NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 custom cards are here, and there's a lot of them (Updated)

Palit, Zotac

Palit

Palit has released two different series of the GeForce GTX 1070, including the familiar JetStream cards and the new GameRock edition ones. In total, four different cards were announced:

• Palit GeForce GTX 1070 GameRock Premium Edition
• Palit GeForce GTX 1070 GameRock
• Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Super JetStream
• Palit GeForce GTX 1070 JetStream

The GameRock cards are targeted at gamers, while the JetStream cards remain geared toward overclockers and enthusiasts. Both GameRock cards come with out-of-the-box factory overclocks – the Premium version is the higher clocked one with a 1,670MHz base clock and 1,873MHz boost clock, while the regular version features a 1,556MHz base clock and 1,746MHz boost clock.

The striking blue-and-white cooling shroud probably isn’t for everyone, and the metal backplate even has the GameRock branding emblazoned on it. According to Palit, the heatsink on the GameRock cooler has a denser design, which when combined with the large copper base, helps improve cooling performance over the reference design.

Other features include a honeycomb mesh at the rear for better airflow, dual BIOS, and an 8-phase power design.

On the other hand, the Super JetStream features a 1,632MHz base clock and 1,835MHz boost clock. The JetStream edition follows the reference clock speeds. Both cards share the same dual-fan JetStream cooler, which comes with expected features like semi-passive fans, RGB lighting, and a beefed-up 8-phase power design.

Zotac

Zotac also debuted the GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition and AMP Extreme, which differ mainly in terms of clock speeds. But while the AMP Edition card features a base clock of 1,607MHz and boost clock of 1,797MHz, Zotac is currently withholding details on the clock speeds of the AMP Extreme, although it will likely be higher.

The cards are equipped with two- and three-fan cooling shrouds respectively, and both feature Zotac’s new Spectra RGB lighting that illuminates the front of the GPU and the backplate with any color you desire.

They utilize Zotac’s IceStorm cooling solution, which really just involves an aluminum heatsink attached to six copper heatpipes that are in direct contact with the GPU. In addition, Zotac highlighted the size of its fans – the GeForce GTX 1070 AMP features two 100mm fans, while the AMP Extreme version has three 90mm blowers.

The overhauled FireStorm GPU-tweaking software also comes crammed with new features, of which the Spectra lighting is a part. You’ll be able to adjust things like the color, brightness, and lighting effects in the software, and the user interface has reportedly been tweaked to be more intuitive and easier to use, with things like individual controls for each card in SLI configurations.