Best of GTX 1070s

[kriskarthik]

Im planning to buy more 1070s and I’m reading thru lot of threads talking about GTX performance. I reckon all 1070 performs almost similar but I can see slight differences in hashing rates, power consumption and heat. So just wondering which make is comparatively better, which one has Samsung memory etc? Pls share your thoughts

ASUS EVGA MSI GIGABYTE ZITAC PALIT?

Any of you tried Chinese local brands with GTX 1070 chips ? 😂

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[R0MD0C1]

Silicon lottery 

Buy the cheapest one and cross your fingers 

[winteriscoming91]

Im planning to buy more 1070s and I’m reading thru lot of threads talking about GTX performance. I reckon all 1070 performs almost similar but I can see slight differences in hashing rates, power consumption and heat. So just wondering which make is comparatively better, which one has Samsung memory etc? Pls share your thoughts

ASUS EVGA MSI GIGABYTE ZITAC PALIT?

Any of you tried Chinese local brands with GTX 1070 chips ? 😂

As per the research studies among nicehashminer, GTX 1080 Ti took over GTX 1070.

[umine]

Im planning to buy more 1070s and I’m reading thru lot of threads talking about GTX performance. I reckon all 1070 performs almost similar but I can see slight differences in hashing rates, power consumption and heat. So just wondering which make is comparatively better, which one has Samsung memory etc? Pls share your thoughts

ASUS EVGA MSI GIGABYTE ZITAC PALIT?

Any of you tried Chinese local brands with GTX 1070 chips ? 😂

I think all vendors are practically equal. I tried all of them except Zotac. So at the same power consumption all GPUs show the same hashrate. I like Palit JS, SJS, GR, GRP because of them perfect cooler. Asus and Giga also good but expensive. MSI has a lot overclocking potential but power consumption will grow fast. About memory types: now all my cards with Micron but all of them can reach +600-800 of memory OC with proper BIOS. I had one card with Samsung memory - it was EVGA SC, but it didn't work properly (I think manufacturing defect) so I returned back it to the store.

[wacko]

All come with Micron now. Palit (super)jetstream and gamerock are the best air-cooled 1070s out there. They're using the same PCBs as their gtx 1080s and the same coolers. Everything is cooled by the main radiator, it touches all the memory chips and vrm. The cards are cool and almost silent. Higher end versions (super jetstream and gamerock premium) are supposed to be binned, so should overclock/undervolt better.

Although I would buy 1070 Ti instead of regular 1070s now. Same GDDR5 memory so still good for ETH and Neoscrypt, but more cuda cores.

[flip4flop]

While I dont have experience with many different brands of cards. I picked up 3x MSI Gaming X 1070s and they have been working out great for me.  While keep in mind they require both a 8 pin and a 6 pin to run so that might be a problem if you have limited connections available. I have been able to run them at about +200 core and +600 memory on Win10 with no issues at all, even with Micron memory.  They are all performing at the same level at my EVGA 1070Ti.

[_javier_]

watch out for reliability on the long run..
only buy cards with ball bearing fans.

My Aorus 1070 are a TANK.

[shibob]

If you could spend more money for it, I suggest you take a look on GTX 1070 Ti. I just have 2 rigs of MSI 1070 Seahawk and EVGA GTX 1070 SC, both are good.

[Patsad]

Palit gamerock or superjet. I like it

[Permonik]

Gainword gs glh version, 30Mh/s with only 100W.

[wacko]

Gainword gs glh version, 30Mh/s with only 100W.

That's exactly the same card as Palit Jetstream/Gamerock, only red color instead of silver/blue. The same manufacturer, just different brands for different regions.

[Zosinburg]

Gainword gs glh version, 30Mh/s with only 100W.

That's exactly the same card as Palit Jetstream/Gamerock, only red color instead of silver/blue. The same manufacturer, just different brands for different regions.

I see no difference between them.

[Ryuh]

ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1070 AMP Extreme is the best clocking wise card out there of all the 1070, but i'm not sure about the power draw.
Otherwise i'm perfectly happy with my EVGA's 1070 SC and EVGA's 1070 SC Black Editions and plan to buy more of them.

[Helios45]

When it comes to fans I understand the best option is to go for the the 3 fans 1070 but what about the 2 fans, single fan and mini 1070s, are they still good for mining or do we need to consider proper rig cooling with these cards ?

[gt_addict]

Ive got evga 1070ti SC black editions. Dual fan and almost silent at 30% fan speed running a steady 58-60c each. 32.4mh on ETH at 65% power limit (approx 100w). Great cards.

[Metroid]

When it comes to fans I understand the best option is to go the the 3 fans 1070 but what about the 2 fans, single fan and mini 1070s, are they still good for mining or do we need to consider proper rig cooling with these cards ?

all depends of the ambient temperature.

[wacko]

When it comes to fans I understand the best option is to go the the 3 fans 1070 but what about the 2 fans, single fan and mini 1070s, are they still good for mining or do we need to consider proper rig cooling with these cards ?

Single-fan 1070s are crap. They work, of course, but the cooling is no good. As for 2-fan vs 3-fan, it's not as simple: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2424138.msg24868988#msg24868988

[klintistwood]

you should buy from a site where they have a good return policy, you buy the cards, you test if it's Samsung, if not, send it back. That's how I got Samsung models for all my cards.

GTX 1070 is a good card (I have one in my desktop) but it's twice the price of a GTX 1060 for only 33% more hash rate. With my GTX 1070 I get 32MH/s for a card around 400€, my GTX 1060 reach 24MH/s for 200€ (even less if you're in the US) and less power (75W!)

[Helios45]

When it comes to fans I understand the best option is to go the the 3 fans 1070 but what about the 2 fans, single fan and mini 1070s, are they still good for mining or do we need to consider proper rig cooling with these cards ?

Single-fan 1070s are crap. They work, of course, but the cooling is no good. As for 2-fan vs 3-fan, it's not as simple: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2424138.msg24868988#msg24868988

Good stuff, thanks

[solarion]

When it comes to fans I understand the best option is to go the the 3 fans 1070 but what about the 2 fans, single fan and mini 1070s, are they still good for mining or do we need to consider proper rig cooling with these cards ?

Nvidia 1070i is the cards being used by the people in my friend sets. They are running 3 or 4 rigs for each person place. If you have the 3 cards or 6 in the rig means you can manage with the two cards also.
Have PSU which can be compatible and make it cooler in mining process.
These two fans are enough to have in the wooden rig like wide opened.

[Helios45]

When it comes to fans I understand the best option is to go the the 3 fans 1070 but what about the 2 fans, single fan and mini 1070s, are they still good for mining or do we need to consider proper rig cooling with these cards ?

all depends of the ambient temperature.

About 20 degrees in my basement, how does it sound?

[wacko]

you should buy from a site where they have a good return policy, you buy the cards, you test if it's Samsung, if not, send it back.

But this way you'll never get to keep a single card since all 1070s come with Micron now. 

That's how I got Samsung models for all my cards.

Have you recently bought any 1070s? Or are you talking about 1060s? It's a lot easier to get Samsung ram with 1060s, still plenty of them out there. But not with 1070s, not anymore.

[klintistwood]

you should buy from a site where they have a good return policy, you buy the cards, you test if it's Samsung, if not, send it back.

But this way you'll never get to keep a single card since all 1070s come with Micron now. 

That's how I got Samsung models for all my cards.

Have you recently bought any 1070s? Or are you talking about 1060s? It's a lot easier to get Samsung ram with 1060s, still plenty of them out there. But not with 1070s, not anymore.

I got Samsung ram on GTX 1060 recently, I bought my GTX 1070 last year so I don't know.

[kriskarthik]

you should buy from a site where they have a good return policy, you buy the cards, you test if it's Samsung, if not, send it back. That's how I got Samsung models for all my cards.

GTX 1070 is a good card (I have one in my desktop) but it's twice the price of a GTX 1060 for only 33% more hash rate. With my GTX 1070 I get 32MH/s for a card around 400€, my GTX 1060 reach 24MH/s for 200€ (even less if you're in the US) and less power (75W!)

Agree mate. But I live in a place where real estate is damn costly. So I want to use comparatively a powerful ones and  squeeze them into a small space lol . TIs are bit costly here.

[PranDoW]

I prefer gigabyte G1, my friend is using aorus. But unfortunately, both of we have micron memory in cards

[kriskarthik]

I prefer gigabyte G1, my friend is using aorus. But unfortunately, both of we have micron memory in cards

How is the performance of them in terms of hashing and power? I’m using Asus Dual OC that gives me around 440 sols on Zcash or 30.2 Mh in ETH.

[umine]

I prefer gigabyte G1, my friend is using aorus. But unfortunately, both of we have micron memory in cards

How is the performance of them in terms of hashing and power? I’m using Asus Dual OC that gives me around 440 sols on Zcash or 30.2 Mh in ETH.

At proper overclocking/downvolting settings it gives about 470 Sol/s at 140W, But cooling system is not the best (it's good but not best). At the same conditions the difference of temperatures of Gigabyte G1 and Aorus about 5-7 degrees (for my instalation)

[crocozino]

I prefer gigabyte G1, my friend is using aorus. But unfortunately, both of we have micron memory in cards

How is the performance of them in terms of hashing and power? I’m using Asus Dual OC that gives me around 440 sols on Zcash or 30.2 Mh in ETH.

At proper overclocking/downvolting settings it gives about 470 Sol/s at 140W, But cooling system is not the best (it's good but not best). At the same conditions the difference of temperatures of Gigabyte G1 and Aorus about 5-7 degrees (for my instalation)

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but still Asus much better then Palit 1070 Dual for roughly same price!
so this kinda question of the price level. Overall I'm very satisfied with asus dual for its price and performance.

[FFI2013]

Is there a difference in hashrates between the gtx 1060 and gtx 1060 mini

[bigjee]

I prefer gigabyte G1, my friend is using aorus. But unfortunately, both of we have micron memory in cards

Is good card but uses 30w more than a normal 1070 (150w).My best G1 hits 500 sol/s when overclocked.
It also runs about 2-3C cooler due to a really nice cooler design (3 fans vs. two)
I do think it is the best looking though and feels like a weapon when you hold it.  

[kriskarthik]

At proper overclocking/downvolting settings it gives about 470 Sol/s at 140W, But cooling system is not the best (it's good but not best). At the same conditions the difference of temperatures of Gigabyte G1 and Aorus about 5-7 degrees (for my instalation)

Thanks for sharing your views. But can you please clarify Which one gives you 470 sols and which one one is hotter? G1 or Aorus?

[grendel25]

I've always had really good luck with EVGA products just for simplicity, value, and performance.  This includes their power supplies.  So yeah, wait for EVGA sales and stick with that as a 1070 choice.  Then again, 1080 prices are coming down too so if you are looking for port density 1080 is pretty good too.

[shibob]

I've always had really good luck with EVGA products just for simplicity, value, and performance.  This includes their power supplies.  So yeah, wait for EVGA sales and stick with that as a 1070 choice.  Then again, 1080 prices are coming down too so if you are looking for port density 1080 is pretty good too.

I'm waiting to 2018.Feb, as the roadmap of Nvidia that time they may release new series GTX 20xx, so maybe we could get some cheaper GTX 10xx.

[tenebriscaelum]

As you have mentioned almost all of the cards are almost performs the same the answer is silicon lottery.
It will really depend on how lucky you are in the silicon lottery so if you can get the best binned GTX 1070 then good for you. As for the brand go for the cheapest can in the market it is really not good for you to get the priciest GTX 1070 for like ASUS, EVGA and MSI unless if you are in for the aesthetics which is uncommon for a miner. So I suggest go for GALAX, PALIT or ZOTAC since they are cheaper and also creates goo AIB GPUs.

[saul.goodman]

always EVGA.. best warranty

[umine]

At proper overclocking/downvolting settings it gives about 470 Sol/s at 140W, But cooling system is not the best (it's good but not best). At the same conditions the difference of temperatures of Gigabyte G1 and Aorus about 5-7 degrees (for my instalation)

Thanks for sharing your views. But can you please clarify Which one gives you 470 sols and which one one is hotter? G1 or Aorus?

Sorry, I confused the models G1 and Windforce (two fans). I've no G1 models. I've several Gigabyte Windforce OC GTX1070. And them are 5-7 degrees hotter than Gigabyte Aorus. Both give about 470 Sol/s at 140W

[newmz]

I have 3 Gigabyte G1 Gaming and 1 EVGA Superclocked 2.

(I also have 5 x 1060 6GB of various brands but the best of them are definitely the MSI 1060 Gaming though they are a little more power hungry)

I got lucky because I got 2 of the G1s a while ago and they are Samsung VRAM but the 3rd newer one is Micron. The EVGA is Micron.
 
All the cards run at around 60 degrees with the fans set to 60-70%, ambient temp lately in the 25-30 degree range, even though the G1s are 3 fan and the EVGA is dual fan.

The G1s are way more overclockable both core and memory - one of them will run stable at core 2085-2100 & memory +800 and responds to all the adjustments MSI afterburner will do, whereas the EVGA seems to just decide it's own powerlimit no matter what I do. I had some  more success initially using Nvidia Inspector instead of Afterburner but then it started crashing a lot so I abandoned it.

So long story short I really like the G1 Gaming and if I were buying more 1070's (which I can't really afford) I would definitely get more of them, even with them now having Micron VRAM. The 2 Samsung ones are happy at +800 which is great for dagger/hashimoto but the micron gets unstable above around +680.

I use them mostly for Lyra2v2 (Vertcoin) lately but sometimes equihash or neoscrypt and the G1s all do better that whattomine.com says they will while the EVGA is on par with what they say.

[flip4flop]

I am a big fan of the MSI Gaming X 1070s been using 3 of them and they are cranking along doing an excellent job in the high 400 sols/s on ZEC using only 70 percent power and +150 Core / +600 memory.  Very stable, the only issue is they take both a 6 pin and a 8 pin so keep that in mind.

[FloppyPurpleGherkin]

Zotac AMP's (double fan) are shit, Over 30% fan failure rate within 6 months.

[kriskarthik]

always EVGA.. best warranty

Warranty covers for mining usage as well? Or say you just don’t mention it when claiming warranty? Most likely the later right ?

[flip4flop]

always EVGA.. best warranty

Warranty covers for mining usage as well? Or say you just don’t mention it when claiming warranty? Most likely the later right ?

I would never mention mining in any warranty claims, to many reasons to deny you if they feel you overclocked or modified the card in any way to avoid replacing it for you.  Provide as little details as possible and hope for the best, EVGA has had great reviews from customer service so they should not give you to much trouble if you need to go that route.

[bigjee]

you should buy from a site where they have a good return policy, you buy the cards, you test if it's Samsung, if not, send it back.

But this way you'll never get to keep a single card since all 1070s come with Micron now. 

That's how I got Samsung models for all my cards.

Have you recently bought any 1070s? Or are you talking about 1060s? It's a lot easier to get Samsung ram with 1060s, still plenty of them out there. But not with 1070s, not anymore.

Actually hard to get samsung with regular 1060s anymore also.
Ive heard the P106-100 have samsung memory now; regular 1060 is now Hynix (at least where I live)

[bigjee]

I've always had really good luck with EVGA products just for simplicity, value, and performance.  This includes their power supplies.  So yeah, wait for EVGA sales and stick with that as a 1070 choice.  Then again, 1080 prices are coming down too so if you are looking for port density 1080 is pretty good too.

I'm waiting to 2018.Feb, as the roadmap of Nvidia that time they may release new series GTX 20xx, so maybe we could get some cheaper GTX 10xx.

New Volta aint coming till Summer 2018

[bigjee]

Zotac AMP's (double fan) are shit, Over 30% fan failure rate within 6 months.

For some reason they are rated at 22ow instead of 150 or 180 for some reason.
Not sure why

[philipma1957]

1070 ti gives me 500 sols at 125 watts

[sexycoin69]

i have two 1070's. get around 450 sols mining zcash. I've overclocked it to get a combined 920 sols but not very stable so I keep it a bit lower and more stable.

[kriskarthik]

Any opinion on below card? I see that one of the cheapest available gpu at my place. Anyone using it? How is performance, temperature and the noise ?

Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Dual 8GB GDDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card

[PranDoW]

I prefer gigabyte G1, my friend is using aorus. But unfortunately, both of we have micron memory in cards

How is the performance of them in terms of hashing and power? I’m using Asus Dual OC that gives me around 440 sols on Zcash or 30.2 Mh in ETH.

Im mining ZCash so lowest Sol/s is 465 and highest 505 in average 480. GPU memory is Micron

[wacko]

Any opinion on below card? I see that one of the cheapest available gpu at my place. Anyone using it? How is performance, temperature and the noise ?

Palit GeForce GTX 1070 Dual 8GB GDDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card

It's a budget card, not nearly as good as the jetstream/gamerock cards. Only makes sense if it's really cheap, otherwise I wouldn't buy it. Should be somewhat similar to Asus Dual. Weak cooler is the main problem with these cards.

[cpcue]

I just started this week and I'm using my Jetstream 1070 (I'm still feeling things out before I start investing big time). How do you guys know if you have Samsung or not? I'm a gamer and I haven't heard much about this in our community.

This is some good read, good to hear from fellow 1070 users. Hopefully I'll add a few more to cope up with you guys who have dozens. 

[hookcoin]

The GTX 1070s is a great digger. I am holding a lot of 1070s to exploit the new altcoin, the profit that it gives me is huge. I do not dig the top altcoin because those altcoins do not bring much profit.

[SCAR_8]

I really like my 1070 MSI so far, hopefully I can learn how to add more to my setup eventually. It runs at 35 mh/s with no overclocking...yet

[kriskarthik]

It runs at 35 mh/s with no overclocking...yet

No kidding

[RoyaLunique]

I use gaming x 1070 its good

[shibob]

you should buy from a site where they have a good return policy, you buy the cards, you test if it's Samsung, if not, send it back.

But this way you'll never get to keep a single card since all 1070s come with Micron now. 

That's how I got Samsung models for all my cards.

Have you recently bought any 1070s? Or are you talking about 1060s? It's a lot easier to get Samsung ram with 1060s, still plenty of them out there. But not with 1070s, not anymore.

Actually hard to get samsung with regular 1060s anymore also.
Ive heard the P106-100 have samsung memory now; regular 1060 is now Hynix (at least where I live)

Bigjee, yeah P106-100 has Samsung memory, I've tested MSI P106-100, OC is very good.

[kriskarthik]

P106-100 isn’t the modified version of 1060s? Or are they better than 1070?

[kriskarthik]

I just bought Palit GTX1070 Dual 8GB and it’s running nice and smooth. Initially there were some comments about Palit running hitter but I don’t face any such problems. It’s running pretty quiet as well.

[Vit83]

I bought Asus Strix 1070 it is quite and cold. Asus 1060 not Strix  is very hot 75 C  against 65 comparing strix. Strix is more expensive than others, but if it   is in your sleeping room it worth its money;)  

[kriskarthik]

Well, I have 8 ASUS GTX1070 Dual 8 Gb and no complaints. But palits seems quieter.

[ap0stol]

I prefer MSI 1070 Gaming X for at least Zcash
Avg: 478 sol/s on ~137-138 Watt (3,48 sol/w) and very quiet and cold

[foundmyinnerzen]

Running 4x ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 OC ROG Strix, mining zcash with a total of 1800 Sols, all cards average at around 450.

core clock is set to 1860 and memclock to 4290, will test out if I can increase the memclock a little more.

[DevelopmentBank]

I've always had good experiences buying EVGA GPUs. None of them were ever Samsung memory but none of them also had problems. Hashing stable for a few months now. Another plus facrtor i love about EVGA is that their GPU design looks way better than lets say Palit. Its a bit shallow but my mining rig looks so futuristic and my friends who visit always comment on how my rig looks much neater than theirs.