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Galax GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White: The card you want for Christmas

By Kenny Yeo - 2 Nov 2017

Performance (Part 1)

Test Setup

The detailed specifications of our current graphics card testbed system is as follows:-

  • Intel Core i7-6950X (3.0GHz, 25MB L3 cache)
  • ASUS ROG Strix X99 Gaming
  • 4 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2133 (Auto timings: CAS 15-15-15-36)
  • Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB SATA 6Gbps solid state drive (OS + benchmark + games)
  • Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
  • ASUS PB287Q, 4K monitor

We've also acquired a newer ASUS 4K monitor (as listed above) and thus we'll be exploring 1440p and 4K resolution gaming in proper moving forth. Previously we could only stretch to a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels in our previous Dell 30-inch monitor.

We will be comparing the Galax GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White against its siblings from NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 10-Series, namely the GeForce GTX 1070, GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Unfortunately, we never had the chance to run AMD's new Radeon RX Vega cards on our testbed, which explains their omission.

Here is the list of cards tested and driver versions used:

  • Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White (Forceware 388.13)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Forceware 378.66)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Forceware 388.00)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Forceware 378.78)

Test GPUs compared
  Galax GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
  Galax GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
Launch SRP
  • From S$1188
  • From S$768
  • From S$1188
Core Code
  • GP104-300
  • GP104
  • GP104
  • GP102
GPU Transistor Count
  • 7.2 billion
  • 7.2 billion
  • 7.2 Billion
  • 12 billion
Manufacturing Process
  • 16nm FinFET
  • 16nm
  • 16nm
  • 16nm
Core Clock
  • Base: 1607MHz
  • Boost: 1683MHz
  • 1607MHz (Boost: 1733MHz)
  • 1,506MHz (Boost: 1,683MHz)
  • 1480MHz (Boost: 1582MHz)
Stream Processors
  • 2432
  • 2560
  • 1,920
  • 3584
Stream Processor Clock
  • 1607MHz
  • 1607MHz
  • 1,506MHz
  • 1480MHz
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs)
  • 152
  • 160
  • 120
  • 224
Raster Operator units (ROP)
  • 64
  • 64
  • 64
  • 88
Memory Clock (DDR)
  • 8000MHz DDR
  • 10000MHz
  • 8,000MHz
  • 11000MHz
Memory Bus width
  • 256 bit
  • 256-bit
  • 256-bit
  • 352-bit
Memory Bandwidth
  • 256GB/s
  • 320 GB/s
  • 256GB/s
  • 484.4 GB/s
PCI Express Interface
  • PCIe 3.0
  • PCI Express 3.0
  • 3.0
  • PCI Express 3.0
Power Connectors
  • 1 x 8-pin, 1 x 6-pin
  • 1 x 8-pin
  • 1x 8-PIN PCIe
  • 1 x 8-pin, 1x 6-pin
Multi GPU Technology
  • SLI
  • SLI
  • SLI
  • SLI
DVI Outputs
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1x
HDMI Outputs
  • 1 x HDMI 2.0B
  • 1
  • 1x
  • 1
DisplayPort Outputs
  • 2 x DisplayPort 1.4
  • 3
  • 3x
  • 3
HDCP Output Support
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes

Benchmarks

Here’s a list of all the benchmarks used:

  • 3DMark (2013)
  • VRMark
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
  • Ashes of the Singularity
  • Hitman

We used the Fire Strike Extreme benchmark and stress test in 3DMark (2013) for our temperature  and power consumption tests respectively.

 

3DMark (2013)

On 3DMark, the Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White recorded scores that were somewhere between the GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. However, its scores were closer to the GeForce GTX 1080 than the GTX 1070. On average, the GeForce GTX 1080 scored about 7% better than the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. The Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White, on the other hand, was about 13% faster than GeForce GTX 1070. 

 

VRMark

VRMark is a relatively new benchmark used to assess whether a certain hardware configuration is ready for high-end headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

On VRMark, the Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White managed a score that was about 12% better than the GeForce GTX 1070. The GeForce 1070 Ti’s score was only about 3% less than the GeForce GTX 1080’s.

 

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

The Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White was a good performer on Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, only dropping below 60fps when we increased the resolution to 4K. Again, we can see that the Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White wasn’t that much slower than the GeForce GTX 1080. Generally, the Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White was only about 9% slower than the GeForce GTX 1080. Against the GeForce GTX 1070, the Galax NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White was about 14% faster.

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9.0
  • Performance 9
  • Features 9
  • Value 9
The Good
Good performance and overclocking potential
Quiet and effective cooler
RGB lighting effects
Upgraded power supply phase
The Bad
High power consumption
Aluminum backplate adds thickness and weight
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