Should I buy the GTX 1070 Ti?

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There has been immense talk about graphics cards all over the internet for over a year for the GTX 1080 Ti, which sold out within months of its release and is still sold out in certain stores. Nvidia and other manufacturers didn’t anticipate the high demand of the coveted 1080 Ti which surpassed the Titan X in performance and price. On November 2, 2017 we will see a new addition to the Pascal architecture, the GTX 1070 Ti. Nvidia promises that this card will achieve higher frame rates at an increase of 27% more power-performance from the previous 1070s. Aside from having more CUDA Cores, it’s very close to the performance of the GTX 1080.

 

But why are graphics cards so important? Graphics cards are more relevant today more than ever since most or almost all of the calculations done for shadow (casting), particles, emitting lights, and numerous visual effects are done by the GPU. VC rain, smoke, clouds and water are computations done specifically by the graphics card. Today, we are seeing more significant improvements and more cores, higher frequencies and more VRam applied to next-gen graphics cards to process all the data and multiple tasks. Generally, speaking today's GPUs will adds in-depth realism, environmental changes and so forth. For those who always wanted a Ti gen based card for the price of a 1080, here’s your chance! It has almost all of the features of the 1080 and it cost about $100 less. Here’s a breakdown of the specs between the 1070 Ti and the 1080.

 

• GTX 1070 Ti
• GPU Engine Specs:
• 2432 NVIDIA CUDA® Cores
• 1607 Base Clock (MHz)
• 1683 Boost Clock (MHz)
• Memory Specs:
• 8 Gbps Memory Speed
• 8 GB GDDR5Standard Memory Config
• 256-bitMemory Interface Width
• 256 Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
• Pre-order for $449

 

• GTX 1080
• GPU Engine Specs:
• 2560 NVIDIA CUDA® Cores
• 1607 Base Clock (MHz)
• 1733 Boost Clock (MHz)
• Memory Specs:
• 10 Gbps Memory Speed and up to 11 Gbps (certain models)
• 8 GB GDDR5XStandard Memory Config
• 256-bit Memory Interface Width
• 320 Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
• In stock for $549

 

I have a 780 Ti on my current build which has 2880 CUDA Cores, 3 GB GDDR5, 7 Gbps/sec (7000 Mhz) Memory clock, 384 bit Memory Interface and 336 GB/Sec Memory Bandwidth. Using this simple formula you can determine if you should or should not buy a new graphics card comparing your current to new ones.

 

Memory Interface/8 bits = (because 8 bits = 1 byte) * Effective Memory clock = Memory bandwidth

780Ti = 384/8 = 48 * 7000 MHz = 336000 MB/s = 336 GB/s

1070Ti = 256/8 = 32 * 8000 MHz = 256000 MB/s = 256 GB/s

 

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Now with the soon release of the GTX 1070 Ti should you buy this graphic card if you were in my position? Is it beneficial for those who have a second-tier 780/Ti, 970 or a 980/Ti series GPU to upgrade or wait for the next generation Volta to be released? Does large amounts of VRAM matter and if you can afford it should you buy a 1070 Ti? We all want the best frame rates, no shuttering or screen tearing and ultimately maxed out graphics setting to Ultra. With new 64 bit platforms emerging rapidly is anything less than a mid-high end gaming video card even worth buying in this era of simulation based gaming? You can read more on the specs at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1070-ti/. And also check out Linus Tech tipshttps://linustechtips.com/main/topic/198568-the-video-ram-information-guide/, for news, overclocking techniques and reviews.

 

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You will see that most reviews call the 1070 Ti powerful but expensive and that the price gap between the 1070Ti and 1080 is small. If you lay down that amount of money you might as well go for the biggest gun in the battle. No matter what, this is a fantastic graphics card for any kind of simulator.

 

Let me know your thoughts, thank you,

Shanard Letang

 

 

 

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