Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1070 Windforce OC GeForce GTX1070 Internal Graphic Card 8192 MB

In anticipation of my purchase of an Oculus Rift system in late 2016, I purchased a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC graphics card from ebuyer during a brief price dip to £386. I had been more than satisfied by the performance of the two Gigabyte GTX 660 Windforce OC cards running in SLI since late 2013; in fact it was only because of my desire to explore the world of VR that I bothered upgrading in the first place otherwise I'd probably still be running the GTX 660 cards to this day.With zero complaints regarding my GTX 660 cards, Gigabyte had at least earned a little brand loyalty from me so I didn't even shop around for GTX 1070 boards by other brands, committing from the outset to remain with Gigabyte; I also wanted to remain with the Windforce OC family of products that the brand had on offer. It's true that the GTX 1060 cards could have supported my VR needs however they offer no SLI facility and despite the fact that SLI technology is heading the way of the dinosaur I still wanted to have the option of adding additional cards in the future.The performance of the Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC card is impressive; I was benchmarking scores on a single card that were eclipsing the results of the two GTX 660 cards I had replaced and it took the VR gameplay in its stride. Despite the GTX 1070 being the number two card in town at the time (second only to the GTX 1080), I'm pretty confident that the it can still handle any game with all the quality and effects settings cranked up to max/ultra/epic, presenting gamers with silky smooth frame rates at 1920 x 1080 resolution. I can't speak for you gamers who need to throw around more pixels per frame than that.I have read a few times that a few gamers are irritated by the excessive fan noise and coil whine generated by the Windforce OC; I don't share that opinion. In general day to day use of your PC the fans throttle down to zero anyway which is about as silent as it gets. It's only when you place some serious demands on the GTX 1070 Windforce OC (or overclock them) that the fans kick in for real; agreed there is noise but I've yet to find it so distracting, in fact I find it reassuring that they're doing their job of not letting the card cook itself.So that was my experience with one GTX 1070... Card number two was pending but then that damn drought hit thanks to the whole crypto currency craze! I really didn't want to pay more than I had for the first card so like a hawk I was keeping an eye on both prices and stock counts of Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC cards pretty much every week (sometimes every day!). I witnessed price fluctuations as high as £600 at one point placing doubt on my ever being able to afford the purchase a second one but persistence was key and sure enough inside a window of a mere two days the price of these cards on Amazon crashed to £328; I caught it on the way down to £335. By day 3 the price had bounced back to clear more than £500!!! - How silly is that?I received that second card in December of this year (2018), installed it* and am now armed with something of a monster of a gaming rig. I also complimented the SLI setup with a proper high band SLI bridge (by Gigabyte of course).After another visit to the benchmark app by Passmark it is with smugness and satisfaction that I discovered the performance capabilities of my PC resides somewhere inside of the top 10% of all the machines that have been tested; not bad for what is predominantly a 2013 build system.Before you commit to attempting the same however I should advise the uninitiated that SLI doesn't actually increase the graphics capability of you machine much beyond a heightened frame count and that there exists a law of diminishing returns on every additional card you add to your setup; yes, know that for the benefit of two cards running in concert, in real money terms I have paid over the odds. - Everybody does!But I am a happy boy! :D*My gold standard Corsair 650W PSU appears content to be powering both of these cards; my machine has remained stable.

Excellent graphics card. Works well without any problems. Fans rarely have the need to spin up when playing games such as World of Warcraft or Overwatch, so super silent!Can be sure that the next card will be a Gigabyte one too!

This card is incredible I probably just got lucky but I managed to OC mine to 2025Mhz stable and it runs incredibly quietly(however loud when you crank up the fan speed)

Good for ultra 1440p gaming

This is the 2nd time i bought a GTX 1070 because the 1st one i bought worked perfectly at 1st and then started glitching before it died after just a few months and after buying a second GTX 1070 the exact same thing happened again. Don't bother with the GTX 1070 cos they don't last long at all i recommend going for a GTX 980Ti instead cos it's slightly cheaper, has better performance and mine has lasted over 2 years without any problems.

Was the cheapest 1070 I could find. Occasionally gets noisy, but seems to play everything at 4k in high or above. Have not noticed any lag at all. Could be slightly easier to overclock but I'm getting there