simonm Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Hi Guys I have ordered a new machine and I made the order with the Strix 1080 however they have said its a 2 week wait where as the Gigabyte is available now - should i wait or is it much of a muchness between them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 There should be no tangible differences between the two. I've actually tried both Asus 1070 Strix & Gigabyte 1070 G1, and both performed great. The cooling system is the same between 1070 & 1080 models. The Gigabyte 1070 seems to have some coil whine issues reported more than the 1070 Strix, but I did not hear (read) anything on coil whine with the 1080s. Btw, this coil whine issue was quite often with 970 Strix (I had to return the 1st I got for me, but I have installed 5 of them since in my office with no issues). Btw, both G1 and Strix 10xx fans/HS solutions now feature semi-passive fan curves, so I bet the fans won't even be spinning most of the time on either of the two. With the 9xx series that was an Asus exclusive (maybe I'm wrong) and that was the reason I went with the 970 Strix to begin with, instead say with an MSI. (the G1 was too long to fit in my case with the front radiator having fans in push-pull configuration). Both feature "Accent LED lighting" which is tacky imho. The Asus is "worse" as it is brighter and has lots of it on the backplate too...you need their software package - which I would probably not install otherwise - to turn it off, or control the color of the LED...wish it was the other way around (i.e. off by default). In the new ITX system I bought the 1070 for, I had a new issue that never came up before : 140mm tall non reference cards, like the MSI, Palit, Gainward etc, although reports have them being superior in cooling performance vs. the Asus, G1 & EVGA solutions, would simply not fit with the side cover closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 The Gigabyte 1070 seems to have some coil whine issues reported more than the 1070 Strix Oh, not again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Oh, not again... Full disclosure: Got my 1070 G1 Gaming...worked fine for 1 day or so, started doing full stress tests the day after for Specviewperf & Luxmark & coil whine started...Some people say its the quality of the PSU that causes it/relates to it, but I've tried it with 1000W 80+ gold ATX, 550W 80+ Gold ATX & 600W 80+ Gold SFX (latest corsair SF600 that according to jonhyguru has best voltage regulation reviewed in its class), my G1 would whine. Returned it (after completing the tests) and was waiting for a replacement (did not think the 2nd one will have an issue too), but I guess newegg was out of stock and ended up refunding me (although they don't refund 10xx cards, "replacement only policy"). Ended up getting a 1070 Strix which I received just yesterday. Did not play with it enough to see if I can "break" that too into coil whining. Will keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inpow watir Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 What is coil whine? Did i miss something? Please enlight me :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 What is coil whine? Did i miss something? Please enlight me :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inpow watir Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Ah ic. Thanks Dimitris.. Been a bit lazy these day, my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Thanks mate - got the STRIX and should be getting it today - will report back.... Thanks again There should be no tangible differences between the two. I've actually tried both Asus 1070 Strix & Gigabyte 1070 G1, and both performed great. The cooling system is the same between 1070 & 1080 models. The Gigabyte 1070 seems to have some coil whine issues reported more than the 1070 Strix, but I did not hear (read) anything on coil whine with the 1080s. Btw, this coil whine issue was quite often with 970 Strix (I had to return the 1st I got for me, but I have installed 5 of them since in my office with no issues). Btw, both G1 and Strix 10xx fans/HS solutions now feature semi-passive fan curves, so I bet the fans won't even be spinning most of the time on either of the two. With the 9xx series that was an Asus exclusive (maybe I'm wrong) and that was the reason I went with the 970 Strix to begin with, instead say with an MSI. (the G1 was too long to fit in my case with the front radiator having fans in push-pull configuration). Both feature "Accent LED lighting" which is tacky imho. The Asus is "worse" as it is brighter and has lots of it on the backplate too...you need their software package - which I would probably not install otherwise - to turn it off, or control the color of the LED...wish it was the other way around (i.e. off by default). In the new ITX system I bought the 1070 for, I had a new issue that never came up before : 140mm tall non reference cards, like the MSI, Palit, Gainward etc, although reports have them being superior in cooling performance vs. the Asus, G1 & EVGA solutions, would simply not fit with the side cover closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Installed 1070 STRIX yesterday...hums along fine so far, no coil-whine (yet). A tight fit to maneuver into a Cougar QBX, but at 1/5th the cost of a ncase M1, I'll take it! Still test fitting after installing OS etc on a NVMe m.2 950 Pro that did not impress me yet :/ Trying to find the best way to hook up fans & orient the thick radiator CLC Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 that so far I like more than the H100i GTX that I have running in 4x towers in the office... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inpow watir Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Hi Dimitris, if you have to choose (usage aim to model & rendering e.g. Vray) between 1070 Founder version vs Game version (OC oriented). Which one you'll choose and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I would probably go for a "partner's" (not the FE) board if I did not plan on tweaking things...most of them come with proper cooling for the mild OC they get, and are cheaper than the FE to boot. The FE gets the benefit of a smaller PCB for these cases that need the room (very few, mainly ITX), gets a blower style H/S that exhausts to the back of the card & out of the case directly (marginally useful if you are doing really tight SLI / multi-GPU cards in - say - a mATX case or not very good ventilation in general), and perhaps it is easier to find a matching water-block if you want to pimp your rig in this way. GTX 10xx series is massively bottle-necked through the BIOS limiting the maximum vCore boost you can apply close to the factory settings, so if you don't plan on flashing a custom BIOS, most of the cards will perform & overclock practically identically with the FE/reference. So, if you don't plan messing with it too much and you just want a card to do your job with, just go with the board & company you like the most for w/e reason: visuals, price, support in your country etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inpow watir Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 all points you mentioned are all make sense. Thanks for the advise Dimitris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daltonwatts Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Sorry to hijack this thread. @dtolios Samsung 950 Pro didn't impress me at all. Apart from fast file transfers it is exactly the same as a "regular" ssd. It's due to return in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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