GTX 1070 zotac amp extreme / asus strix 1070

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ok my problems about those 2 cards (Zotac amp extreme/asus strix )
1- both of them unfortunately have micron memory chips
2-both of them making some buzz noise or you can call it vibration or coil whiine noise it's low but if you have silent room you will hear it

so here is my complain :
1-are thise vibration sounds or whines symptoms of death or it's ok and we can continue with them ?

2- both of us can't pass 8600 mhz on memory as OC and we can''t unlock the voltage to try for higher memory speed while already softwares includes unlock voltage options but it seems the voltage remains constant and couldn't change it?

so some ppl said those noises and lower OC capability are from micron memory chips while the gtx 1070 which have samsung memory chips is ok without any problem

so please advice me how we could OC this gtx 1070 with this bad micron memory chips and those noises is ok or it will show problems later ?
 
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I have the Zotac 1080 GTX AE, I have also researched these cards a bit and I know with the 10 series cards the OCing is done automatically on most factory OC'd cards. The Zotac 1080 is only "supposed" to boost to 1911MHz but I have clocked it over 2000MHz often, the highest being 2061. I have also never noticed a buzz or hum, except the fans. Memory clock is constant over 10K but the Zotac has a higher memory bandwidth than the Strix. In my experience the card I have is much more powerful than I even need to max out graphics on 2k resolution, I am going to get a new Asus ROG Swift PG279Q just to push it a bit more with G-sync and 144Hz refresh.

I need to look into what chip I have maybe that will shed some light. I honestly feel like...
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I cannot speak for the Zotac card, but I have the Asus Strix 1070 and I have not noticed any buzzing or coil whine coming from my card. I have low speed fans so my system is pretty quiet. I can say that the limit on the memory OC on my card is about 8800 mhz before the system becomes unstable and it is Micron memory. It sounds like you lost out on the memory chip lotto. I do run my card OC'd on certain games and the OC I have is 2100mhz (sometimes dropping to 2088mhz) on the gpu and 8834mhz on the memory. I have tried to bump the memory by as little as 5mhz and the card crashes when stressed. I hope this helps.

Also, I am curious, what is the stable gpu OC you are currently getting?
 
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which strix version do you have ? the OC one or the normal strix one because there is two versions one already oc by the factory and cheaper one not oc by factor
 
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I have the Zotac 1080 GTX AE, I have also researched these cards a bit and I know with the 10 series cards the OCing is done automatically on most factory OC'd cards. The Zotac 1080 is only "supposed" to boost to 1911MHz but I have clocked it over 2000MHz often, the highest being 2061. I have also never noticed a buzz or hum, except the fans. Memory clock is constant over 10K but the Zotac has a higher memory bandwidth than the Strix. In my experience the card I have is much more powerful than I even need to max out graphics on 2k resolution, I am going to get a new Asus ROG Swift PG279Q just to push it a bit more with G-sync and 144Hz refresh.

I need to look into what chip I have maybe that will shed some light. I honestly feel like I got a top bin card because I am not experiencing any problems whatsoever from my card and I am seeing much better real-world performance from mine than most people I see.
 
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Sorry ignore above, I am at work and became distracted by....nevermind. I have the normal card. I could not see the point of paying an extra 20 dollars for an overclock I can do myself. Matter of fact I played around with it last night and was stable at 2100mhz and 8800mhz on the memory, but as soon as I bumped it up a few mhz on the memory the system locked up. I appear to have found my sweet spot. Also Epicfailjohn gets 10k on his memory not because its a Zotac, but because the 1080 uses GDDRX memory and it comes clocked at 10k out of the box. I hope this helps and let me know if you have any other questions.
 
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