Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition Desktop GPU Review
For the original German review, click here.
When compared to the older GeForce GTX 1070, the new "titanium" offers 27% more shader units (2432 versus 1920) with the same clock rate. With 2560 shader units and the fast GDDR5X memory, the GTX 1080 still remains in the lead. While benchmarking the “Witcher 3”, the Founders Edition card ran with the core clock of 1810 MHz, which is well above the specified boost clock of 1683 MHz.
| Spezifikationen | GTX 1070 FE | GTX 1070 Ti FE | GTX 1080 FE |
| Chip | GP104 | GP104 | GP104 |
| Shader | 1.920 | 2.432 | 2.560 |
| GPU Base Clock | 1.506 MHz | 1.607 MHz | 1.607 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1.683 MHz | 1.683 MHz | 1.733 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory | 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5X |
| Power (Watt) | 150 W | 180 W | 180 W |
The Test System
Our test system is comprised of a Core i7-4790K (not overclocked), 16 GB of DDR3 memory, Asus Z97-Deluxe motherboard, Asus PB287Q 4K monitor, Philips 328P6VJEB 4K monitor, Intel SSD 530 (system), Windows 10 64-Bit.
Synthetic Benchmarks
In the synthetic benchmarks from Futuremark, the GTX 1070 Ti finds its place in between the GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080. With the OC BIOS, the slightly overclocked MSI Gaming Z GTX 1070 can keep up with the GTX 1070 Ti rather well.
Gaming Benchmarks
In our selection of gaming benchmarks, the GTX 1070 Ti positions itself in between the GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080 (both are Founders Edition cards). Therefore, the card offers enough performance to run all the games at Full HD or WQHD resolution with high details. And it can also run many games in 4K.
| Far Cry Primal - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:SM | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider - 1920x1080 Very High Preset AA:FX AF:16x | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| The Division - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AF:16x | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of War - 3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| For Honor - 3840x2160 High Preset AA:T AF:8x | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) | |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) | |
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BioShock Infinite (2013) | 132 | |||||
| The Witcher 3 (2015) | 293 | 71.8 | 47.1 | |||
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 142.7 | 134.2 | 126.6 | 121.2 | 105 | |
| Rainbow Six Siege (2015) | 177 | 77 | ||||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) | 111 | 46.5 | ||||
| Far Cry Primal (2016) | 98 | 41 | ||||
| The Division (2016) | 94.6 | 45.6 | ||||
| Overwatch (2016) | 182 | 88.7 | ||||
| Deus Ex Mankind Divided (2016) | 67.9 | 31.9 | ||||
| Civilization VI (2016) | 108 | 91 | ||||
| Farming Simulator 17 (2016) | 80 | |||||
| Call of Duty Infinite Warfare (2016) | 67.8 | |||||
| For Honor (2017) | 156 | 122 | 47.9 | |||
| Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017) | 54.2 | 35.8 | ||||
| Rocket League (2017) | 223 | 92 | ||||
| Dirt 4 (2017) | 57.9 | |||||
| Team Fortress 2 (2017) | 152 | |||||
| F1 2017 (2017) | 106 | 52 | ||||
| Ark Survival Evolved (2017) | 47.1 | 17.3 | ||||
| Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017) | 165 | 136 | 109 | 85 | 34 | |
| Assassin´s Creed Origins (2017) | 103 | 92 | 88 | 75 | 58 | 34 |
| Need for Speed Payback (2017) | 122 | 85 | 45 | |||
| Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) | 117 | 77 | 38 | |||
| Fortnite (2018) | 109 | 72 | 36 | |||
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 146 | 87 | 63 | 27.7 | ||
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018) | 154 | 100 | 82 | 59.1 | 42.4 | 22.7 |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 101 | 89 | 74.5 | 66.7 |
Compute Performance
In terms of computing performance, in the LuxMark benchmark, the GTX 1080 could not, to our great surprise, keep up with the GTX 1070 Ti and was actually beaten by the GTX 1070. In ComputeMark, the GTX 1070 Ti finds its place in between the GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080.
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition, 4790K | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, 4790K | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, 4790K | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, 4790K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LuxMark v2.0 64Bit | -3% | -9% | 24% | |
| Room GPUs-only | 2542 | 2474 -3% | 2327 -8% | 3050 20% |
| Sala GPUs-only | 5159 | 5012 -3% | 4708 -9% | 6600 28% |
| ComputeMark v2.1 | -12% | 11% | 44% | |
| 1024x600 Normal, QJuliaRayTrace | 5968 | 4761 -20% | 6191 4% | 7938 33% |
| 1024x600 Normal, Mandel Scalar | 3526 | 2861 -19% | 3646 3% | 4949 40% |
| 1024x600 Normal, Mandel Vector | 3189 | 2706 -15% | 3284 3% | 4391 38% |
| 1024x600 Normal, Fluid 2DTexArr | 1405 | 1390 -1% | 1758 25% | 2092 49% |
| 1024x600 Normal, Fluid 3DTex | 1399 | 1402 0% | 1730 24% | 2275 63% |
| 1024x600 Normal, Score | 15488 | 13121 -15% | 16610 7% | 21646 40% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -8% /
-10% | 1% /
6% | 34% /
39% |
Stress Test and Emissions
The 3DMark Time Spy stress test yielded a very good result of 98.4% - which amounts to a 1.6% deviation during the benchmark runs. Therefore, under usual gaming load, the performance can be maintained continuously. As usual (for the Founders Edition cards), the fans remained comfortably quiet.
Power Consumption
As the high TDP might suggest, under load, the power consumption is closer to the GTX 1080 than the GTX 1070. In the FurMark stress test, the card appears to be limited artificially (there is also a warning in the reviewer’s guide). For instance, the normal GTX 1070 achieves 17% more frames per second than the Ti while keeping its energy consumption 50 watts lower.
| Power Consumption | |
| 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition (88 fps, Idle: 70.3 W) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Idle: 68.3 W) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition (68.9 fps, Idle: 67.8 W) | |
| MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC (Idle: 73.5 W) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition (Idle: 68 W) | |
| 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition (252 fps, Idle: 70.3 W) | |
| MSI Gaming Z GeForce GTX 1070 OC Bios Desktop PC (203 fps, Idle: 73.5 W) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (228 fps, Idle: 68.3 W) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition (157 fps, Idle: 67.8 W) | |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition (186 fps, Idle: 68 W) | |
* ... smaller is better
Verdict
With the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, Nvidia bridges the gap between the GTX 1070 and the GTX 1080 and offers an alternative for the currently unavailable Radeon Vega 56. In terms of efficiency, the GTX 1070 Ti is closer to the GTX 1080 than the GTX 1070. Because third party cards can only be overclocked via software or manually, the Founders Edition card does not suffer from any performance disadvantages. However, the cards from Nvidia’s board partners are a bit more efficient and somewhat quieter. The MSRP of 469 Euros (~$549) in Germany can be attributed to the high prices of the Vega 56 GPUs, which are being sold well above the MSRP (thanks to mining).
All in all, one can say that the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition is a well-made desktop graphics card, that is especially suited for gaming at 1440p.
