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1. I think that your title has been edited..:no:

2. So they made a business decision for that one GPU. Presumably they had reasons, of which we are not privy to.
 
1. i think there's some youtube videos showing that 1070 Ti will be OCable [despite the rumours]

2. even if they did lock the BIOS, it's pretty clear why's that.... if u can OC it, and it'll easily reach 1080's performance [or at least fall behind a little] then 1080 sales would be damaged... a lot that is, people would either pick the 1070ti / just skip to 1080ti...

3. despite the BIOS lock, many said that u can also do some manual OC, so i think it should be just fine :v
 


There is no shame in a smart business move. Are you old enough to remember the awesomeness that was the i5 2500K. It's only been six years but... Anyways Intel NEVER again has made such a significant leap in performance. The historically awesome gaming chip imo was a learning experience for Intel.

The issue here is the 1080. Why would Nvidia shoot itself in the foot by allowing the Ti to be OC'd? Does it want to destroy the 1080's market? The 1070Ti fits a niche without destroying another.
 
Actually the real shame is the pricing.

GTX 1070 reached $350 before the mining crisis . The GTX 1070 ti right price is $400 after all this time . The Volta is very near.
 
To be honest i don't really think it was an issue to begin with. Pretty much pascal gpu overcloking capability is about the same anyway. I still remember about MSI GTX1060 Gaming X vs much more basic one. When it comes to manual overcloking the Gaming X only have mere 25mhz advantage over the cheapest MSI 1060 that available for $250 at launch. To me with pascal line of GPU factory overclock card does not make much sense when much cheaper version can get the same level of performance or overclocking potential. If anything it might be a good news for consumer because you don't need to spend money on the more expensive model to get one with best performance.

About pricing it is a bit too expensive. But i think nvidia try to reap the benefit from the mining. Even if they sold them at much cheaper price if the price end up being inflated it does not mean much for gamer. So instead let retailer get all the extra profit why not increase the official price? That way nvidia can still get better profit for each card sold.
 
@renz496 I agree that lack of factory overclocking isn't a big deal, but another consideration is that voltage seems to be locked on the 1070 Ti, even for non reference cards. This could limit 1070 Ti overclocking compared to other Pascal chips, although I have no personal experience with Pascal overclocking so I don't know how voltage limited it is.
 


isn't that all pascal GPU being voltage locked? go to guru3d review for nvidia various factory overclocked card. all pascal voltage is locked to 100% value.
 

They specifically talk about increasing core voltage here:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_1080_overclocking_guide_with_afterburner_4_3,2.html
Voltage is represented as +[x]% rather than +[x]mV like it used to be, but it looks like you can still increase it.
Here's a quote from Tom's review of the 1070 Ti:
"There is one slider you don't get access to, though. Voltage manipulation is locked out entirely. Other Pascal-based graphics cards can be tuned through small voltage increases. However, to protect GeForce GTX 1080, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is deliberately handicapped in this one area."
 
Well looks like this will be the next step for nvidia. They habe been restricting overvolting bit by bit since kepler. For volta the voltage might be fully locked on all cards. The overcloking will be advertise mainly for marketing reason.
 
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