Hello,
I want to decide for a GTX 1070. My main contenders are the MSI Armor and the Gainward card in the standard (budget) edition. The Palit and Galax EXOC would also be possible.
I mainly want the card to be pretty quiet but also have pretty good cooling performance, while not having a limited Powertarget (like the Zotac Mini) so that it doesn't throttle on its own and has some overclocking headroom.
The Gainward seems to have a pretty good reputation in all areas. The MSI Armor has a slightly mixed reputation, ranging from really quiet cooling to being rather noisy.
The Palit has a mixed reputation regarding noise, but actually tending towards the worse.
The Galax is a bit of a special case since I had one once for a short time. I thought it was excellently quiet for the most part, but I didn't try to overclock at all and the temperatures tended to be relatively high, 79°, sometimes. And I knew it would become really noisy if the fans got any louder than they were. And I have no idea if the boost clock was any good or not.
Now I know that this card is actually the same as the more expensive Sniper, barring a different Bios, and I'm guessing some overclocking happens on that card. I wonder if the high temps might have been due to a high, unlocked Powertarget, and if maybe one can save some temperature there, or at least overclock without much temperature difference.
I am mainly interested in the MSI GTX 1070 Armor and the Gainward GTX 1070.
However maybe you can say whether you can overclock the Galax GTX 1070 EX/Sniper nicely without it becoming very loud or hot. And maybe you can recommend the Palit GTX 1070 (standard/budget).
I want to decide for a GTX 1070. My main contenders are the MSI Armor and the Gainward card in the standard (budget) edition. The Palit and Galax EXOC would also be possible.
I mainly want the card to be pretty quiet but also have pretty good cooling performance, while not having a limited Powertarget (like the Zotac Mini) so that it doesn't throttle on its own and has some overclocking headroom.
The Gainward seems to have a pretty good reputation in all areas. The MSI Armor has a slightly mixed reputation, ranging from really quiet cooling to being rather noisy.
The Palit has a mixed reputation regarding noise, but actually tending towards the worse.
The Galax is a bit of a special case since I had one once for a short time. I thought it was excellently quiet for the most part, but I didn't try to overclock at all and the temperatures tended to be relatively high, 79°, sometimes. And I knew it would become really noisy if the fans got any louder than they were. And I have no idea if the boost clock was any good or not.
Now I know that this card is actually the same as the more expensive Sniper, barring a different Bios, and I'm guessing some overclocking happens on that card. I wonder if the high temps might have been due to a high, unlocked Powertarget, and if maybe one can save some temperature there, or at least overclock without much temperature difference.
I am mainly interested in the MSI GTX 1070 Armor and the Gainward GTX 1070.
However maybe you can say whether you can overclock the Galax GTX 1070 EX/Sniper nicely without it becoming very loud or hot. And maybe you can recommend the Palit GTX 1070 (standard/budget).
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