GTX 1070 CAN Overclock to Match a GTX 1080...

[AngryGoldfish]

...according to TechPowerUp! Check their other 1070 reviews for confirmation.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_1070_Xtreme_Gaming/29.html

I thought Alien and a few of you other chaps would find this interesting. According to other sources, a 1070 cannot quite match a 1080, but TPU can consistently reach 1080 levels with a 1070. I haven't seen this in other reviews or on the forums.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...asus-gtx-1080-gtx-1070-strix-oc-review-5.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1070_quick_silver_8g_oc_review,29.html

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/msi_gtx1080_gtx1070_gaming_x_8g/5.htm

 

[Avet]

No it can't. Because every card reaches about the same clocks. With more 1080's CUDA cores no 1070 can touch it. Reference models have restrictive profiles that don't allow them to reach full potential. And they test reference 1080s out of the box. Bump the thermal limit, add few more RPMs on fans and no 1070 can reach the reference 1080.

 

[Dicehunter]

No it can't. Because every card reaches about the same clocks. With more 1080's CUDA cores no 1070 can touch it. Reference models have restrictive profiles that don't allow them to reach full potential. And they test reference 1080s out of the box. Bump the thermal limit, add few more RPMs on fans and no 1070 can reach the reference 1080.

Well the benchmarks are showing it can, So..yeah.... ^_^

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Well the benchmarks are showing it can, So..yeah.... ^_^

This.

If you look up TechPowerUp reviews, many of their 1070's can overclock to beat a 1080. They are the only guys I found who could get their 1070's to beat a 1080. That's the point of this video. We know what we knew before, but now that I've posted evidence to the contrary, does this change anything? If not, why not? What you said, Avet, is what we already knew, but what if it's wrong?

 

[Damien c]

Well the benchmarks are showing it can, So..yeah.... ^_^

All I am seeing is a 1070 beaten by a 1080 in everything until the 1070 is overclocked and the 1080 only boost's with no manual, overclocking added to it which would more than likely put it ahead of the 1070 once again.

It's only Techpowerups though that seems to beat a stock 1080 though once overclocked, all the rest seem to show the 1070 coming in around 10% slower than a stock 1080 once the 1070 is overclocked.

Now this may be because all the other 1070's are either Asus or MSI and not a Gigabyte card of equivilant nature to the one used by Techpowerup, but quite frankly to me it seems if at the time of the 1070 and 1080 you wanted the fastest card even when overclocked the 1080 was the one to get.

If I am seeing something incorrectly then please point it out as I will happily look at it again but unfortunately, the 1080 is a clear winner according to those benchmarks.

 

[Warchild]

The way i see it is that in real world no, its not gonna happen. But techpowerup has simply proven a theory and point that given certain circumstances, it can be done. They didnt say it would beat an overclocked 1080, they said it could beat a 1080. Nothing mentioned of juicing the card.

It could pave the way for certain tweakers to start playing with BIOS profiles though. And it does open up the door to other modders who wish to try and do better. All I say is given the benchmarks, "show me what you got and get shwifty" /rickandmorty mode off

 

[AngryGoldfish]

The way i see it is that in real world no, its not gonna happen. But techpowerup has simply proven a theory and point that given certain circumstances, it can be done. They didnt say it would beat an overclocked 1080, they said it could beat a 1080. Nothing mentioned of juicing the card.

It could pave the way for certain tweakers to start playing with BIOS profiles though. And it does open up the door to other modders who wish to try and do better. All I say is given the benchmarks, "show me what you got and get shwifty" /rickandmorty mode off

I really need to watch Rick and Morty.

I made the thread because TPU released an article on Vega's new release rumour. In it the writer said something in the way of, 'Since a 1070 can be overclocked to match a 1080...' and I chimed in claiming this to be false. Someone replies by showing an example of a 1070 overclocked beating a FE 1080 at stock speeds. I thought it was likely an anomaly, but almost all TPU's reviews of 1070's show the overclock potential of the 1070, with it regularly surpassing or matching the 1080.

 

[Avet]

Guys there is no point in having this argument. This is not even possible in theory if there were leveled therms. The results that they have can be because cards were tested in some crazy conditions, and can't be taken into consideration. Only thing that i can think of is that 1080 was tested on some buggy drivers, and 1070 on heavily optimized drivers for that game. It wouldn't be the first time to see drivers improve FPS insane amount. Cmon we all know hardware around here. Don't be naive.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Guys there is no point in having this argument. This is not even possible in theory if there were leveled therms. The results that they have can be because cards were tested in some crazy conditions, and can't be taken into consideration. Only thing that i can think of is that 1080 was tested on some buggy drivers, and 1070 on heavily optimized drivers for that game. It wouldn't be the first time to see drivers improve FPS insane amount. Cmon we all know hardware around here. Don't be naive.

This ain't no argument, son, and ain't no naivety. I just thought it was a curious find is all. It's quite possible the 1070 was advantaged in some way and the 1080 was disadvantaged, but I do think it's worth shooting the breeze about.

 

[Avet]

Exploits are always good to be known. Like unlocking cores on old intel CPUs, or that 1700 is basicly 1800X with different name stamped on if you are prepared to fiddle with it. But in this case i think it is just some wired set of circumstances that doesn't apply in the real world.