NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti custom card round-up! (Updated with price)

Note 1: This article was first published on 28th October.

Note 2: Updated with availability and pricing details for Galax, MSI, Palit and Zotac graphics cards.

Note 3: Updated with price details (and special launch pricing) for the Galax GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Ex.

Note 4: Updated with details on two new Gigabyte cards, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti WindForce 8G and Aorus GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8G.

After weeks of leaks and rumors, NVIDIA has finally announced the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, a brand new card that sits right between the GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080.

The announcement itself was fairly low-key, but the card is interesting as a direct response to AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 56, which was slightly faster than the GeForce GTX 1070.

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti offers a nice jump in shader, texture, and geometry resources over the GeForce GTX 1070, but memory bandwidth remains unchanged. In other words, games that gobble up more memory bandwidth aren’t going to see as much of an improvement as games that rely more heavily on compute resources.

NVIDIA is rolling out the Founders Edition model and custom cards from various brands on 2 November, but because it’s harder to get the former locally, you’re probably more interested in models from vendors like ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI.

To that end, we’ve rounded up custom cards from various brands to give you an idea of what’s available.

However, because NVIDIA has restricted vendors from shipping factory overclocked cards in order not to encroach upon the GeForce GTX 1080’s territory, all the cards ship with a 1,607MHz base clock and 1,683MHz boost clock by default.

Details on local availability and pricing are only partially updated, but we’ll fill in more details as soon as we know more.

ASUS

ASUS has revealed a total of five different GeForce GTX 1070 Ti models. They are as follows:

• ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070 Ti A8G Gaming (US$509)
• ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8G Gaming (US$499)
• ASUS Cerberus GeForce GTX 1070 Ti A8G
• ASUS Cerberus GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8G
• ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8G

All of them ship with the same 1,683MHz boost clock by default, the same as the Founders Edition model.

However, ASUS says it’s also been doing its own testing to identify chips with the best overclocking potential. These chips are in turn used in the A8G version of the ROG Strix and Cerberus cards, and have a higher 1,759MHz boost clock in OC Mode.

In comparison, the other cards boost to 1,721MHz when you switch to OC Mode.

All the models also share the same selection of display connectors, including two DisplayPort 1.4, two HDMI 2.0, and one DVI-D output.

But those things aside, the main difference between the cards lies in their cooling solutions. The ROG Strix cards have the beefiest cooler of the lot, and ASUS says it’s actually similar to what its GeForce GTX 1080 Ti cards are equipped with.

This means that it’s a 2.5-slot design, with larger radiators and fin area to help with heat dissipation. The heat pipes are also not in direct contact with the GPU, relying instead on a nickel-plated copper plate to draw heat away from the chip.

ASUS is using the same MaxContact Technology as on the ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, so the surface is supposedly much flatter in order to maximize the contact area.

You also get the same IP5X dust resistant fans, Aura Sync RGB lighting, and dual 4-pin FanConnect headers for linking your system fans to the GPU temperature.

Next up, there’s the Cerberus cards, a new series of GPUs that sits between the ROG Strix and Turbo cards. They use a dual-fan cooler paired with a red-accented black shroud, and the company says it’s conducted extensive reliability tests to ensure that the cards will last you a while.

Finally, the Turbo model features a blower-style cooler that dumps heat out the back of the chassis, so it’s a good fit for smaller systems. Its dual-slot design is also more compact than its ROG Strix counterparts, and it’s both shorter and slimmer than the latter.

There’s no RGB lighting on the card either, but it does have a backlit accent piece with the ASUS logo that you can replace with a custom design.

EVGA

EVGA has joined the fray with four different cards employing a variety of cooling methods:

• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti SC Gaming (US$469)
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming (US$489)
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 Gaming (US$499)
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti SC Hybrid (US$529)

The standout model is clearly the SC Hybrid card, which features a closed-loop all-in-one liquid cooler with a 120mm radiator. The sleeved tubing helps keep things looking sharp, and EVGA says the greater efficiency of liquid cooling helps ensure that the radiator fan stays relatively quiet.

However, the hybrid moniker points to the use of air-cooling as well. This goes toward cooling the VRM and memory components more effectively, as it’s separate from the GPU cooling solution.

The other card that deserves mention is the FTW2 model, which is also the only EVGA card to feature RGB LEDs and a 10+2-phase power design (the other cards all feature 5+1-phases).

It is also equipped with dual BIOS chips, so you can recover from failed overclocks more easily.

On top of that, it comes with dual 8-pin power connecters to support higher overclocks, whereas the other EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti cards only use a single 8-pin connector.

EVGA’s revamped iCX cooler is present as well. Unlike previous designs, it uses nine thermal sensors to better monitor temperature across the PCB and tweak fan speeds accordingly.

The two fans also work independently of each other, with one pegged to the GPU temperature and the other linked to the memory. In addition, the heatsink fins are perforated with holes to channel air more effectively through the fin stack, and they’re also L-shaped to maximize surface contact.

The SC Gaming and Gaming models differ mainly in terms of their coolers. The latter uses a blower-style fan that exhausts heat out the back, whereas the former uses the open-air dual-fan ACX 3.0 cooler.

GALAX

GALAX is a newly available brand in the local market, and the company has readied three GeForce GTX 1070 Ti cards:

• GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR White - S$739
• GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX - S$719 (there's now a special launch price of S$699) 
• GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Virtual Edition

The EX-SNPR White is the most visually striking of the three with its snow white cooling shroud and aluminum alloy backplate. It is cooled by two 100mm fans and features four heat pipes to help channel heat away from the graphics chip.

In addition, it uses a 5+2-phase power design and relies on one 6-pin and one 8-pin connector for some extra overclocking headroom.

For an extra dash of color, the backplate is ringed by LEDs, which can be customized alongside the illuminated GeForce GTX logo on the card’s side. Check out our full review of the Galax GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR and what we thought about it!

On the other hand, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX goes in the other direction with a black cooling shroud and fans that glow red. These fans are 100mm units as well, and there’s a similar heat pipe configuration here.

Design and LED arrangement is the main thing that sets the card apart from the EX-SNPR White, and both cards share the exact same dimensions as well, measuring 296 x 144 x 43mm.

Last up is the Virtual Edition model, which features a blower-style cooler for those who prefer to exhaust hot air out the back of their case. This time, there’s no metal backplate, and the card has just one 8-pin connector.

Unfortunately, the card’s design leaves a lot to be desired, and there’s an almost cringe-worthy decal of a masked man in a hat splashed on the fan shroud.

Gigabyte

Gigabyte has readied three custom cards so far, including the following:

• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8G
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti WindForce 8G
• Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8G

The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8G employs a triple-fan Windforce cooler to keep the card cool, and the red-and-black shroud is a familiar sight for anyone familiar with the company’s products.

In the heart of the cooler, two copper composite heat pipes combine thermal conductivity and phase transition to transfer heat away from the GPU. Gigabyte put the heat pipes in direct contact with the GPU, eschewing the copper base plate approach that other vendors have tended to favor in recent times.

The memory chips also get their own heat sink of sorts, in the form of a large metal base plate that interfaces with them via thermal pads.

The card ships with a 1,607MHz base clock and 1,683MHz boost clock in Gaming Mode, the same as everyone else, but you can boost this slightly to a 1,632MHz base clock and 1,721MHz boost clock in OC Mode.

It is powered by just one 8-pin connector, but Gigabyte has upgraded the power supply to a 6+2-phase design for more robust overclocking.

The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8G is now available and is going for S$799 at your usual PC component retailers.

On the other hand, the WindForce 8G is a dual-fan card that relies on Gigabyte's WindForce 2X cooling solution to keep the GPU running cool. Much like its Gaming counterpart, it uses composite heat pipes that are in direct contact with the GPU. 

The heat pipes also touch the large metal base plate that interface with the VRAM modules using thermal pads.

The WindForce 8G shares the same clock speeds as the Gaming card and features the same 6+2-phase power design. 

Finally, the Aorus GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8G is the flagship of the line up, with a triple-fan cooler and more aggressive clock speeds in OC mode. You'll get a 1,683MHz base clock and 1,771MHz boost clock in the latter mode, making it one of the highest clocked cards available. 

The heat pipes also come in direct contact with the GPU, much like Gigabyte's other GeForce GTX 1070 Ti cards, but there's now an additional copper back plate that helps dissipate heat from the GPU package. 

The power circuitry remains unchanged however, with the same 6+2-phase design as the other cards.

MSI

On MSI’s end, it’s readied a five-card spread as follows:

• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8G - S$788
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8G
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Duke 8G
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Armor 8G - S$739
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Aero 8G

The Titanium 8G is the most interesting of the lot, as it’s a branding we’ve technically not seen before, although it’s actually a rebrand of the Quick Silver range. The Twin Frozr VI cooler features a unique cooling shroud that is quite a welcome departure from MSI’s traditional red and black.

It is also very similar to the Gaming 8G, and both are dual-slot cards with the same dimensions, measuring 279 x 140 x 42mm. They also both use one 6-pin and one 8-pin power connector, so there’s extra provision for more power.

The Torx 2.0 fans on both cards use a double ball-bearing design for greater longevity, and they combine dispersion and traditional fan blades to optimize air flow and static pressure.

If you look under the shroud, you’ll find six heat pipes that are squared at the bottom to maximize contact with the copper base plate, the latter of which is in direct contact with the GPU.

Finally, there’s a dedicated memory cooling plate for the memory modules and a PWM heat sink to cool the voltage regulation components.

On the other hand, the Duke 8G is a large triple-fan card that measures 312mm long. A tough anti-bending strip sits between the heatsink and the PCB, which is a welcome feature for such a long card (the Titanium and Gaming cards have this as well).

Of course, there’s a metal backplate to further help with structural integrity, featuring a matte finish with carbon highlights.

For those looking to build a monochrome-themed build, there’s the Armor 8G, which also uses two semi-passive Torx fans to optimize airflow.

If not, MSI also has a blower-style card in the Aero, for those who prefer to exhaust heat out the back of their system.

Palit

Palit has revealed just two cards, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti JetStream and GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Dual.

The JetStream card is the beefier of the two, and at 58mm thick, it’ll require nearly three slots to install. That doesn’t bode well for those who want to run two cards in SLI, but Palit is sweetening the deal with additional features like dual BIOS chips.

The card also comes with one 6-pin and one 8-pin power connector, compared to the single 8-pin connector found on the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Dual.

That aside, both models feature a honeycomb bracket that Palit says facilitates better airflow out the back of the card.

The Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Dual is now available locally for S$725.

Zotac

Finally, Zotac is throwing its hat into the ring with three different cards as below:

• Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti AMP Extreme
• Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti AMP Edition - S$769
• Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mini - S$729

The AMP Extreme sits at the top of the line-up, and it’s also the largest of the lot. At 56.6mm thick and 325mm long, this is a massive card that will require a 2.5-slot allowance and plenty of clearance inside your chassis.

The IceStorm cooler features three 90mm dual ball-bearing EKO fans, while relying on a direct contact copper base plate to draw heat away from the GPU. Thermal pads sit on all the heat generating components as well in order to boost cooling efficiency.

In addition, the card uses what Zotac calls Carbon ExoArmor, which is a wraparound metal backplate and fan shroud that helps reinforce the overall structure.

The AMP Edition has a slightly more manageable size, measuring 300 x 148 x 43.5mm. It shares some common features with the AMP Extreme, such as Zotac’s Spectra RGB lighting, dual 8-pin power connectors, and the IceStorm cooler, but this is a more modest dual-fan design.

There’s also a metal backplate for additional support, but it doesn’t quite wrap around the card like it did on the AMP Extreme.

Then there’s the 1070 Ti Mini, a compact card that is just 211mm long. To be sure, these aren’t quite in line with the specifications for a mini-ITX board, and there will still be somg overhang if you install the card on such a motherboard.

Nevertheless, this is one of the most compact GeForce GTX 1070 Tis at this point in time, and you’ll probably look to it if you want to build a small form factor system with NVIDIA’s latest Pascal card.

It features a scaled-down version of the IceStorm cooler, with dual fans pushing through a heat sink array. The card also comes with a metal backplate despite its small size, which is a welcome feature.

One interesting design choice is the asymmetrical fan size, where a 90mm fan is paired with a 100mm one.

But unlike the AMP series cards, it doesn’t support the Spectra RGB lighting. Instead, the Mini uses an always-on white LED light, and also ditches the black-and-yellow color scheme for a more muted gunmetal gray.

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