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Although we couldn't benchmark the GTX 1070 Ti as thoroughly equally nosotros'd have liked for this launch review in terms of number of titles, I'thou glad we did spend the extra fourth dimension testing the card's overclocking potential. It's clear based on this limited testing that out of the box the 1070 Ti sits betwixt mill overclocked 1070 and 1080 graphics cards.

If the game is particularly memory sensitive then the 1070 Ti does perform more like a mill overclocked 1070, at least before you overclock it.

That beingness the example, for the 1070 Ti to really make sense you lot have to overclock it and those that do volition be rewarded. Doing then enables factory overclocked GTX 1080-similar operation and hither we were able to lucifer the Gaming Ten model. That said, y'all tin can also overclock the MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X and excerpt effectually 6% more performance.

The GTX 1080 Gaming X currently costs $570 while the GTX 1070 Ti Gaming is priced at $490. Both are well over their MSRPs, but let'southward ignore that for at present because GPU pricing is inflated across the board. The 1080 costs xvi% more and with both cards overclocked the 1080 would be around half-dozen% faster. So the 1070 Ti is certainly a improve value, just not worlds better.

Looking at the MSRPs, the 1080 only costs 11% more than the 1070 Ti, and so nether normal market conditions the 1070 Ti is a lot less exciting.

What the 1070 Ti does address is AMD's Vega 56 (and we suspect this was its only purpose). At the fourth dimension of putting this review together you could purchase a Vega 56 for $420, albeit a loud reference bill of fare only still that's non a bad buy in today's market place.

I have to admit picking between the MSI GTX 1070 Ti Gaming at $450 and a reference Vega 56 carte du jour at $420 is actually a difficult decision. Had Vega 56 been equipped with the Twin Frozer 6 libation, that might be the manner I would lean.

For now, the GTX 1070 Ti looks to fill a small-scale cost gap. Yous can relieve ~$50 past buying the 1070 Ti and still attain GTX 1080 performance, which doesn't exactly redefine the market. Nvidia is obviously hoping that by releasing a new GPU and creating a buzz, sales will selection up as a result and agree them over till the next major release.

In any case, if y'all're in need of a new $400-$500 graphics card, the GTX 1070 Ti wouldn't be a mistake to purchase. It's a solid offering even if it's non that exciting.

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Every bit a follow-up to this coverage nosotros are on the argue almost expanding the benchmarking session comparison the 1070 Ti and 9 other GPUs across 34 PC games including new releases such as Assassin's Creed: Origins, Wolfenstein Two: The New Colossus and Destiny 2. Please let u.s. know if the boosted coverage for this bill of fare would be helpful.

Pros: Operation that approaches the GTX 1080 for a relatively minor discount.

Cons: You lot'll accept to overclock if you desire the most of what this card has to offer.