EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 Gaming iCX Review
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 Gaming iCX is a new twist on the GTX 1070 and incorporates their new iCX cooler and pushes a 1594MHz base clock and a 1683MHz boost clock. The EVGA GTX 1070 SC2 iCX sports 4 + 1 phase power and a single BIOS chip as opposed to the FTW model that gets a 10 + 1 Phase and Dual BIOS. Our GTX 1070 SC2 sports a white LED that casts a nice glow throughout the chassis and draws attention to your GTX 1070 prize. Given a generous 8GB of GDDR5 with a 256-Bit bus with a memory clock of 8008MHz (effective) the GTX 1070 SC2 should have enough memory for 99% of all end users.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 Gaming iCX pushes a GP104 core variant GP104-200-A1 with a Pascal design on a 16nm FinFet process 7.2 Billion transistors on a 314mm² die. As per the NVIDIA design the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 Gaming iCX gets 1920 shading units, 120 TMU’s 64 ROPs, 15 SMs and likely a partridge in a pear tree. Other specs include 102.0 GPixels/s, a Texture rate of 191.3 GTexel/s and a floating point performance of 6,121 GFLOPS. To capsulize the geeky comments it’s packed with drool-worthy geeky goodness and will kick some serious FPS butt.
The newest addition to EVGA’s formidable arsenal of technology is the iCX cooling solution that includes nine additional temperature sensors to monitor Memory and VRM. It’s time video cards have independent temperature sensors that dependably read and report real-time thermal activity.
EVGA GTX 1070 SC2 Gaming iCX Comparison
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070’s with iCX Technology | |||||||
GTX 1070 GAMING iCX | GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX | GTX 1070 FTW2 GAMING iCX | |||||
08G-P4-6571-KR | 08G-P4-6573-KR | 08G-P4-6676-KR | |||||
Stream Processors | 1920 | ||||||
Texture Units | 120 | ||||||
ROPs | 64 | ||||||
Core Clock (MHz) | 1506 | 1594 | 1607 | ||||
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1683 | 1784 | 1797 | ||||
Memory | Capacity | 8 GB | |||||
Type | GDDR5 | ||||||
Clock | 8 Gbps | ||||||
TDP | 150 W | 170 W | 215 W | ||||
Launch Date | Q1 2017 | ||||||
Launch Price | $439.99 | $449.99 | $469.99 |
EVGA’s GTX 1070 Lineup
EVGA GTX 1070 Graphics Card | Part Number | Base / Boost (Clock) |
BIOS Chips | Cooler Type | Power Type | Power Phase | Max Power Draw | LED Type | Backplate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW2 GAMING iCX |
08G-P4-6676 | 1607 / 1797 |
2 | iCX | 8+8-Pin | 10+2 | 215W | RGB | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW HYBRID GAMING |
08G-P4-6278 | 1607 / 1797 |
2 | Hybrid | 8+8-Pin | 10+2 | 215W | RGB | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 |
08G-P4-6276 | 1607 / 1797 |
2 | ACX 3.0 | 8+8-Pin | 10+2 | 215W | RGB | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW DT GAMING ACX 3.0 |
08G-P4-6274 | 1506 / 1683 |
2 | ACX 3.0 | 8+8-Pin | 10+2 | 215W | RGB | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC2 GAMING iCX |
08G-P4-6573 | 1594 / 1784 |
1 | iCX | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 170W | Yes (White) | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 HYBRID GAMING |
08G-P4-6178 | 1594 / 1784 |
1 | Hybrid | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 170W | Yes (White) | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 |
08G-P4-6173 | 1594 / 1784 |
1 | ACX 3.0 | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 170W | Yes (White) | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition |
08G-P4-5173 | 1594 / 1784 |
1 | ACX 3.0 | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 170W | Yes (White) | No |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING iCX |
08G-P4-6571 | 1506 / 1683 |
1 | iCX | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 150W | Yes (White) | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING ACX 3.0 |
08G-P4-6171 | 1506 / 1683 |
1 | ACX 3.0 | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 150W | Yes (White) | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FOUNDERS EDITION |
08G-P4-6170 | 1506 / 1683 |
1 | Blower | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 150W | Yes (Green) | Yes |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition |
08G-P4-5171 | 1506 / 1683 |
1 | ACX 3.0 | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 150W | Yes (White) | No |
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING |
08G-P4-5170 | 1506 / 1683 |
1 | Blower | 8-Pin | 4+1 | 150W | No | No |
Congrats, nice review. I’m waiting for the review of the GTX 1070 FTW 2 to compare if it’s worth paying more for it