2blzd]

They search the net for various prices and set theirs accordingly. Since they are a third party vendor, they are like a middle man and get their stock from various places.

They offer lower prices if you pay by debit and opt out of free returns since it saves them shipping. They don't deal with the manufacturer most likely.

I notice that some of their prices for these cards are more than newegg at times unless you use some coupons.

I didn't pull the trigger on the asus strix. They advertised it as the OC model with the boost clock of 1860 but later they changed the description and took that out.

While I was debating ordering, the price changed too. Not knowing where it's from also worries me although most of these should be newegg. Would hate to get a bad one and then manufacturer could deny it if it didn't have a newegg packing slip.

The fact that people are complaining about that is just silly. At the end of the day, all the cards will likely clock the same up to 2-2.1ghz. $380 for a custom 1070, backplate and OC is amazing, especially with no sales tax. You're not going to find a better deal than that, and to say its bad because it's not the OC edition is just ignorant. YOu can clock to the OC speeds yourself manually. IT's a difference of maybe 100mhz, and probably 2-3fps. Omg, such a deal breaker!


Either way, it still gives me leverage with jet.com customer service. win/win. And these doomsday scenarios you're painting a picture of is a little dramatic. IF you purchased with a major debit or credit card and you receive a card DOA, you're not going to be stuck with it. It's 2016 man.

 

[sze5003]

The fact that people are complaining about that is just silly. At the end of the day, all the cards will likely clock the same up to 2-2.1ghz. $380 for a custom 1070, backplate and OC is amazing, especially with no sales tax. You're not going to find a better deal than that, and to say its bad because it's not the OC edition is just ignorant. YOu can clock to the OC speeds yourself manually. IT's a difference of maybe 100mhz, and probably 2-3fps. Omg, such a deal breaker!


Either way, it still gives me leverage with jet.com customer service. win/win. And these doomsday scenarios you're painting a picture of is a little dramatic. IF you purchased with a major debit or credit card and you receive a card DOA, you're not going to be stuck with it. It's 2016 man.

Oh I didn't care if it was the OC model or not. I actually missed out because when the deal came with the alert I was at the movies and I quickly checked it out.

My main concern was that jet wasn't an authorized retailer. While it's an IF situation, I've had some really bad luck with online orders the past few years. I usually have bad luck in general so I was worried because I didn't have much time to read the comments or check out the site.

By the time I got to the check out process the price had changed so I said forget it. I'm sure there will be another deal sometime soon so I'm not worried.

Cool....Box is a lot larger as it has a decent buffer zone around the monitor for protection.

iGPU isn't going to be fun.

Your more patient than I am as far as the 1070 purchase goes.

Yea I haven't even opened it yet. Was giving my brother my 7970 and showing him how to oc it, update drivers and such. When I get home I plan on sitting down and cleaning my work area to check out the monitor.

My brother has a 27 inch 1080p Samsung monitor and I was using it right now. What a waste 1080p is on such a large monitor. I wasn't used to it but at least I could see all the icons lol.

 

[Pheran]

Might be doa.

Double check power connectors, swap if possible. Make sure card is seated correctly. Sometimes a cmost reset or bios update works.

Card is now confirmed DOA, tested in two different systems with the same result. I'm doing an RMA with Newegg. Sigh - was really looking forward to this after the wait, and now I have to wait again. #firstworldproblems

 

[sze5003]

Card is now confirmed DOA, tested in two different systems with the same result. I'm doing an RMA with Newegg. Sigh - was really looking forward to this after the wait, and now I have to wait again. #firstworldproblems

I'm not too familiar with newegg rma, do they send you one first then you send the dead one back or you have to send it in first?

 

[nerp]

Card is now confirmed DOA, tested in two different systems with the same result. I'm doing an RMA with Newegg. Sigh - was really looking forward to this after the wait, and now I have to wait again. #firstworldproblems

Sorry man. Odds are low the next card will be DOA. Hopefully your replacement is in stock and gets to you quickly. I can say that it's a fine card once it's working. I haven't OC'd it and probably won't, but it's a beast and doesn't break a sweat gaming at 2k with everything on max and the fans are near-silent. Card hasn't gone above 72C after hours of gaming and my case/fans are configured for quiet over cooling, so I'm impressed.

 

[fastman]

I got a MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 and just realized they have three different card levels. Gaming, Gaming X and Gaming Z. The only difference I see is the memory speed is highest in the Z's. Did I shorted myself, Nah. It's a great card.

Matched it with a Z170A M7 Mobo too, works flawlessly with 3200 ram.

 

[tweakboy]

WOW lol my 760 blows ,,, thanks for the posts and pics my friend.. gl

 

[2blzd]

I got a MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 and just realized they have three different card levels. Gaming, Gaming X and Gaming Z. The only difference I see is the memory speed is highest in the Z's. Did I shorted myself, Nah. It's a great card.

Matched it with a Z170A M7 Mobo too, works flawlessly with 3200 ram.

hell ya man!:thumbsup:

 

[sze5003]

I got a MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 and just realized they have three different card levels. Gaming, Gaming X and Gaming Z. The only difference I see is the memory speed is highest in the Z's. Did I shorted myself, Nah. It's a great card.

Matched it with a Z170A M7 Mobo too, works flawlessly with 3200 ram.

The only differences I see in most of the more expensive models are the clocks. But I'm pretty sure you can overclock those up too. I'm surprised they didn't have a lightning edition.

 

[nerp]

I got a MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 and just realized they have three different card levels. Gaming, Gaming X and Gaming Z. The only difference I see is the memory speed is highest in the Z's. Did I shorted myself, Nah. It's a great card.

Matched it with a Z170A M7 Mobo too, works flawlessly with 3200 ram.

Nice dude.

Yeah, I wouldn't sweat a few mhz between the various flavors of that card. You can always OC it if it pains you. I personally don't care that I have the SC version of the EVGA card, not the FTW. Now, if there was a WTFBBQ version, that's a different story.

 

[sze5003]

If you guys were buying a 1070 today which one would you go for?

I was debating waiting around to get another newegg coupon one day but looks like that won't happen any time soon.

The gigabyte g1 has been coming in stock a lot but the one I want, windforce model has not come back in a week since I last ordered it and the order got cancelled.

 

[Pheran]

I'm not too familiar with newegg rma, do they send you one first then you send the dead one back or you have to send it in first?

You have to send the dead one back first.

Sorry man. Odds are low the next card will be DOA. Hopefully your replacement is in stock and gets to you quickly. I can say that it's a fine card once it's working. I haven't OC'd it and probably won't, but it's a beast and doesn't break a sweat gaming at 2k with everything on max and the fans are near-silent. Card hasn't gone above 72C after hours of gaming and my case/fans are configured for quiet over cooling, so I'm impressed.

Yeah, there's not much point in overclocking a card that's already overclocked. You can tell there's not much headroom left given the minuscule clock difference between the SC model and the FTW. The only thing I might look at is the memory clock, since that's running at stock.

 

[Kenmitch]

If you guys were buying a 1070 today which one would you go for?

I was debating waiting around to get another newegg coupon one day but looks like that won't happen any time soon.

The gigabyte g1 has been coming in stock a lot but the one I want, windforce model has not come back in a week since I last ordered it and the order got cancelled.

I'd probably just order the G1 and call it a day. Looks like a nice card.

How do you like the Dell so far?

 

[sze5003]

I'd probably just order the G1 and call it a day. Looks like a nice card.

How do you like the Dell so far?

It's great, so much real estate. I was having some jagged static fuzzies toward the bottom of the screen and the screen re adjusting itself randomly kind of like it does when you install and reinstall video drivers. I downloaded DDU and uninstalled all Intel drivers then ran ddu for Intel and amd. After that the Intel update utility got me the latest drivers. I'll need to keep an eye on it but I didn't notice it anymore.

I found a very nice color profile on OC UK that I'm using. The monitor looks great with that profile and brightness turned down a bit. If you reduce gamma from 1.0 to .8 in the Intel GPU settings it looks even better.

I can send you the profile when I'm home.

 

[Kenmitch]

It's great, so much real estate. I was having some jagged static fuzzies toward the bottom of the screen and the screen re adjusting itself randomly kind of like it does when you install and reinstall video drivers. I downloaded DDU and uninstalled all Intel drivers then ran ddu for Intel and amd. After that the Intel update utility got me the latest drivers. I'll need to keep an eye on it but I didn't notice it anymore.

I found a very nice color profile on OC UK that I'm using. The monitor looks great with that profile and brightness turned down a bit. If you reduce gamma from 1.0 to .8 in the Intel GPU settings it looks even better.

I can send you the profile when I'm home.

Send it or a link and I'll try it out.

Now you just need to stop procrastinating and order a 1070!

 

[Arachnotronic]

Now you just need to stop procrastinating and order a 1070!

This!

 

[sze5003]

Send it or a link and I'll try it out.

Now you just need to stop procrastinating and order a 1070!

Yea I'm just worried about the weird jaggies when you first boot up the PC and the screen re-adjusting. It's a good thing it came with 3 years advanced replacement warranty from Dell.

It must have been a driver or Intel GPU issue. The price on best buy went back up for it and I would have to wait for an exchange but I'm hoping it doesn't continue.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Yea I'm just worried about the weird jaggies when you first boot up the PC and the screen re-adjusting. It's a good thing it came with 3 years advanced replacement warranty from Dell.

It must have been a driver or Intel GPU issue. The price on best buy went back up for it and I would have to wait for an exchange but I'm hoping it doesn't continue.

Intel GPUs are always flaky and frankly garbage. Perhaps borrow your brother's 7970 to see if you get the same issue?

 

[sze5003]

Intel GPUs are always flaky and frankly garbage. Perhaps borrow your brother's 7970 to see if you get the same issue?

Might be a pain to get it back now but I'll see what it does today, I'm hoping the ddu cleaner helped last night along with the latest Intel drivers.

 

[Sweepr]

1070 selling very well:

3 @ Top 5 in Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Computer-Graphics-Cards/zgbs/electronics/284822

 

[2blzd]

Woo! best $380 I ever spent!

 

[sze5003]

Woo! best $380 I ever spent!

(why cant I link imgur pics?)

Use the inline view if posting from tapa.

 

[2blzd]

I saw you were looking to buy something soon. Jet.com has this deal back up for $378, free shipping and no taxes!

It came from newegg btw, 1 day to ship!

(Whats tapa?)

 

[sze5003]

I saw you were looking to buy something soon. Jet.com has this deal back up for $378, free shipping and no taxes!

It came from newegg btw, 1 day to ship!

(Whats tapa?)

Oh tappa is Tapatalk, mobile forum app. I can't get on other sites at work so I use Tapatalk to check in on here and such.

Nice, that's good to know. Now if I could escape my desk for a bit to try and order.

Actually I don't see it on jet. Wonder if it's the mobile version being weird.

 

[2blzd]

Oh tappa is Tapatalk, mobile forum app. I can't get on other sites at work so I use Tapatalk to check in on here and such.

Nice, that's good to know. Now if I could escape my desk for a bit to try and order.

Actually I don't see it on jet. Wonder if it's the mobile version being weird.

Oh sorry, I guess it was last night that it went up again and now has since sold out. I'm reading all my messages from yesterday. My bad.