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Review: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G
We test and review the all custom, cooled and tweaked higher GAMING Z edition GeForce GTX 1080 from MSI. Let's check out the new 8 GB beast with the all new TwinFrozr revision VI cooler, extra RGB LED functionality and very hip'n trendy clock frequencies.
Read the article right here.
Review: Corsair Neutron XTi 480 GB SSD - 07/15/2016 09:14 AM
We review the new Neutron XTi series SSD from Corsairs. The Corsair Neutron XTi 480 GB SSD we put under some heavy testing should be a notch more price-competitive yet offers enthusiast class SATA3 pe...
Quick review: Corsair ML Series Magnetic Levitation Fans - 07/13/2016 08:19 AM
In this quickie 2 page test we look at the new ML series fans from Corsair, with the ML short for Magnetic levitation. By assigning these fans an RPM below 1250 they remain silent, yet offer really ...
Review: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 GAMING - 07/12/2016 11:41 AM
Join us as we check out that snazzy looking Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 GAMING. It's factory customized and comes all tweaked and cooled so much better opposed to the founders edition. And it looks ...
Review: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SuperClocked Gaming - 07/07/2016 08:26 AM
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Review: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X - 07/01/2016 05:18 PM
Oh yes we're going Hybrid today as we review a GeForce GTX 1080 being tested with Corsair hybrid cooling!, yes join us as we test the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 SEA HAWK X . The gear that everybody is wait...
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#5308055 Posted on: 07/18/2016 04:01 PM
Disappointing OCing
Am I the only one surprised and a little disappointed about the tiny gains from OCing these cards. Despite pretty significant bumps in clock speeds which look really impressive, we're consistently seeing only 5%-10% improvement in clock rates on a OC'd aftermarket card over the stock FE cards, with one or two benchmarks pushing maybe 12%.
The 1070s seem to be getting more like 10-15% fps bump, but that's still hardly exciting.
The OC'd boost clocks are almost 25% higher than a FE boost... What's going on? Can they just not sustain the boost clocks? This is a 10 phase card, if it can't what can? Or is there some other bottleneck going on?
Disappointing OCing
Am I the only one surprised and a little disappointed about the tiny gains from OCing these cards. Despite pretty significant bumps in clock speeds which look really impressive, we're consistently seeing only 5%-10% improvement in clock rates on a OC'd aftermarket card over the stock FE cards, with one or two benchmarks pushing maybe 12%.
The 1070s seem to be getting more like 10-15% fps bump, but that's still hardly exciting.
The OC'd boost clocks are almost 25% higher than a FE boost... What's going on? Can they just not sustain the boost clocks? This is a 10 phase card, if it can't what can? Or is there some other bottleneck going on?
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#5308056 Posted on: 07/18/2016 04:05 PM
Am I the only one surprised and a little disappointed about the tiny gains from OCing these cards. Despite pretty significant bumps in clock speeds which look really impressive, we're consistently seeing only 5%-10% improvement in clock rates on a OC'd aftermarket card over the stock FE cards, with one or two benchmarks pushing maybe 12%.
Well check the AB pic. Boost clock and memory clock are going up and down
Am I the only one surprised and a little disappointed about the tiny gains from OCing these cards. Despite pretty significant bumps in clock speeds which look really impressive, we're consistently seeing only 5%-10% improvement in clock rates on a OC'd aftermarket card over the stock FE cards, with one or two benchmarks pushing maybe 12%.
Well check the AB pic. Boost clock and memory clock are going up and down
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#5308066 Posted on: 07/18/2016 04:30 PM
Nice review Hilbert.
Sadly, the whole point of this cards is to use it with MSI Gaming APP. And oh boy, I just had some incredibly bad experience with that in the past 2 days.
I just wanted to make my 1070 LED "breathing red", because it looks pretty cool, but this software is so buggy and weird, it messed with my OC, with my fan profile, not to mention it felt incredibly bloating at startup. To make matters worse it wouldn't save the LED settings when not running the software, so the LED would shut down entirely during restarts/boot until I opened it up again.
Long story short, even though the LED effects were nice, I had to uninstall it, as it was clearly more annoying than useful.
Seriously MSI, why not incorporate a LED control in MSI AB??? Or make an "app" just for the LED control? One should not be forced to use a buggy, significantly inferior piece of software, when you have the marvelous MSI AB, just so one can change some lights... very disappointed.
Nice review Hilbert.
Sadly, the whole point of this cards is to use it with MSI Gaming APP. And oh boy, I just had some incredibly bad experience with that in the past 2 days.
I just wanted to make my 1070 LED "breathing red", because it looks pretty cool, but this software is so buggy and weird, it messed with my OC, with my fan profile, not to mention it felt incredibly bloating at startup. To make matters worse it wouldn't save the LED settings when not running the software, so the LED would shut down entirely during restarts/boot until I opened it up again.
Long story short, even though the LED effects were nice, I had to uninstall it, as it was clearly more annoying than useful.
Seriously MSI, why not incorporate a LED control in MSI AB??? Or make an "app" just for the LED control? One should not be forced to use a buggy, significantly inferior piece of software, when you have the marvelous MSI AB, just so one can change some lights... very disappointed.
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#5308078 Posted on: 07/18/2016 04:57 PM
Looks like all the cards are maxing out. Buy what you like the look of and not the advertised hype.
Last section of the article is pretty interesting.
https://xdevs.com/guide/pascal-oc/
Looks like all the cards are maxing out. Buy what you like the look of and not the advertised hype.
Last section of the article is pretty interesting.
https://xdevs.com/guide/pascal-oc/
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He reviewed the EVGA GTX 1070 SC:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/evga-geforce-gtx-1070-sc-superclocked-gaming-review,1.html
That's why we're asking now
Hoping EVGA's salty period is over.
I'm sorry overlooked that one thx for pointing out
Yeah, missed that one too. Yet I wouldn't count on it, maybe they're playing games with Hilbert... oh well.