Asus ROG GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Strix Gaming 8G in review

With the ROG GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Strix Gaming, Asus puts an interpretation of the GP104, which has been slimmed down into the GTX 1070 Ti, on the customer shelf, which actually does almost everything right and nothing wrong. Of course, this is also reflected in the price, but we can... The rather tidy-looking board does not hide any secrets. Power supply, input range, GPU and memory are located exactly where you would have expected them at first glance. THE GPU power supply is a... Important preliminary remark We had already mentioned it at the beginning that almost exclusively the resulting boost clock rates of each GTX 1070 Ti determine the final performance and thus the so-called GPU lottery and not the manufacturer and model.... Power consumption at different loads At 177.3 watts, the power consumption in the Torture Loop is even just below the point that Nvidia has set as the Power Target with 180 watts. In the gaming loop, the power consumption of 177.2 watts is almost... Overclocking The limits of this card are those of the competitor with similar Power Target, which is of course also due to the already mentioned GPU quality. With an adjustable Power Target of 216 watts, the card was approved for... Cooling system and backplate Of course, the generated waste heat is directly related to the recorded power, for which the cooling solution is responsible for optimum dissipation. This rather conservative cooling system relies on a large lamel... Summary Well, it's always kind of better, but in this case (almost) everything is right. And this is a good one for anyone who loves a GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. Not too heavy, really quiet and mostly also order...

The rather tidy-looking board does not hide any secrets. Power supply, input range, GPU and memory are located exactly where you would have expected them at first glance. GPU power supply is a normal 6+2 phase design, with single phases without a doubler for the GPU.

UPI Semiconductor's uP9022 directly controls the six Power-Stage chips. Asus relies on on the cheaper SiC620 from On Semiconductor, which are asymmetric Dual N-Channel MOSFETs with integrated Schottky diode that realize both the high and low-side.

The power supply of the memory is released via an uP1666 from uPI Semiconductor, which can provide the total of two phases as a buck controller. The control is taken over by a pair of one NVTFS4C06 and one NVTFS4C09 On Semiconductor per phase. The necessary gate drivers already contain the uP1666, so you don't need separate ICs. Positioning is above the GPU phases.

The back is largely free of larger active components except for some voltage converter MOSFETs for the peripherals and some SMD capacitors. The voltage converter range seems very tidy and one unfortunately wasted the chance to actively include the backplate in the cooling by means of a thermal pad.

GPU Power Supply
PWM Controller	uP9022 UPI Semiconductor 6-phase PWM controller
Power Stage	SiC620 Vishay Asymmetrical Dual N-Channel MOSFET Integrated Schottky Diode
Coils	Encapsulated Ferrite Choke SAPII ("Super Alloy Power")
Memory and power supply
Modules	MT51J256M32HF-80 Micron GDDR5, 8.0 Gb/s 8 Gigabit (32x 256 MBit) eight modules
PWM Controller	uP1666 uPI Semiconductor 2-Phase Buck Controller
Vrm	2x NVTFS4C06 + NVTFS4C09 On Semiconductor Single N-Channel MOSFETs High-Side / Low-Side
Coils	Encapsulated Ferrite Choke SAPII ("Super Alloy Power")
Other components
Monitoring	INA3221 Monitoring Chip Currents, voltages
Bios	1x 25WQ040 EEPROM BIOS Single BIOS
Sensor	8915FN IO/HUB
Entrance Area	Shunts 2x 680nH and 2x Shunts (GPU and Memory)
More details
Other Features	– 8-pin PCI-Express connectors for power supply – Filter coils in the entrance area – proper coil assembly – 6 simple phases for the GPU