The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 Review: iCX Brings the Lights and Sensors
by Nate Oh on January 31, 2018 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
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- NVIDIA
- GTX 1070 Ti
Meet The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2: Precision XOC
Considering that a lot of iCX features are neutered without it, Precision XOC is nigh-mandatory for, and essentially a software extension of, an iCX graphics card, which is not necessarily a negative. What makes this particularly relevant today is how the GTX 1070 Ti was positioned with respect to standardizing shipping clocks and promoting overclocking prowess. Several board partners ended up using their in-house overclocking utilities to advertise higher potential performance of their GTX 1070 Ti cards.
Naturally, EVGA incorporated Precision XOC for their semi-manual overclocking solution, developing a new single-step feature called “EVGA Precision XOC Scanner” or simply “XOC Scanner”, exclusive to the GTX 1070 Ti. While it differs from using OC ScannerX in the usual manner, it uses a series of automated OC ScannerX preset tests to apply an overclock. Simply starting Precision XOC for the first time will bring up a prompt to auto-overclock your GTX 1070 Ti, and after asking for the serial number, offer three different choices.
However, the in-application descriptions of the three options don’t make the end result very clear. In running XOC Scanner on our GTX 1070 Ti FTW2, the Quick Test results in an Offset overclock and the Full Test results in an overclocked voltage/frequency curve, but without adjusting any other element. Selecting Manual will send you to the regular Precision XOC application. But once there, running a Basic scan will bring up the three options again, while the Manual scan goes straight into voltage-frequency curve testing.
In effect, the XOC Scanner is applying the default OC Scanner settings almost like a preset, but changing the settings actually does change the parameters of the Quick and Full Test options.
In the overclocking section, we will see how these presets fare in benchmarks.
As discussed earlier, the other myriad features of the iCX system can be controlled from Precision XOC as well, namely configuration of LED colors and behavior.
To top even that, the LED Sync tool can coordinate lighting across EVGA graphics cards, closed-loop cooler, and chassis. Capping it off is the asynchronous fan control via separate sliders and fan curves.
LED Sync in action, posted by EVGA Product Manager Jacob Freeman (EVGA Forums)
But because the GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 iCX is the one EVGA GTX 1070 Ti card where eschewing Precision XOC means you’ve paid a premium for nothing, it’s almost safe to assume that Precision XOC will be used. And in that case, the auto-prompting XOC Scanner may as well be an inherent part of the GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 iCX package too, which is also not necessarily a negative. As far as how XOC Scanner works, the process is rather hands-off: you click a choice, a few tests happen, and once it’s over your card runs faster. Which sounds to be exactly what was intended.
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Dr. Swag - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link
Fury x always was faster than a 980DnaAngel - Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - link
Heck my old R9 390 would match or outperform the 980 in a good amount of titles. Which was always comical, as the 390 was supposed to compete with the 970, which it did at launch with launch drivers, but after a few months of driver improvements, it was going toe to toe with not the 970, but the 980 lol.masouth - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link
Either I'm just missing your sarcasm or you are dredging up 2.5 year old GPU news regarding the Fury X being faster than a GPU released 9 months before it while simultaneously ignoring that the GTX 980ti which was released 2 weeks before the Fury X was faster than the Fury X?Sounds like another day in the world of GPUs. Anybody that thinks buying the top tier is going to stay there for much more than 6-12 months either caught the market at the absolute perfect time or is basically delusional.
masouth - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link
and yes I realize you are commenting on the charts but how data ends up on charts seems like old news as well.Makaveli - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link
So winning by 3-5 fps in a game is destroying now??nice troll bait.
CiccioB - Thursday, February 1, 2018 - link
You made my day... comparing the Fury X with the 980 to signa point... wait.. the new flagship Vega64 is faster than the 1050Ti!!!!!!!!!Yes, all 1050Ti owners are crying out for that result!
AMD fanboys can really become ridiculous
BurntMyBacon - Thursday, February 1, 2018 - link
I completely agree that the Fury X vs 980 is a bad comparison and I have no intention of defending what should not be defended.Regarding ridiculousness however, the 980 is a single SKU below the proper competition (980Ti) and still in the same high end classification. While not the case here, there have often in the past been price disparities between the top end SKUs from ATi and nVidia that warrant such a comparison.
1080Ti > 1080 > 1070Ti > 1070 > 1060 > 1050Ti
N/A > Vega64 > Vega56 > N/A > 580 > 570
On the other hand, your Vega64 vs 1050Ti comparison is pitting AMDs top GPU against a card 5 SKUs below nVidia's top GPU (4 SKUs below the proper competition) and classified lower mid range at best. Then you proceed to suggest these comparisons are somehow similar and label IGTrading as a "ridiculous" AMD fanboy. IGTrading's comparison was certainly the wrong comparison, but who's more deserving of the "ridiculous fanboy" label?
DnaAngel - Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - link
That analogy doesn't really work. Maybe in 4K, but only a small fraction of users are at 4K right now. The majority are in 1080/1440p and at those resolutions, the 1070Ti is not only trading blows, but sometimes outperforming not the Vega 56 it was meant to compete against, but the 800 dollar Vega 64.Jad77 - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link
...the Lights and Sensors and the weirdest graphics card cosmetics I've ever seen. Why didn't EVGA use the new 1080 ti shrouds? Whatever, I've gone without Pascal this long I'm waiting for Volta.Gunbuster - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link
I'm confused on that as well. It's got a half-hearted Tron sorta thing going on with the light diffusers, but then has the steampunk rivet looking screw things, then the dollar store electronics looking badges laid over and blocking two of the lights...