DirectCU III features triple 0dB fans engineered with a patented wing-blade design that delivers maximum air flow and improved 105% static pressure over the heat sink, while operating at 3X quieter volumes than reference cards. The large baseplate, meanwhile, features the company’s MaxContact technology, essentially a precision-machined surface that is said to be up to 10 times flatter and offer twice as much contact as other designs, whatever they may be. Asus guarantees that the Asus Graphic Card that you have purchased is free from defects in materials or workmanship under normal use during the Limited Warranty Period. While exclusive Auto-Extreme Technology with Super Alloy Power II components for superior stability. Tweak II technology will allow you to view any and all statistics about your 1070 graphics card, including GPU and memory clock speeds, GPU voltage, fan speeds and more.

Again, it’s a solid-looking card and because its only real color hues come from the RGB LEDs, it will easily fit in any themed build. Note all testing below uses 1920×1080 screen resolution (settings also carry over to 2560 x 1440 and Surround/Eyefinity testing if applicable). Underclocked to 1823 Mhz, it is still alot faster than every Hardcore-Overclocked 1070 will ever be. Because of this, the card may be doing its thing getting the heat away, but the case isn’t removing the additional heat load it as it should.I almost bought a 1080 but judging from the performance difference it simply wasn't worth it, either. I built my system primarily using ASUS components; ROG motherboard, graphics card, and monitor, and have been mostly happy with it. We'll send breaking news and in-depth reviews of CPUs, GPUs, AI, maker hardware and more straight to your inbox. ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070 also has GPU Tweak II with XSplit Gamecaster that provides intuitive performance tweaking and instant gameplay streaming.

ASUS FanConnect features 4-pin GPU-controlled headers connected to system fans for optimal thermal performance.Asus only feeds the memory and one GPU phase through the PCIe slot; the other five phases are powered through the auxiliary eight-pin connector. DirectCU III features triple 0dB fans engineered with a patented wing-blade design that delivers maximum air flow and improved 105% static pressure over the heat sink of this GTX 1070, while operating at 3X quieter volumes than reference cards. I took a cursory look around the web and didn’t find any other complaints about it, so this is likely a one-off situation.

The K70 RGB TKL comes available with a selection of 100% CHERRY MX Red, Silent Red, or SPEED Silver mechanical key switches and is a tenkeyless design. GeForce® GTX graphics cards provide a powerful next-generation platform for the ultimate immersive virtual reality experience. There are a couple of neat features here, one of which is FanConnect, which you will later see why this sets the card apart from the others. ASUS Dual series of GeForce® GTX 1070 comes equipped with Patented Wing-Blade Fans for max air flow with 105% more air pressure. With that in mind, a 1080 gives very marginal benefit at 2k, and neither one will run 4k smoothly - so what's the point.CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8. The ROG Strix 1070’s cooler uses their updated DirectCU technology to help keep the card quiet and cool… 30% cooler and 3x quieter performance according to ASUS. Industry Only Auto-Extreme Technology with Super Alloy Power II delivers premium quality and best reliability.