Overclocking NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 ASUS card. Using a video card for mining

Instructions for acceleration GEFORCE GTX 1070 video card

Standard Warning: This manual cannot guarantee 100% system performance. For each processor there may be different settings. All changes you spend on your own risk. Greentech Reviews is not responsible for your actions.

This manual is based on working with ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE GTX 1070 video card.
The parameter management uses the GPU TWEAK II utility. Last version You can download the link: https://www.asus.com/en/graphics-cards/rog-strix-gtx1070-o8g-gaming/helpdesk_download/.
Unigine Valley Benchmark is used to check the stability, you can download it by reference: http://unigine.com/products/benchmarks/valley/

The first thing you need to do is go to the settings (click the icon in the form of a gear in the upper right corner) and install a tick opposite item Overclocking Range Enhancement.. For convenience, you can still note Apply Settings Each Time GPU Tweak Starts.
Apply the settings of the button Apply.

Now we return to the main menu and increase the voltage on the graphics processor - we move the slider GPU Voltage. Right to the maximum.
With a slider Power Target. We do the same.
Parameter GPU BOOST CLOCK. Run 33 MHz. And here Memory Clock. Run to 1334. and apply the settings by pressing the button Apply.

Now configure the operation of the cooling system. Under Fan Speed. Press User Define And set the settings as in the screenshot:

Now run Unigine Valley. And install the maximum settings and permission. Run the test by pressing the button Benchmark.. If you saw the message "Driver stopped responding and was stopped" (or similar), then you need to return to the program GPU Tweak II. and reduce importance GPU Boost.. If during testing we noticed artifacts (triangles, shimmering points), then it is necessary to reduce the value Memory Clock. As long as such artifacts are not.
Final value GPU BOOST CLOCK. will never be fixed. But, as practice shows, the border of 2000 MHz must overcome all the graphics processors.

The difference in performance without acceleration and with overclocking is approximately such.
Without acceleration:

Some miners use GTX 1070 Ti capabilities for one cryptocurrency mining - more often Ethereum or zcash. Many more interesting dual mining, in which, in parallel with Ether, is mined, for example, decred or siacoin. The performance that demonstrates in the mining 1070 Ti on other algorithms, can also be of interest in the mining of a series of cryptocurrency, since this video card model is only a little inferior to the new flagship of the line, at the same time he significantly won in his price. The advantages of the card may be more or less pronounced depending on the modification of the graphics adapter. What is beneficial to the Maiden at 1070 Ti and the video card what kind of modification, consider in the article.

In the first half of November 2017, NVIDIA has expanded the line of gaming graphic adapters by the release of GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. There is an opinion that if there is no way out of the Radeon RX VEGA 56/64 market, niche between the GTX 1080 and 1070 would be empty. The new model functioned on the previously tested GP104 processor embedded in the Pascal architecture. As a result, a functional modification was obtained, which was much cheaper than top samples, but at the same time almost did not inferior them in the mining performance.

The GTX 1070 Ti video card operates the GP104 chip in the GP104-300 modification, which includes 2432 calculators, 64 of the rasterizer and 132 texture modules. If you compare a number of significant parameters of 1070 Ti with the parameters of the neighbors in the ruler, you can see that compared with the previous model, the number of TMU (Texture Mapping Unit - blocks graphic processor) And CUDA-computers increased significantly. And the number of rasterization blocks remains unchanged not only for the previous one, but also for subsequent modification.

Also coincides with the type of chips and 256-bit tires issuing an effective clock memory frequency of 8008 MHz with a total total bandwidth of about 256.3 GB / c. Thus, the configuration of the memory subsystem repeats the one that was used on the GTX 1070 and lags behind the configuration of the GeForce GTX 1080 card. According to the number of active GPU functional blocks, the 1070 Ti card is similar to the following in the ruler, but the difference is manifested in the GDDR5x type chips, which are given 10 008 MHz and provide bandwidth up to 320 GB / c. "Catching out the 1070 Ti of a more productive neighbor with 180 W indicators in the characteristics of the heat pump (TDP).

The developer for correct operation of the video card recommends that the power supply is 500 W and more. The 8-pin connector is designed to connect an additional power source. Externally, the reference model of the GeForce GTX 1070 TI video card is almost no different from the neighbors - the same video outputs are located on the interface panel: DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI-D.

Almost immediately after the announcement of NVIDIA plans for the release of the GTX 1070 Ti video card for games and mining, filling the lacquer between GTX 1070 and 1080, information about alternative partnership solutions - versions of graphic adapters from Gigabyte and ASUS. On the thematic resources of Gigabyte on the eve of the release of the card, "rumors" on the use of the 256-bit memory bus in the GTX 1070 TI and 2432 CUDA nuclei, which was soon confirmed. The partner versions of the map are characterized by the type of cooling system (radiator block, fan), factory overclocking, temperature and frequency bands. Consider in more detail the characteristics of the map on the example model Row ASUS.

Asus provides 3 options for GeForce GTX 1070 Ti: one TURBO model with one centrifugal type cooler is based on the cooling system and two ROG STRIX-series (A8G and 8G) models.

Models of the ROG STRIX series received the same frequency formulas. Marking of the older map model does not contain "O" or "OS", which suggest factory overclocking. The reason for this is called the ultimate restrictive advice of NVIDIA, which is a letter of recommendatory "ban" on the release of cards with elevated frequencies, to avoid competition GeForce GTX 1070 Ti with GTX 1080. Therefore, all original versions of 1070 Ti are produced with the same frequency formula that corresponds to the reference video card formula: average Acceleration - up to 1683 MHz at a basic frequency of 1607 MHz.

Asus "came out of the situation", applying to its top version The term Advanced Edition, masking the change in the frequency formula for the GPU, which in the OC Mode profile takes the appearance of 1683/1759 MHz. For comparison: the ordinary version of the ROG-STRIX GTX 1070 TI 8G gaming is shown similar software acceleration in 1645/1721 MHz values.

Card specifications look like this:

• GPU: GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (frequency of 1683 MHz (BOOST-1759).
• Volume, type and frequency of memory: 8 GB (GDDR5), 8008 MHz.
• Tire: 256 bits.
• Cooling system: active with corporate design and algorithms for stopping coolers in simple.
• Dimensions: 298x134x525 mm.

In the version of the ASUS video card, as in any other cards of the GTX 1070 Ti series, 8 GB-aya GDDR5 memory is installed. Here it functions on the Micron D9TCB chip, for which the recommended efficient frequency is 8000 MHz. P-figuratively, with GPU in the middle, there are 8 chips. The cooler in the form of a metal plate, which simultaneously strengthens the design, linking the printed circuit board with the laying plate, passes above the part of the chip and is also included in the cooling system.

The temperature of the chip in passive mode reaches 33c. When the GPU load heats up to 65c. And, although the velocity of the fans is increasing, but there is no loud noise - the card is quiet than is required to increase the size of the radiator unit. The refusal of direct contact with the processor crystal of heat tubes in the GTX 1070 Ti has become a controversial solution, but due to the complicated form of the plates, the airflow scattering area was maximally increased. The coolers themselves, smoothly started with 600-700 rpm, are included when the temperature is 55-57C on the chips and disconnected when cooling to 47s.

Mining: Features and Settings

The owners of video cards, despite the wishes of NVIDIA about the exclusion of accelerated versions of the adapters, successfully dispersed 1070 Ti, especially considering the fact that the potential GP104 is well known. The indicators of the process after overclocking reached the values \u200b\u200bof 2025-2050 MHz. For the GP104 chip, the indicators in 2 GHz can be considered typical.

When you offset in the settings, the Power Limit option is 120%, and with an increase in 20 mV of the supply voltage, the basic clock frequency GP104 increased by 10% to 1767 from the original 1607 MHz. At the same time, the final overclocking values, as always, depend on the characteristics of a particular GPU.

The initial "mining" values \u200b\u200b"from the box" for 1070 Ti are taken as follows:

• Hesherate: 26.3 MH / S
• Power consumption: 120 W.

The predecessor of this card - the GTX 1070 for mining is used long and efficiently. Moreover, if the GTX 1070 in mining can accelerate to 32 MH / S with an energy consumption of 130 W, then with a new card to achieve comparable values \u200b\u200byou need to try different gTX settings 1070 Ti.

To conduct a correct comparison of the GTX 1070 TI card performance in the ZCash, Ethereum mining, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, testing was carried out using the same components:

• Processor: for Gigabyte H110-D3A & Biostar TB250-BTC Pro - Intel Celeron G3900.
• RAM: for Gigabyte H110-D3A and Biostar TB250-BTC Pro - Kingston Hyperx Fury 2400 MHz DDR4.
• Power supply: 750W.
• Smart Wi-Fi Socket with Energy Monitoring: TP-LINK HS110 Smart Plug. w.

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is used both for solo mining and for parallel mining of several cryptocurrency. Here are the indicators of a number of tests:

• GTX 1070 TI for Ethereum (Hashrate): 31.7 MH / S; power consumption - 110w; Power Limit 70; + 0 / + 650 - memory frequency.
• Bitcoin Gold Production Production (Bishyn Gold): Hesreite - 455 SOL / S; power consumption - 130w; Power Limit 80; + 200 / + 650 - memory frequency.
• Overclocking 1070 Ti for Mineland ZCASH: Hesherate - 450 SOL / S; power consumption - 130w; Power Limit 80; + 200 / + 650 - memory frequency.

The Etherician mining is often spent simultaneously with Decred, Siacoin, Pascalcoin, etc.

• Ethereum (Etherium) Dual Mining Siacoin (Siakoin / Syakoin) and Decred (Dicred):
  • hesrayite ETHEREUM (Ether) - 31.1 MH / S and Hesreite Decred (Dikred) 311 MH / S; power consumption - 130w; Power Limit 80; + 0 / + 650 - memory frequency.
  • hesrayite Ethereum (Ether) - 31.5 MH / S and Siacoin Heschery (Siakoin) 315 MH / S; power consumption - 115w; Power Limit 70; + 0 / + 650 - memory frequency.
• Ethereum + Pascalcoin: Heshered Ethereum (Ether) - 31.3 MH / S and Pascal Hesreite (Pascal) 470 MH / S; power consumption - 135; Power Limit 85; + 200 / + 650 - memory frequency.

On the algorithm Equihash, except ZCASH, ZCLASSIC (ZCL), Zencash (ZEN), Komodo (KMD), Hush (Hush) work. However, test results say that most of all at the end of 2017, earn money with the mining of altkoins on the DaggerHaShimoto algorithm with Decred, Pascal and SIA currencies.

Today we will look at the popular video card for mining - ASUS GeForce. GTX 1070 Ti Rog Strix, which is suitable not only for sophisticated cryptocurrencies and mining users, but even those who only decided to join the crypto-economics.

We believe that, depending on the cost of electricity, GTX 1070 Ti is capable of pumped up to two years. Well, and then - net profit. If this background there will be a storm growth of the mined cryptocurrency, then the payback period can be reduced up to several months. Interested? Then read our interesting review!

Briefly about ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Rog Strix:

• Memory: 8 GB GDDR5 256 bits;
• Interface: PCI-Express 3.0
• Memory frequency: 8 008 MHz;
• Core frequency: 1683 MHz;
• Connectors: DVI-D (1 PC), HDMI (2pcs), DisplayPort (2pcs);

Packaging and appearance

The card comes in a fairly large box, to which the manufacturer put the instructions, a disk with software and drivers, as well as several screeds for laying wires.

The design of the card is truly Gamers - a graphite casing with a light guide placed around the perimeter, three 90 mm axial-type coolers, a massive radiator unit and a considerable length - almost 300 mm, so make sure that the card there is a place in the frame or system unit. The coolers here are installed firmly, they work quietly.

On the rear part there is a plate of anodized aluminum pleasant to the touch, which by the way does not participate in the cooling of the video card. In the interface panel, the manufacturer brought 5 connectors and one grille to effectively remove hot air.

Hesrayite and acceleration GTX 1070 Ti

Consider a video card on the ETHASH algorithm (Ether, Ether Classic, UBIQ, etc.). When settings "out of the box", the resulting result left much to be desired - only 26.3 MH / S with electricity consumption of only 120 W. With acceleration, the indicator is as follows: 31.6 MH / S at 110 W.

To overclock, you can use the following settings:

• Power Limit - 70%;
• Memory acceleration - +650;
• Overclocking through the kernel - do not change;

According to the Equihash algorithm (Zencash, Bitcoin Gold, Komodo, etc.), indicators are more positive: 445-450 salts - without acceleration, 530-530 salts with a consumption of 130 W (with acceleration). Therefore, it makes sense to buy GTX 1070 Ti precisely for Minenga Zencash and Bitcoin Gold.

You can dispersed by settings:

• Power Limit - 80%;
• Acceleration through the kernel - +200;
• Memory acceleration - +650;

Consider the process of overclocking is relatively safe - when overloading the processor does not burn. N.suicereturn to the basic.

Profitability and payback

The most effective will be Jencing Zencash and Bitcoin Gold, but if you want Major Ethereum, it is better to add a hundred dollars and buy map Radeon RX VEGA 56, the performance of which is about 45 MH / S (with acceleration).

At the time of writing, the GTX 1070 Ti article produces Zencash for $ 30, so without overclocking the payback will be 2 years without taking into account electricity. It puts almost all points over "and" regarding the choice of coins for mining. In the case of rapid growth of mined currencies, payback can be reduced up to several months, as it was in November-December 2017.

You can also add $ 70 and acquire GeForce GTX 1080, which will produce the same Zencash with an indicator of 565 salts (with acceleration).

Let's summarize

ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 Ti ranks a steady average position, since it is an optimal investment for JCASH and Bitcoin Gold mine. Card has good system Cooling, which automatically extends its service life. It should be borne in mind that the card has high power consumption, so I recommend counting on Nicehash how much it will eat you "in accounts". Otherwise, 1070 Ti will be relevant for at least one year, despite its slightly overestimated price.

The appearance of GTX 1070 video cards from NVIDIA has opened a new level of performance in games. According to individual indicators, it is three times superior to the GTX 980 Ti, which is quite recently the flagship line. High performance is important for cryptographic. Therefore, the "farmers" began to use GTX 1070 for mining. After reading the article, you will learn how to make a farm on these GPUs and how efficiently they work with different cryptographic algorithms.

Characteristics GTX 1070.

The graphics cards of this series have the following specification:

• graphics processor architecture - Pascal;
• rAM volume - 8 GB;
• memory frequency - 8108 MHz;
• the core frequency is 1683 MHz (up to 1797 MHz);
• display ports - 3 pcs;
• the number of HDMI ports is 1 pc.

The card supports the work with DirectX 12 monitors with 4K-resolution. It can work with virtual reality glasses.

Performance GTX 1070 in Mining

Housing GTX 1070 with mining cryptocurrency depends on the frequency of overclocking, which is different, depending on the manufacturer of the video card and the microcircuits of RAM. These characteristics may differ even among different GPU batches of one manufacturer. For the extraction of Etieth, it is better to buy products with Samsung chips, which have a greater overclocking potential than MICRON's memory.

To overclock, you will have to reflash the BIOS and change the memory timings. This operation can be relatively safe to do with GPU for personal computers. But it is better not to try to overclock NVIDIA video cards installed in laptops. Any error can turn an expensive gadget to "brick", which may not be restored even in the service center.

So, the performance of mining on GTX 1070 and energy consumption in the "desktop" version reaches the following values:

• Ethereum - up to 32 MHS / S C (125 W);
• Ethereum + Decret - 31.8 MHS / S + 157 MH / S (125 W);
• Ethereum + Siacoin - 31.7 MHS / S + 317 MH / S (125 W);
• ZCASH - 475 SOL / S (140 W).

Mining cryptocurrency, working on other algorithms, is quite possible. However, it has no commercial sense.

Housradite comparison on different video cards

The speed of the mining ether on NVIDIA 1070 depends on the limiting frequency of the overclocking of the kernel and the memory bus. Meaning temperature depends on both loading and fan efficiency. We checked 4 cards from ASUS, EVGA and GIGABYTE. Hashrate and overclocking frequency look like this:

• EVGA GTX 1070 SC - 31 MHS / S (0 / + 750);

• ASUS STRIX GTX 1070 - 31.5 MHS / S (0 / + 750);

• EVGA Founders Edition - 31.2 MHS / S (+ 200 / + 650);

• Gigabyte Founders Edition - 31.7 MHS / S (+ 200/800).

Given that the chip is one of the best for mining, farmers are limited in choosing. Nobody is looking for the best of the best video cards, and buy those that are.

If you manage to find a store with wide selection GPU, decide on the choice you will be helped by several facts about maps of different manufacturers:

• Mainers complain about weak and unreliable fans installed on Gigabyte products. However, three coolers provide efficient cooling, and if there are no problems with a lot of time and money. Therefore, prey on Gigabyte does not cause problems.
• Products "Founders Edition" differs in the best Horse, for which you have to pay a high level of noise. But this is the factor to which you need to be prepared when assembling any farm.
• ASUS Strix is \u200b\u200ba bit more expensive than competitors, but provides high production rate and is distinguished by a reliable and fairly quiet cooling system. Therefore, many miners prefer to take these cards, and not Gigabyte products.
• Despite smaller fame, ZOTAC video cards are characterized by good hashier. About them you can read quite a lot positive feedback on specialized miners forums.

How to collect Rig to 180 MHS / S on GTX 1070

To create a farm that will minimize the air at a speed of 180 megashhemes per second, the following components will be needed:

• six GTX 1070 video cards from ASUS or another manufacturer;
• biostar TB250-BTC Pro motherboard or analog that has at least 6 PCI-E slots;
• processor Cherleneer with a socket corresponding to the motherboard (it is needed to maintain the work of the farm and does not affect the hashrai);
• SSD disc on 120 gigabytes;
• two Corsair CS750M power supply unit at 750 watts;
• synchronizer for power supplies;
• remove button on.

Such a solution will provide Hesherate over 180 MHS / S and will bring an income of more than $ 160 per month. If you deduct the cost of electricity, there will be $ 130 profits.

Using NVIDIA GeForce 1070 in Laptop for Mining

There are available game laptops With chip 1070. Owners of such devices are interested in, you can or use their GTX 1070 in the Ether mining or other cryptocurrency.

The main problem when using such laptops is inefficient cooling and less reliability. With round-the-clock operation in the full load mode of the video card (and the rest of the chips) will overheat. At the same time, only the GPU cannot be replaced - you will have to change the motherboard assembly.

Considering high cost Such gadgets are better not to risk using them in cryptographic. If there is a desire to risk, then you can get the following ether production indicators:

• 25.8 MHS / S with standard frequencies;
• 30.1 mhs / s after overclocking chip and memory, respectively, 150 and 700 megahertz.

The overclocked video card is heated to 80 degrees, which is unacceptable many for the continuous operation of the laptop.

SOLUTION OF LOW HACHERITY PROBLEMS

Some miners collecting farms on the GTX 1070 are complaining of too low hash, not exceeding 2.5 megaches per second. Updating drivers and the mining application does not save the situation. The problem appears using Windows 10. It is possible to solve it in two ways:

• go to Ubuntu;
• update Windows to version 1703 or higher.

The second way is easier and faster, but the first one allows one time and forever get rid of regular problems arising when working on the OS from Microsoft.

Overclocking GeForce 1070 for Mineland ZCASH and ETHEREUM

The high cost of video cards on the Eastern European market and the low course cryptocurrency force miners to squeeze the maximum possible from the devices. In order not to lose the warranty, you only need to use regular utilities that do not affect bIOS firmware. With their help, it turns out to increase the core frequencies. Improving production (mining) ZCASH on NVIDIA 1070, and the speed of video memory to speed up the Ethereum mining. Also software You can reduce electricity consumption on GF 1070.

For mining it is better to use the Nicehash Miner application, which works correctly with most pools and provides high performance.

You can choose the target currency using the Whattomine service or a similar yield calculator cryptocurrency.

To date, the greatest income can be obtained at the expense of ZEC, however, ETH brings almost the same amount of money. Therefore, much depends on the price of electricity (energy consumption in the extraction of ether below) and fluctuations on the cryptocurrency exchange. It is possible that by the time the publication will be able to receive anymore.

To customize an effective mining Etherumer classic or install optimal settings For the production of ZEC, you need the MSI utility.

In both cases, you need to play a bit of chip and memory frequencies, as well as configure power consumption parameters.

To optimize ZEC production, you can set approximately such parameters:

• the core frequency is 2025 MHz (+200);
• memory frequency - 8600 MHz (+500);
• energy consumption limit (Power Limit) - 75%;
• the speed of rotation of the fan is 70-90% (depending on the temperature indoors).

On such settings, it is possible to get 490 SOL / S and achieve energy consumption 200 watts. The temperature of the chip should not rise above 65 degrees.

If you slightly reduce the acceleration of the frequency of the chip and RAM (up to +190 and +580 MHz, respectively), it is possible to achieve stable operation while setting power consumption 66%. Such settings provide the same hashier (up to 490 SOL / S) with a total of 150 watts. This option is seen more profitable.

At the same time, the heating of the chip and noise from the fan will decrease.

Each video card has its overclocking limits. Therefore, it is necessary to raise frequencies in stages, increasing or reducing them depending on the stability of work. You can control it using the maneer application. It will be necessary to navigate at once in two parameters: Hesrayite and the number of haze computing errors.

• The initial overclocking level of Micron's tire is 600 MHz. For samsung, it is above 100-150 MHz.
• The core frequency can be immediately increased by 200 MHz.
• All video cards confidently work with an indicator of Power Limit 75%.
• The speed of the fans should be selected so that the GPU temperature does not exceed 70 degrees. Otherwise, the card will quickly fail and at best it will have to go to warranty repair, at worst - replace the new one.
• During overclocking, it is worth writing the frequencies on which sustainable production was achieved so that in the event of the problems to "roll back" on them. When failures, it is necessary to reduce the maximum frequencies of the overclocking of the kernel and memory by 10 and 50 MHz, respectively and repeat the attempt.
• Acceleration must be made in stages. First raise the core frequency, then memory. So you can see at what stage problems occur.

The payback period of investments

The situation on cryptocurrency exchanges changes, so you can just say exactly what is profitable to Major on GTX 1070 today.

After overclocking the chip and memory, the rate of production ZEC grows up to 490 SOL / S. Thanks to this, you can make money on mining $ 1.04 a day or $ 31 per month when working with ZEC. It is a couple of dollars higher than you can get on the air.

Choose cryptocurrency for mining calculation: Bitcoin Bitcoin Cash Dash Ethereum Ethereum Classic Litecoin Monero Zcash

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The price of the video card is $ 540 on Amazon. Even without electricity costs, the device will pay for almost a year and a half. If you take into account the accounts for electricity and the increase in the complexity of production, mapping the map will not be able even for two years.

Output

With the current decline in prices for cryptocurrencies, attachments to the ZCASH or EtherEUM mining on the GTX 1070 will not pay off even for the year. Taking into account the high volatility of assets, the ever-growing complexity of production and announced formations, invested in mining quite risky.

On the other hand, the current decline in prices should end with another rise, on which prices for video cards will rise even higher. It is better to start prey already today to get ahead of competitors who will begin entry into the market at the stage of growth.

1070 GTX graphics card are considered the golden mean between 1080 and expensive enough to slow 1060. Excellent performance gaming graphics make it easy to sell it on the secondary market is not only miners but also for gamers. Therefore, if you want to get out of business, problems with the realization of unnecessary equipment will not arise.

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As you know, the latest announced in 2017 by the video card was NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which should strengthen the position of the company from Santa Clara in the fight against AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 and Vega 56. However, as tests show and, most importantly, the market, this NVIDIA step has become rather reinsurance than the urgent need, since the GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 1080 who have long existed by that time be perfectly coping with this task (especially in terms of the presence of original video cards) and without a version with the TI index.

GeForce 1070 GTX TI Video Card

This version of the GeForce GTX Ti 1070 is interesting in that it is equipped with a powerful cooling system with four fans and a separate circuit for the VRM elements, but totally devoid of factory overclocking. That is, in Inno3D, as it were, they say to their potential buyers: "We have all prepared for you, take and accelerate!" Check to see how successful will be the overclocking potential of our sample as much in this video card will be heated and the noise and whether overclocking catch up with the original GeForce GTX 1080? Well, the bonus will be testing the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti pair in 2-way SLI mode.

Specifications and cost video Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 are given in the table in comparison with indicators NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti reference model.

As we wrote a little higher, not counting the size of the video card and its weight, the Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 does not have a single difference from the reference version of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti.

GEFORCE video card packaging

A completely ordinary cardboard box in which the Inno3D ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 TI X4 is supplied, contains information about the video card model, the volume and type of its video memory, as well as the supplied bonuses.

On the reverse side of the box of useful little - only common phrases about the advantages of the inno3d video cards for ten languages, including Russian. Inside the box of dense cardboard in the additional sheath of the foamed polyethylene is located the video card itself.

The package includes the video card drivers, with the keys coupons to download 3DMark and VRMark, as well as fabric mat (surprisingly good quality) to a computer mouse.

The video card is available in China and is provided with a three-year warranty. At the time of the preparation of the article in Russia this model Inno3D has not yet been sold, but let's hope that in the coming weeks the situation with the availability of such video cards will be corrected. In foreign online stores Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 can be purchased at a price of 34,500 rubles (excluding shipping costs). This is about 10% more expensive than reference versions of GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. Let's see if she is worth it.

GEFORCE 1070 GTX TI Video Card Design

The design of the new INNO3D ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 is made in the proprietary style of the ICHILL series models. Externally, it is very serious and easily recognizable video card with massive air cooling system, the three fans on the front side and the metal plate perforated on the reverse.

The fourth fan with a small radiator is visible on top of the casing, and longitudinal slots are provided in the casing, intended for the outflow of heated air from the radiator.

The length of the video card is 303, the height is 122, and the thickness is 53 mm. That is, when installing the INNO3D ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 TI X4 in the motherboard, blocks the adjacent PCI E-slot and half the distance to the next slot. Weighs the novelty also a lot - 1.222 kg.

Make a video card as thick developers had due to a very massive radiator hiding under the casing with fans.

We will be studied more detailed in the next section of the article.

We gave a standard video card for GeForce GTX 1070 Ti dial video outputs: one DVI-D, one HDMI version 2.0b and three DisplayPort 1.4.

The space remaining on the rear panel is perforated with triangular holes to minimize the resistance of the air outflow from the cooling system.

From above in the front of the video card, there are two standard connections for SLI, and at the opposite end of the same edge of the textolite you can see the eight-contact additional power connector.

In INNO3D ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 TI X4 uses a reference printed circuit board NVIDIA, but, unlike reference models, GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, here all phases of the graphics processor and all capacitors are in place.

Thus, six phases are assigned to the GPU nutrition, and another one for memory and other consumers.

Not forgotten and solid-state capacitors with back side Textolite, albeit less capacity than on the facial.

To manage the power of the graphics processor on the board, the eight-phase controller UP9511P produced by UPI Group.

Unlike the senior GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti, the graphics processor of the reference GTX 1070 Ti does not have a protective frame around the perimeter of the substrate, and our version of InnO3D, unfortunately, is no exception. Therefore, when installing and removing from the camcorder, the cooler should be extremely neat so as not to damage the GPU. Here, the crystal was released at the 34th week of 2017 (the end of August) and refers to version A1.

Recall that GP104 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 2432 carries a unified shader processor 152 texture units 64 and ROPs. The base frequency GPU in 3D mode is 1607 MHz, and in the forced can reach 1683 MHz. But in practice, the frequency was even higher, in what we will make sure of you soon. We add that when switching to 2D mode, the processor frequency is reduced to 139 MHz simultaneously with a decrease in voltage (for this video card instance - from 1.062 to 0.650 V).

Eight GDDR5 Gigabyte GDDR5 is dialed with Micron production chips with 7QA47 D9TCB marking.

The theoretical efficient frequency of such chips is 8 GHz, on it, the INNO3D ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 memory and functions. With tire width 256 bits bandwidth Reaching 256.3 GB / s. In 2D mode, the memory frequency is reduced to 810 MHz.

Features Inno3D graphics card according to GPU-Z utility has once again confirmed its full identity of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti reference model.

Cooling video card

Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 massive cooling system is equipped with graphical processor consisting of two-section heat pipes to the radiator and the housing with three fans.

In total, a completely nickel-plated radiator has five copper heat pipes: two with a diameter of 6 mm, one with a diameter of 8 mm and two more thick decimal mellimeters. All of them are soldered to the base of the radiator and in contact with aluminum ribs above it, and four are also additionally permeated with a large radiator.

The quality of the contact surface of the base leaves much to be desired - the traces of the cutter are not only visible to the naked eye, but also felt tactile.

But it can be contacted with a naked crystal of a graphics processor ... We can assume that the polishing of this base will reduce the peak temperature of the GPU to several degrees.

Yet the main "chip» Inno3D cooling system with an index of the X4, in our opinion, is not the monumentality of the radiator, and an additional external module for cooling elements VRM circuit card.

It consists of two thermal tubes soldered to the plate, which in contact with the VRM chain, as well as a small radiator and 50mm fan.

The same module cools and part of the video memory chip, and a metal plate with thermal laying is installed onto the rest.

The main radiator is cooled with three fans with an impeller diameter of 85 mm. It is extremely difficult to get to them, but, apparently, they are issued by Colorful.

The speed of rotation of these fans is automatically adjusted by the PWM method in the range from 0 to ~ 1850 rpm. About the current status of the video card and fans will inform the color of the backlight on the casing.

To check the temperature mode of the video card as a load, we used nineteen stress test cycles Fire Strike Extreme from the 3DMark graphics pack.

To monitor temperatures and all other parameters, the MSI Afterburner version 4.4.2 and the GPU-Z utility version 2.5.0 was used. Tests were carried out in a closed case system Block, Which configuration you can see in the next section of the article, at room temperature about 24 degrees Celsius.

First, we tested the cooling efficiency of the INNO3D ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 TI X4 in the automatic mode of operation of its fans.

The temperature of the graphics processor did not exceed 70 degrees Celsius, which at the maximum fan speed of 1460 rpm is a very good result. If you manually increase the speed of the fans to the maximum, then you can achieve a five-permanent temperature reduction.

Maximum speed (1710 rpm)

As with almost always, the tests of the temperature mode of the video card we carried out before it disassembled and photo shoot. Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX Ti X4 1070 was no exception, but after that, as we have seen on the graphic processor thermal paste five times more than what is required, we could not be retested. So, here's how the GPU looked after removing the cooler.

But how it should look at about the optimal amount of thermal interface on the crystal.

Then we spent re-testing and received new results.

In the automatic mode of fan speed adjustment, the temperature of the graphics processor decreased by six degrees in the peak of the load, and at maximum speed - by three degrees. In addition, after replacing the thermal paste on a graphics processor crystal, we managed to keep temperatures within 70 degrees at a fan speed of 1000 rpm! In our opinion, this is an excellent result, but we cannot recommend this method to you because the removal of the cooling system with the video card almost always leads to a loss of warranty.

Measuring the noise level of the cooling systems of video cards was carried out by electronic noiseomer "Octave-110a" after an hour in a fully closed room with an area of \u200b\u200babout 20 m² with double-glazed windows. The noise level was measured outside the system unit housing when the source of noise in the room was exclusively the cooling system of the video card and its fans. The sound meter, fixed on the tripod, has always been located strictly at one point at a distance of exactly 150 mm from the fan rotor / cooler turbine. Motherboardwhere the video card was inserted with a cooling system installed on it, was placed on the corner of the table on a polyurethane foam substrate. The lower limit of the noiseomer measurements is 22 dBA, and the subjectively comfortable (please do not be confused with a low) noise level when measuring from such a distance is about 36 dBA. The speed of rotation of the fans changed throughout the range of their operation using a special accurate controller by changing the supply voltage in increments of 0.5 V.

On the Schedule with the noise level of the Inno3D Ichill GeForce GTX 1070 TI X4, we also indicated the results of previously tested video cards: Palit GeForce GTX 1080 TI Gamerock Premium Edition and MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z, as well as Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming. Add that vertical dotted lines The appropriate color marked the upper limits of the speed of fans of cooling systems during their automatic PWM adjustment.

Due to the lower speed of fans inno3d iChill GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4, this video card is less than three other video cards represented on the chart, but quiet or at least comfortable with automatic adjustment of the fan speed it is impossible to be called it, unfortunately. But at the speed of 1000 rpm and below, ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 is not easy to hear on the background of a system unit, which is equipped with pretty good body fans operating at speeds not higher than 900 rpm. So with such a reserve on the efficiency of cooling, this model inno3d is quite calming. We add that the cod of the fans or the pride of their electric motors during operation we have not recorded, as well as the pickels of the video cards.

The beauty of NVIDIA reference video cards is that they are usually perfectly accelerated. And in the case of INNO3D ICHILL GeForce GTX 1070 TI X4, we have a full-fledged GPU power system, as well as very effective cooling, so hope was here that. And these hopes have fully justified, since the graphics processor we dispersed by 140 MHz from the base frequency (+8.7%), and the effective frequency of video memory increased by 920 MHz (+ 11.5%).

As a result, the frequency of the overclocked video card amounted to 1747-1823 / 8928 MHz.

The Inno3D Ichill GeForce GTX 1070 Ti X4 was overclocked was stable in the entire test set of games and benchmarks, including 3DMark.

Note that after overclocking the video card, the peak frequency of the graphics processor reached 2038 MHz, and in the course of the testing stabilized to 1987 MHz. At the same time, the kernel temperature in the automatic mode of fan speed adjustment rose only to 65 degrees Celsius.

Automatic mode (1080-1710 rpm)

For the sake of justice, it should be noted that the maximum speed of the fans has grown - up to 1710 rpm. However, the reserve of efficiency in the InnO3D cooler is such that with manual adjustment you can achieve a very good balance between cooling efficiency and noise level.