Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Xtreme Gaming Graphics Card Review
It is that time again where the GPU wars are heating up. Nvidia recently released Pascal upon the world and with the reference cards in the wild, it is time for the board partners to release their cards. Gigabyte makes a few models of the GTX 1080’s and the GTX 1070’s but at the top of the list is the Xtreme Gaming series. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Xtreme Gaming is the top of the 1070 series from Gigabyte. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Xtreme Gaming features a coated PCB to prevent shorts due to dust, dropped screws or the nightmare of water cooling coolant dripping from a leaking CPU block. The GPU also features the new Windforce Stack 3x cooling system, which features three 100mm fans.
Packaging
The GTX 1070 Xtreme Gaming edition box art is typical of the series. Up front, you’ll see Gigabyte’s Xtreme Gaming logo with a little bit of information about the card. On the reverse side, you’ll find more information on the GPU, such as addition features, cooling technology and RGB lighting.
Inside the thin outer box is a thicker inner box that protects and houses the GPU and accessories.
Included in the box is a Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming sweatband, case badge and accompanying documentation.
Specifications
| Graphics Processing | GeForce® GTX 1070 |
| Core Clock | Boost: 1898 MHz / Base: 1695 MHz in OC mode Boost: 1873 MHz / Base: 1670 MHz in Gaming mode |
| Memory Clock | OC mode: 8316 MHz Gaming mode: 8168 MHz |
| Process Technology | 16 nm |
| Memory Size | 8 GB |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit |
| Card Bus | PCI-E 3.0 x 16 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
| PCB Form | ATX |
| Digital max resolution | 7680×4320@60Hz |
| Multi-view | 4 |
| Card size | H=57 L=291 W=140 mm |
| I/O | Standard mode (Dual-link DVI-D*1, DP1.4*3, HDMI 2.0b*1) VR mode (Dual-link DVI-D*1, DP*1, HDMI*3) |
| Recommended PSU | 500W ( WITH One 8-Pin and One 6-Pin EXTERNAL POWER CONNECTOR) |
* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
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* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.
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