Well, I finally got my hands on two GTX 1070’s and you guys know what that means. As soon as I finished up writing about the second card, I jumped right into SLI testing. With the card availability being tough getting two matching cards might be tough, so before you do that I thought it would be good to see just how much you can benefit from running two cards. On top of that, I wanted to find out if you are better off getting a single GTX 1080 over the GTX 1070 pair. So I ran the cards through our normal benchmark suite. Unlike a card review, though, I jump right into the testing and for the most part I let the numbers speak for themselves. So hang on.
Product Names: MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G and Gigabyte GTX 1070 G1 Gaming
Review Samples Provided by: MSI and Gigabyte
Written by: Wes
Testing by: Wes
Amazon Links: MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G and Gigabyte GTX 1070 G1 Gaming
| MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G Specifications | |
| Graphics Engine | NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1070 |
| Bus Standard | PCI Express x16 3.0 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Size(MB) | 8192 |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit |
| Core Clock Speed(MHz) |
1797 MHz / 1607 MHz (OC Mode) 1771 MHz / 1582 MHz (Gaming Mode) 1683 MHz / 1506 MHz (Silent Mode) |
| Memory Clock Speed(MHz) | 8108 (OC Mode) |
| Maximum Displays | 4 |
| Power consumption (W) | 150 |
| Multi-GPU Technology | SLI, 2-Way |
| Recommended Power Supply (W) | 500 |
| HDCP Support | 2.2 |
| Output | DisplayPort x 3 (Version 1.4) / HDMI (Version 2.0) / DL-DVI-D |
| Virtual Reality Ready | Y |
| Digital Maximum Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
| Power Connectors | 6-pin x 1, 8-pin x 1 |
| DirectX Version Support | 12 |
| OpenGL Version Support | 4.5 |
| Card Dimension(mm) | 279 x 140 x 42 mm |
| Gigabyte GTX 1070 G1 Gaming Specifications | |
| Graphics Processing | GeForce GTX 1070 |
| Core Clock |
Boost: 1822 MHz/ Base: 1620 MHz in OC Mode Boost: 1784 MHz/ Base: 1594 MHz in Gaming Mode |
| Memory Clock | 8008 MHz |
| Process Technology | 16 nm |
| Memory Size | 8 GB |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit |
| Card Bus | PCI-E 3.0 x 16 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
| PCB Form | ATX |
| Digital max resolution | 7680x4320 (requires 2*DP1.3 connectors) |
| Multi-view | 4 |
| Output |
Dual-link DVI-D *1 HDMI-2.0b*1 (Max Resolution: 4096x2160 @60 Hz) Display Port-1.4 *3 (Max Resolution: 7680x4320 @60 Hz) |
| Recommended PSU | 500W |
| Power Connectors | 8 pin*1 |
| Card size | H=41 L=280 W=114 mm |
