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...

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 approved almost 212 watts and was only slowed down by the voltage in the end.

We were able to increase the GPU clock at maximum fan speed to a stable 2075 MHz as an average over 5 minutes and the memory clock by 200 MHz, which is in the upper midfield of the GPU lottery luck spiral in terms of GPU. At 100% fan speeds, the temperature of the GPU remained at approx. 56°C also low enough to keep the boost steps appealing even on Witcher 3 in Ultra HD.

Temperatures and clock rates

We first tabulate the achieved start and end values for temperatures and GPU clock (boost) and remember the values for the next analysis of the cooling and then the noise level:

	Initial	Final value
Open Benchtable
GPU Temperatures	38 °C	62 °C
GPU clock	1898 MHz	1835 MHz
Ambient temperature	22 °C	22 °C
Closed Case
GPU Temperatures	41 °C	65 °C
GPU clock	1898 MHz	1823 MHz
Air temperature in the housing	27°C	40°C
OC (Open Benchtable)
GPU temperatures (approx. 4000 rpm)	25 °C	55-56 °C
GPU clock (after 30 minutes)	2088 MHz	2075 MHz
Ambient temperature	22°C	22°C

Overview Graphs: Temperatures vs. Clock

For better illustrations now again the respective courses considering our timeline of a total of 15 minutes each for the warm-up time. The collapse of the boost clock in the housing is hardly noticeable and measurable with this card.

In the stress test, this picture is almost identical, well.

Thermal analysis of the back of the board

Finally, we consider the thermal analysis of the respective load states.

Gaming Loop

We see that there are good temperatures on the board during the gaming loop, which can be seen (not heard for it).

When used in a closed housing, where we average around approx. Measuring 3-4 degrees higher temperatures, it is thanks to the now slightly faster acting fans that the increase is not greater. This result is also really good.

Stress

The stress test also shifts the temperature load somewhat slightly in the direction of memory and memory VRM, whereby one can measure up to six degrees higher temperatures (memory!) with virtually the same power consumption in the open structure.

In the closed housing, this time it is a whopping six degrees more in memory, which now has to work almost on the edge of the specifications. The rest remains pleasantly cool. Unfortunately, the three hottest modules, we will see in a while, are only partially cooled. Why anytime.

Warming up and cooling

The two following images show once again where the card and cooling are most demanded, as well as where the cooling takes effect fastest and most intensively.