Review of Galax 1070 Katana GPU ( it has arrived)

[philipma1957]

Note It has arrived.  Test build is below.

I like this card so much I ordered a second and almost certainly will order a third .

My goal is to have a 3x  Galax katana 1070 plus 1 x founders edition 1080 ti   In a rosewill case  with about 1800-1900 Sols for ZEC and under 600 watts. At about 2.1k for the build.

This will be riser free and should fit in a data center rack.

And not be smoking stupid hot.

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I ordered one and will post review when it arrives.  This is the most powerful single slot gpu available.


http://galaxstore.net/GALAX-GeForce-GTX-1070-KATANA_p_130.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11271/galax-and-kfa2-list-geforce-gtx-1070-katana-a-singleslot-geforce-gtx-1070

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[th00ber]

Still not here ?

[philipma1957]

Still not here ?

I ordered it on may 5  it is yet to ship.  Says it is in stock.  I will send them an email later today.

I just emailed them.  I will post back later today.

[adaseb]

Where did you buy that?

Last I heard Galax brand GPUs aren't sold in North America.

[philipma1957]

Where did you buy that?

Last I heard Galax brand GPUs aren't sold in North America.

they have a direct store only purchase

 http://galaxstore.net/


http://galaxstore.net/GALAX-GeForce-GTX-1070-KATANA_p_130.html


this is the only way to buy it in the usa.

My guess is  even though it reads in stock.  The stock may not be in the USA.  
They  wait for  enough people to order it from the USA link  and ship  at that point.

The link and the store are real.

Here is the facebook page for   them in the US

https://www.facebook.com/GalaxyUS/


I did business with them 1 other time...  And   they were slow to ship.

But I can use this size card in  a few of my builds.  So I am willing to wait a bit.  

It is 9 am  In NY  and they are near Chicago  So  maybe they will reply to my email  in a few hours.

It is a paypal order  so I do not have fear of a ripoff in any way.



UPDATE: I got an email response it is expected to ship may 10 via fedex.  I may get it by fri or next monday.

[philipma1957]

IT shipped will arrive on the 11th.

I will put it in a rig with

 asus strix    1070
msi gamer    1070
galax katana 1070

the board will be an aorus z270

I will slot mount all three cards.

goal  will be 1200-1300 sol/h for zec

using under 400 watts for the three  cards.

[zer0k]

Can't wait to see the results on this card

If you can keep it cool enough, it will really help increase density in a lot of Nvidia systems that aren't using risers

[philipma1957]

Can't wait to see the results on this card

If you can keep it cool enough, it will really help increase density in a lot of Nvidia systems that aren't using risers

yeah it should work great on the bioster z170 boards.

I will test it with

strix 1070
msi 1070
katana 1070


1080 ti founders
1080 ti founders
1070 katana

1080 ti msi aero
1080 ti msi aero
1070 katana

the biostar allows 3 cards with a riser

but with the katana 3 cards and no risers should be easy .

If I like the one I will get a second and return another card.

it may allow 4 cards on the biostar z170

in slots open air.

katana 1070
katana 1070
katana 1070
founders 1080 ti

[U253]

Can't wait to see the results on this card

If you can keep it cool enough, it will really help increase density in a lot of Nvidia systems that aren't using risers

yeah it should work great on the bioster z170 boards.

I will test it with

strix 1070
msi 1070
katana 1070


1080 ti founders
1080 ti founders
1070 katana

1080 ti msi aero
1080 ti msi aero
1070 katana

the biostar allows 3 cards with a riser

but with the katana 3 cards and no risers should be easy .

If I like the one I will get a second and return another card.

it may allow 4 cards on the biostar z170

in slots open air.

katana 1070
katana 1070
katana 1070
founders 1080 ti

give 1 slot spacing seems wise for this card. I read some reviews from Chinese websites, this card likely does nothing better than 1070FE in cooling. And it's not exactly the blower type as FE, hot air comes out at 1/4 position so definitely will need some spacing. The four slots Biostar boards is a good choice.

Also this is not the first time Galax makes this type single slot card, usually even in China the supply could be limited as it's not as popular.

And it's a heavy card.

[thesmokingman]

Can't wait to see the results on this card

If you can keep it cool enough, it will really help increase density in a lot of Nvidia systems that aren't using risers

yeah it should work great on the bioster z170 boards.

I will test it with

strix 1070
msi 1070
katana 1070


1080 ti founders
1080 ti founders
1070 katana

1080 ti msi aero
1080 ti msi aero
1070 katana

the biostar allows 3 cards with a riser

but with the katana 3 cards and no risers should be easy .

If I like the one I will get a second and return another card.

it may allow 4 cards on the biostar z170

in slots open air.

katana 1070
katana 1070
katana 1070
founders 1080 ti

give 1 slot spacing seems wise for this card. I read some reviews from Chinese websites, this card likely does nothing better than 1070FE in cooling. And it's not exactly the blower type as FE, hot air comes out at 1/4 position so definitely will need some spacing. The four slots Biostar boards is a good choice.

Also this is not the first time Galax makes this type single slot card, usually even in China the supply could be limited as it's not as popular.

And it's a heavy card.

Interested in seeing how well this card cools also given it's the blower design with less area to move air through like the FE version. I've seen a few of these at one of my local MicroCenters but never thought much about them since I use risers and had never heard of it, so def interested in your testing results as I'm only building Nvidia 1070/1080/1080ti rigs from now on...

[philipma1957]

Can't wait to see the results on this card

If you can keep it cool enough, it will really help increase density in a lot of Nvidia systems that aren't using risers

yeah it should work great on the bioster z170 boards.

I will test it with

strix 1070
msi 1070
katana 1070


1080 ti founders
1080 ti founders
1070 katana

1080 ti msi aero
1080 ti msi aero
1070 katana

the biostar allows 3 cards with a riser

but with the katana 3 cards and no risers should be easy .

If I like the one I will get a second and return another card.

it may allow 4 cards on the biostar z170

in slots open air.

katana 1070
katana 1070
katana 1070
founders 1080 ti

give 1 slot spacing seems wise for this card. I read some reviews from Chinese websites, this card likely does nothing better than 1070FE in cooling. And it's not exactly the blower type as FE, hot air comes out at 1/4 position so definitely will need some spacing. The four slots Biostar boards is a good choice.

Also this is not the first time Galax makes this type single slot card, usually even in China the supply could be limited as it's not as popular.

And it's a heavy card.

lot of copper in it vs aluminum.

on open air  flat mobo setups like the one below it should be good.

[philipma1957]

Okay it is in hand

photos coming




the most powerful  and affordable 1 slot nvidia card in my hand


and here is a biostar z170 rig

with
Galax 1070 Katana left -------- one slot
Zotac 1080 ti FE center ------- two slot
Aorus 1080 ti right ------------ three slots

lots of room to breath



loading on msi

[LoneRangir]

Do you think it would be feasible to stuff 6 Katanas in one of these board you pointed out in the other thread?  Talk about density!

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138439

Getting enough air flow across the cards would be Job 1.

[cptfisher]

without additional power for the pci slots you will draw all from your atx conenctor and risk to destroy it is very high on the long run if you employ 6 cards....

[philipma1957]

without additional power for the pci slots you will draw all from your atx conenctor and risk to destroy it is very high on the long run if you employ 6 cards....

you are wrong.

Those boards  have run  4 rx 480s   for months with zero issues  it drew 600 watts and used four slots.

the entire three card rig  now draws under 550 watts.

the three cards are using  5 pcie cables  most power is pcie cable

I also have down clocked to 55% tdp  to avoid over heating.

Right now my garage  is pretty hot around 90f

You can see the card is warm as it  runs  at 71 c  with fans set to 75%

note is only doing  314 sols  due to low  tdp of 55%  82 watts 3.83 sols a watt

the middle 1080 ti is doing 522 sols at 55% tdp  142 watts 3.65 sols a watt

and the fat ass aorus is doing 652 sols at 59 %  163 watts 4.00 sols a watt   using 2 8 pin pcie cables

[mrada1204]

it seems it is not such a good card in terms of cooling ... u have to keep it at lower tdp to not overheat

[philipma1957]

it seems it is not such a good card in terms of cooling ... u have to keep it at lower tdp to not overheat

Don't know yet..

It does have very good sols to   watts.

and it is running with  two 1080  ti's

It is hot spot 92f


  I will take the temp of air


  it will  end up mining in a cooler room.

here is the bottom line  right now  3 card rig is doing 1442 sol  at 385 watts  on software

a five card rx 480  would do  1442 sol at 700-750 watts not flashed and maybe  600 watts flashed.

the space is much smaller  for this rig.  more testing need.

[xleejohnx]

it seems it is not such a good card in terms of cooling ... u have to keep it at lower tdp to not overheat

Don't know yet..

It does have very good sols to   watts.

and it is running with  two 1080  ti's

It is hot spot 92f


  I will take the temp of air


  it will  end up mining in a cooler room.

here is the bottom line  right now  3 card rig is doing 1442 sol  at 385 watts  on software

a five card rx 480  would do  1442 sol at 700-750 watts not flashed and maybe  600 watts flashed.

the space is much smaller  for this rig.  more testing need.

id like to see what 4 of these in a case could do.. speed temps and in a cooled room

[philipma1957]

it seems it is not such a good card in terms of cooling ... u have to keep it at lower tdp to not overheat

Don't know yet..

It does have very good sols to   watts.

and it is running with  two 1080  ti's

It is hot spot 92f


  I will take the temp of air


  it will  end up mining in a cooler room.

here is the bottom line  right now  3 card rig is doing 1442 sol  at 385 watts  on software

a five card rx 480  would do  1442 sol at 700-750 watts not flashed and maybe  600 watts flashed.

the space is much smaller  for this rig.  more testing need.

id like to see what 4 of these in a case could do.. speed temps and in a cooled room

Yeah I will do more testing.

Sometimes cards don't mix well.

The setup now is not ideal.

Three different cards. Can make driver conflicts.

little tweak  and big improvements.

boosted power less then 15 watts


moved tdp from 55 to 65 moved fan to 80%  temps dropped  to 69c   hash is up. sols to watts is better.

[TheYankeesWin!]

so the 3 cards are now 1572 sol.

the katana looks good.  69C at 85% fan   384 sol

how hot is your garage?


and I know  you are running  a lot of gear on you pdu 

what are the amps  running this?

what are the amps  with it fully turned off.