Which gtx 1070 should I buy?

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I currently have a gtx 970 and want to buy a gtx 1070. I'm really looking at the Asus rog strix because of the 3 fans and ability to change the lighting on it. Overall I like the look of the card. My theme right now is red and black, so if there is any other card with the ability to have red lighting at a cheaper price I would really like to know. I also heard that asus' support is really shitty... I'm Canadian btw so I'm looking for something cheaper than $627 which would be the price of the card I'm looking at right now. THANKS IN ADVANCE! :)
 
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in game performance won't change at all between the various cards. pick the one that looks good for your build and is priced right for you. the differences are mainly the size, power needs and cooling. here is a list of all the models with specs for easy reference. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3047729/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1000-series-megathread-faq-resources.html#17902599

lighting is not included in the specs cause it's not something i really care about, but you can check out product pages linked for that info if you wish.
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Although the 970 => 1070 performance increase is the largest I can recall, it's is generally accepted that you need a bigger increase to really notice.

The Strix is a big card (11.73") so 1st off, make sure it fits

The MSI Gaming X would seem to be the best fit for a read / black theme tho the only time ya really see the colored shroud is when ya take it outta the box. It's almost an inch shorter at 10.98". Review here:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1070_Gaming_X/29.html

As for the LED stuff, have some of these here but have to see I have never even as much as looked at the LED stuff.

However the Gaming App that comes with it lets ya do some really fancy stuff if ya wanna bling it up a bit

https://www.msi.com/blog/detail/msi-gaming-app-article
 
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in game performance won't change at all between the various cards. pick the one that looks good for your build and is priced right for you. the differences are mainly the size, power needs and cooling. here is a list of all the models with specs for easy reference. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3047729/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1000-series-megathread-faq-resources.html#17902599

lighting is not included in the specs cause it's not something i really care about, but you can check out product pages linked for that info if you wish.
 
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I would have to clarify just a bit on all cards "perform equally. Yes, Boost 3.0 is sort of a bottleneck for all cards but a) when (or if) the BIOS gets busted and folks can edit card BIOSs, the relative difference in componentry will come more into play, b) some still manage significant improvements (or perhaps some cards just do badly) and c) The 9xx was intentionally gimped so as to give the 1080 a greater performance advantage... I suspect the same is going on here.

But to get to the main point, the EVGA FTW and SC cards certainly don't fit in the same category given their original design flaws, now since corrected. And performance includes more than fps but also noise and temps.

TPU tested six (6) 1070s...and rated all of them at 9.8 ... however ....

1. All of the 1070s were with 1 dbA of one another, except of course the FE card which was 6-7 dbA louder.

2. Temps ranged from 69 to 73C ... except and again of course, the FE card which was throttling. All things being equal, I'd take the 4C ... 6% cooler

3. In the overclocking test, the FE card provided 133.7; the EVGA managed just a hair more at 134.0; and the fastest managed 6% more at 142.0 To my eyes, a 6% difference is by no means insignificant. That difference should have made us all aware that something was amiss with this card long before they started going up in smoke, especially when the EVGA 970 SC design was even worse.

Thanks guys. The msi gaming x might be a good choice as well
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The Gaming Z is a tweaked version of the Gaming X which I normally wouldn't bother with but it has been priced cheaper than the X sometimes of late.

 
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