EVGA GTX1070 FTW or MSI GTX1070 GAMING Z

[Guest]

Hi,
Which is better?.
Why the MSI has less power connectors, is it not good enough or what?.
Which has better clocks and will give me better FPS?.

 

[FaZ1095]

The EVGA GTX 1070 FTW https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-08... is a faster card and the reason it has more power connectors is that it has more power phases for better power delivery. This all means that it can potentially reach higher and more stable overclocks than the MSI model. It is also an RGB LED lit cooler for pretty aesthetics. =)

 

[Guest]

The EVGA GTX 1070 FTW https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-08... is a faster card and the reason it has more power connectors is that it has more power phases for better power delivery. This all means that it can potentially reach higher and more stable overclocks than the MSI model. It is also an RGB LED lit cooler for pretty aesthetics. =)

I don't like the RGB lights.
The MSI GAMING Z has more clock and boots clock, a little bit more, not much.
I think it is better, isn't it?.

 

[clutchc]

What is the rest of the system you are putting the card in? And the resolution/refresh rate of your monitor?

 

[Guest]

What is the rest of the system you are putting the card in? And the resolution/refresh rate of your monitor?

2k
i7-6700
16gb

 

[clutchc]

What is the rest of the system you are putting the card in? And the resolution/refresh rate of your monitor?

2k
i7-6700
16gb

If your monitor is 60 Hz vert. refresh, it won't matter which you get. It will be wasted performance. If your monitor is 120Hz/144Hz, you will be able to get the full benefit from either one. The MSI has the fastest out-of-box clocks, but the Evga has the best warranty if that is important to you. It sounds like you favor the MSI. I have both brands (in lesser video cards) and like them both.

 

[Guest]

What is the rest of the system you are putting the card in? And the resolution/refresh rate of your monitor?

2k
i7-6700
16gb

If your monitor is 60 Hz vert. refresh, it won't matter which you get. It will be wasted performance. If your monitor is 120Hz/144Hz, you will be able to get the full benefit from either one. The MSI has the fastest out-of-box clocks, but the Evga has the best warranty if that is important to you. It sounds like you favor the MSI. I have both brands (in lesser video cards) and like them both.

I just like the msi's design
I just want to know if it will be a problem due to the MSI has less power phases than the EVGA FTW.

MSI has 8x and 6x
and EVGA has 8x and 8x

 

[clutchc]

Problem? No. Unless you want to OC the living hell out of the card. Then the more power phases, the better. (assuming the power phases are feeding the exact same capacity power transistors)

 

[Guest]

Problem? No. Unless you want to OC the living hell out of the card. Then the more power phases, the better. (assuming the power phases are feeding the exact same capacity power transistors)

I won't overclock it much, they are good enough out of the box, just a little I guess.
Besides, the GAMING Z has better clock out of the box, that means that I need less overclock of the card.
isn't it?.

Well, apart from that, I just want quality and a good card for 1-2 years.
evga or msi?.

 

[clutchc]

Quality? Evga by a tad. But to be honest, I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference in performance if you owned both cards, clocked them the same, and benchmarked them. Get whichever one you like the best and don't look back.
You never did tell me the vert refresh rate of your 2K monitor. You can only see the fps that the rate the screen refreshes the display at... no matter how many fps the card is rendering.

 

[Guest]

Quality? Evga by a tad. But to be honest, I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference in performance if you owned both cards, clocked them the same, and benchmarked them. Get whichever one you like the best and don't look back.
You never did tell me the vert refresh rate of your 2K monitor. You can only see the fps that the rate the screen refreshes the display at... no matter how many fps the card is rendering.

2k
60hz

The thing is that people say that the MSI doesn't go further because it has just 8x and 6x instead of 8x and 8x like the FTW has.

🙁

but I like the MSI by far.

 

[FaZ1095]

Quality? Evga by a tad. But to be honest, I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference in performance if you owned both cards, clocked them the same, and benchmarked them. Get whichever one you like the best and don't look back.
You never did tell me the vert refresh rate of your 2K monitor. You can only see the fps that the rate the screen refreshes the display at... no matter how many fps the card is rendering.

2k
60hz

The thing is that people say that the MSI doesn't go further because it has just 8x and 6x instead of 8x and 8x like the FTW has.

🙁

but I like the MSI by far.

Just get the MSI then. They are both great cards.

 

[clutchc]

If you're not going to OC it (or OC it much), why worry about the difference in phase power? Get the card you like best. By the time you make up your mind, it'll be obsolete 😉