It literally gets an average 60-70+ fps on almost every game benchmark shown in reviews with maxed out settings on 1440p. Even the GTX980 Ti reaches close to those numbers on the highest settings on 1440p, so I don't see why you would think the 1070 would do poorly on similar settings. I certainly did my homework before I bought the card.

Got a 1070. Upgraded from an ATI 7970 in my new build so quite the upgrade and my first Nvidia card in over ten years. So far very pleased. I'd had enough of ATI cards personally so it was a no brainer. It was worth it just to experience the Witcher 3 at its best, that as to be one of the most beautifully crafted worlds I've seen. I did consider waiting for the 1060 but I preferred having the headway the 1070 provided. Should note I game at 1080p and the 1070 can handle that easily, I just like having to not worry to much about graphical settings in games.. something that drives me mad with PC gaming.

I feel like I actually got a good deal on my 1070, paid £369 whereas a lot of UK sites appear to now be selling the 1070 for £440+

I got my GTX 1080 almost a month ago and I've been pretty happy with it. I use it on my bedroom PC with a 1080p TV and I have to say that while you could definitely consider it "overkill" if you are purely running at 1080p, for me I can't stand aliasing which is why I love DSR (dynamic super resolution) and trust me once you start using DSR, the GTX 1080 stops being overkill especially if you max out all settings in modern games. Not all games are as well optimized as Doom (which can run close to 60 fps on a GTX 1080 even at 3840x2160) and even decently optimized games like Witcher 3 can can chug a little bit when running DSR at above 1.5x on a 1080p screen (>1440p). But DSR to me is far superior than running any form of AA and games not running in DSR on a 1080p screen just don't look nearly as smooth to me. At this point I almost never run any game at the native 1080p res of my monitor, except for Hitman 2016 which suffers significant framerate drops if I run anything above 1080p.

I don't have an ASUS Strix 1060 yet because I'm waiting for the inventory to stabilize, but let's just assume that I have one anyway, because I will have one eventually, and that it runs things at 1080p pretty well.

Well my 1080 came in today and while the titan x announcement bummed me out a bit at first so far im liking this card. Not much testing yet though.

I cant find the optiom for fast sync as i wanted to test that in older games, but for some reason i dont have the option?

Ill update later after i get some more time with it.

Might want to wait for prices to go down a bit. As much as I love the Strix cards, $330 for a 1060 seems like way too much. That's 970-980 performance for... 970 price.

I grabbed an Evga GTX1080 for $650 and flipped it for $700 then grabbed the ASUS GTX1080 Strix OC and I'm loving it. I personally don't believe there is such a thing as overkill when it comes to video cards if you play a wide range of games. My goal is always 60fps at max settings so the longer a video card can perform at those levels the happier I am. I game on a 1080p projector so it's unlikely I'll be upgrading to 4k anytime soon... unless I win the lottery.

I haven't used the DSR option yet (I forgot it was there). I just turned it on (keeping it at 130% for now) so we'll see how it goes next time I play. My only worry is how it will perform with the Oculus. I'll likely have to turn it off if it can't hold stable at 90 fps.

Unfortunately, a lot of testing sites don't fully explain the settings they're using. For instance, failing to note that Witcher 3 "ultra" benchmarks often have hairworks turned off. Personally, I don't really consider that maxed settings. Testing my own 1070 at "1200p" (1920x1200 - pushing maybe 10% more pixels than 1080p) on ultra and hairworks, I average 65-69FPS. It's safe to say 1440p will be lower.

Exactly. I have every knob and dialed turned to 11 for Tomb Raider on my 1080 and even then it will drop a frame or two from 60 from time to time. A 1070 will of course be more choppy.

@colourful_hippie: That sounds more like monitor refreshrate desync. I run Tomb Raider maxed out at around 90 fps with my 980ti with G-sync (v-sync off). Hardly drop to 60 at any time.

@turtlebird95 said:

Honestly, the price-to-performance comparisons to the 900 series doesn't matter to me, especially since I'm upgrading from a 750 Ti and will have a significant improvement from that either way. If I were being budget conscious, I would go for one of the shorter EVGA 1060s for $250 or wait for a 1050. But I have more breathing room compared to when I was first building my PC a year and a half ago, so I'm willing to pay the extra $59 (since I was talking about the non OC version of the 1060 Strix) for the good looks that I want.

Sometimes you just gotta say "fuck it" y'know?

My 1070 has been crushing absolutely everything at 1080p. I got the MSI Gaming X, which is sitting comfortable at 2100mhz.

I just ordered this 1440p monitor, so that'll be the real test. I love my super high framereate at 1080p. Hopefully stepping up to 1440p doesn't make me wish I got a better card.

@thatonedudenick: it won't with current games, next gen dx12/vulcan games is another thing though...

I've read a fair amount of reviews prior to my purchase, they all mentioned hairworks being turned off in some form. The preset settings are generally very clearly mentioned. Which makes sense if you're trying to make decent comparisons. Hairworks is obviously a brand specific option that will tank fps for the competitions card, which is why every comparison chart has it turned off. The same way AMD TressFx back in the day would tank fps on Nvidia cards.

I went from 970s SLI'd to a 1080. I'm an idiot I know, but I really hated SLI.

1080 is dope tho.

Yeah, I feel that. I'm in a similar position as you as well, much more flexibility as far as what I can afford to throw in my PC now vs when I built mine. I'm also looking to upgrade from a 750 ti to either a 1060 or 480 when they are readily in stock. (I COULD get a 1070, but that would be stupidly overkill for the shit I play lol)

On this 1080 i just played a little bit of Assassins creed syndicate in 4k, and even with like 35-40fps it's possible the best looking game i've ever seen. (I do use a sherlock holmes reshade preset that already made it look amazing at 1080p). My monitor up-scales really well so i've been playing at hybrid resolutions in-between 4k and 1440p that keep a pretty steady 60fps and only slightly less graphic fidelity.

The card out the box clocks up to 2020mhz but usually settles around the 1900's, i'm probably not going to mess with any overclocks atm unless performance gets crazy bad for some reason. Card stays cool, quiet and has a very good factory overclock so far definitely seems worth the upgrade.