GTX 1070 Contrast GTX 970 difference how much

　　 GTX 1070 contrast GTX 970 how bad is it? The new architecture of GTX 1070 is a leap in performance and efficiency, and the key change is in the process, from 28nm to now 16nm. Such changes allow Nvidia to put more transistors on a per-unit area, while smaller transistors require less power.

We can come to a simple comparison: the 28nm process of GTX 970 has 5.2 billion transistors in the area of 398mm2, and 16nm GTX 1070 only 312mm2 area is placed 7.2 billion transistors. As a result, the energy consumption of GTX 1070 is only 150W, more than 970 5W more than GTX.

The new architecture also brings a number of exciting new features, such as allowing graphics to be selected between graphics load and compute load, and "lens shadow correction" to better allocate resources by not rendering pixels invisible to the user. There is also "synchronous multiple projection", which allows GTX 1070 to render the scene from as many as 16 different viewpoints, which is very useful for VR games.

While these new features do not apply to most current games, they are bound to prove their worth in the future, which is a big factor in GTX 1070 's potential to outperform GTX 970.

On paper, GTX 1070 is certainly stronger. It has a base frequency of up to 1506MHz far beyond the 1050MHz of GTX 970, while 8GB DDR5 8000MHz are significantly more relaxed than the previous generation of 4GB 7010MHz when confronted with high-resolution games.

There is also a stream processor, GTX 970 has 1664 cuda cores, and GTX 1070 has nearly 2000. Paper data is one thing, and of course the most important is the actual performance when running the game. However, these are not afraid of spoilers: The actual performance of GTX 1070 will also be a victory over GTX 970.

　　Actual Experience

To get the most out of the computer configuration that the player uses, the actual test platform features Intel Core i5-6600k (not overclocking), 16GB DDR4 2666MHz, and a combination of the Samsung 850 EVO with GTX 1070 graphics. The operating system is 64-bit Windows Pro.

Under this configuration, we can test the comparison of different games, the resulting average number of frames is as follows:

　　"Dust Rally", ultra quality

1080P--GTX 970:97.3; GTX 1070:134.7

1440P--GTX 970:65.4; GTX 1070:97.4

4K--GTX 970:34.44; GTX 1070:52.5

　　"Middle-earth: Shadow Mordor", Ultra Quality

1080P--GTX 970:85.4; GTX 1070:131.3

1440P--GTX 970:55.85; GTX 1070:89.8

4K--GTX 970:37.7; GTX 1070:46.7

　　"Killer", Max.

1080P--GTX 970:59; GTX 1070:81.7

1440P--GTX 970:45.4; GTX 1070:69.8

4K--GTX 970:25.08; GTX 1070:29.8

　　Tomb Raider: The Rise of the

1080P--GTX 970:60; GTX 1070:97.9

1440P--GTX 970:36.7; GTX 1070:65.6

4K--GTX 970:19.86; GTX 1070:34

There is no doubt that GTX 970 and GTX 1070 have a considerable performance gap. 1080p the difference has been quite obvious, when the resolution gradually increased, the distance between them is gradually increasing.

The GTX 1070 higher frame rate can certainly bring a smoother overall gaming experience to the player. If at 1080p resolution, the same excellent performance will not make you feel much different, so by 4 K, it's the difference between "playing" and "Can't play"--which is particularly evident in the Tomb Raider: Rising, and we know that the minimum standard for "fluency" in the game is 30 frames.

　　Other considerations

If you have no deep feelings on the old yellow, it is best not to consider the so-called "founders Edition", that is, the public version. The GTX 1070 Public edition has a cool Titan skin and unique turbine cooling, but relatively low performance and ubiquitous noise are not matched by its high selling price.

Now GTX 1070 of the various Non-public version has been sold, whether you want to pursue the pursuit of mute multiple fan, water-cooled system, higher overclocking potential or small chassis of the Mini, can be satisfied. On the future trend of view, the Non-public version of GTX 1070 will certainly become the mainstream market.

　　Conclusion

GTX 970 can be said to be one of the most successful graphics cards of the previous generation, but it looks mediocre compared to GTX 1070. By the actual number of frames we can see that the performance gap between the two generations is quite large, not to mention the GTX 1070 has a new technology specifically dealing with VR.

But through this test we should also see, left GTX 970 is not all bad news. Although it is difficult to cope with 4 K, but in full HD and 1440p performance is quite strong. With the advent of a new generation of graphics cards, the price of GTX 970 will continue to dive. Although now GTX 970 will allow you to lose some of the game to deal with the future, but a yinianbanzai still no problem, especially in the bag of shyness.

GTX 1070 Of course more expensive, but also more powerful and more advanced. If you are the kind of person who is willing to invest for the game, then this latest graphics card can be said to have a very high cost performance. Of course, if you're headed for 4K and VR, it's a GTX 1080 or even just released "Monster" New Titan X.