This Asus Strix 1070 (non-OG) is an absolute beast at 1440p. I came from an Asus DCU2 760. The 1070 plays most games I own at max settings, 1440p at 70-90 fps. I currently have Netflix going at 1080p and Space Engineers open on a planet at max settings. There are no stutters in my video and the game is getting a solid 80fps on the ground. This is with my fairly mild +180Mhz overclock on it, in game it's running at 1987Mhz. At 2Ghz my card seems to error after 30 minutes of gaming. Out of the box it runs at an impressive 1810Mhz.
I thought my DCU2 was quiet compared to my friend's previous cards, but the Strix takes the cake for silence. I can't hear it over my case fans while gaming, and the fans turn off unless the card is under a really heavy load.
The LED isn't gaudy, and I like the total control you have with the Aura software. The Aura software is a little jenky and could use RGB sliders or values, but it works well and has a few nifty modes. It would be cool to set custom colors for the temperature mode though. Most of the time my card is this ugly yellow-green since it never gets above 65C. This card runs too cool to make that LED mode pretty.
I was really into the EVGA FTW edition last generation, but this generation was plagued with issues and ugly cooler design (IMO, that is subjective). This led me to look at the Zotac Amp edition because it would look sleek in my case. When it came time to buy the Strix came down in price and I saw better pictures of it on PCPartPicker. The card is absolutely gorgeous. The black back plate with LEDs is really what sold me. Users see backplates more than the fans, so they should be pretty, the side of card is also very subtle and has a pleasing shape. It's just a much prettier looking card than the AMP (IMO).
It's really like the Tesla P100D of graphics cards, where my 760 was that tired old Civic. I'm happy with my purchase and recommend this card for the 10-series Nvidia buyers.
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840x2160 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1721 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with 8GB GDDR5 memory, 1721MHz memory clock, and 8008MHz GPU clock |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
