NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Review: Gunning For Radeon RX Vega 56

Name: GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Brand: GeForce

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, November 02, 2017, 09:00 AM EDT

Performance Summary: Although the Pascal architecture has been on the market for quite some time now, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti proves NVIDIA’s still got a few tricks up its sleeve. When AMD's Radeon RX Vega series cards launched a couple of months back, Vega 56 competed very well against the GTX 1070, and outran it more often than not. The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti flips the script, however. The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti outpaced the Radeon RX Vega 56 more often than not and offers overall performance closer to a GeForce GTX 1080 than the original GTX 1070.

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NVIDIA has set the MSRP on the new GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founder’s Edition card at $449 and they should be available immediately. Looking at current street prices at a couple of on-line retailers, that MSRP makes the 1070 Ti a bit pricier than the Radeon RX Vega 56, which can be had for about $399 - $440 at the moment. The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti’s MSRP is easily justified though, if you consider its higher overall performance, lower power consumption, overclockability, and cooler, quieter operation.

Some partner boards like the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 we showed you here, however, will be somewhat more expensive than Founder’s Edition cards. The MSRP for EVGA’s FTW2 card is $499. That price is harder to justify on performance alone, but EVGA’s iCX technology offers temperature and hardware monitoring features not available elsewhere, in addition to customizable RGB lighting, beefier power circuitry and a great warranty. If those things are appealing to you, the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 is a kick-ass GPU.

Ultimately, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is exactly what you’d expect it to be based on its branding. It is a more powerful, higher performing graphics card than the original GeForce GTX 1070, that slots in just behind the GeForce GTX 1080, and does a good job of taking the fight to AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 56. If you're looking for a graphics card in its price range, it is a fantastic option that we highly recommend.


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Tags: Nvidia, Gaming, graphics, GPU, (nasdaq:nvda), geforce gtx 1070 ti

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com