Gadgetory

so I received quite a number of name requests for this PC back here if you haven't already seen the build log you can do so by clicking the card right here but after lengthy debate I've decided to go with the name Walter White I am the one who looked uh anyway I know that's a weird name for a PC but Breaking Bad was the best show on television period if you disagree with me don't let me know that you do or I will block you just kidding I'm not I'm not going to do that but for real I will so now that everything situated within the case and in working order let's do something unique there are already several gtx 1070 reviews on youtube mine of which you can check out right here so i'm gonna stick to just one game and one condition that's GTA 5 and high or very high settings can we keep a sustained 144 frames per second on a 1440p monitor namely my pic co px 277 with a 144 hearth refresh rate let's find out this test was broken up into three different segments you had it one two three gtx 1070 performance in story mode 1070 performance in online mode and 980ti performance and story mode for the sake of having some kind of baseline these cards perform about on par with each other by the way now I don't have the presets or settings listed in the graph you're about to see so pay attention to this slide right here if you're interested in replicating this benchmark with your own personal read you can copy these settings that I've used for the tests I had FXAA on MSAA off very high particle quality grass set too high high tessellations you get the point no advanced graphics were used during these tests both GPS were paired with an i7 6700 K clocked at four point four gigahertz and 16 gigabytes of Gil's super loose ddr4 at 3,000 megahertz so we're looking at here are the men's maxes and averages for both Story and online modes with the gtx 1070 both the 1070 and 90 DTI were not overclocked any more than they already were out of the box when purchased to my surprise frankly online gameplay you'll get a higher frame rate overall for the 1070 this is likely due to the fact that a few features within the game are restricted to story mode so things like wild life something else I was pleased with was the cars performance and especially grassy areas which is always taken a toll on other cards that I've owned grass and gta5 tends to take a toll on graphics cards and I expected to see sharp transitions in this graph here but that was not the case I started the frame counter at the same location in the heart of Los Santos and ended it near the Alamo see but can you tell from this graph where the grass showed up yeah neither could I and I'm glad it's that way consistency is a good thing especially when we're talking about frame rates over 120 so that brings up the question this video is sought to answer can the 1070 run a game like GTA 5 a solid blend of both GPU and CPU intensive segments which is why this game was chosen at 144 frames per second well at these settings no we're hovering around 110 115 frames per second on average which is still stellar but not taking full advantage of our pixie o monitor so I decided to lower some original settings in an effort to bring back some frames you might decide not to do this personally you might prefer better picture quality over higher frame rates especially when you're talking about a hundred and twenty hundred thirty you're really not going to see much of a difference between 100 20 frames per second in 130 some concei 120 to 144 but for the most part in a game like gta5 especially it's not gonna make much of a difference so that's what I did I lowered everything that was originally set to very high down to just hot so these are the finalized settings and now we're talking still not hitting 144 frames on average but we're pretty darn close and I'm not willing to compromise on in-game quality anymore for the sake of any additional frames 120 is plenty for a game like GTA 1 last thing to do then is compare the Maxwell Giant the 980ti to the Pascal 1070 I made the switch from the ladder to this one for my most recent bill but did the swap change anything that's what I want to answer in this part well to be fair I pretty much knew what I was getting myself into the 90 BTI in 1070 are nearly identical when it comes to performance across major titles even in direct x12 mode so in my case a swap wasn't really for the sake of performance but for the sake of efficiency the 1070 boasting nearly half the TDP and total power draw remember they're not the same thing of the 980ti both cards were neck-and-neck when it came to frame rates we saw in GTA 5 the 90 DTI edged out a slight win when it came to averages and the 1070 for the minimums both of which are within the margin of error but again if we're willing to make a few compromises on game graphics higher averages and minimum frame rates are obtainable and sustainable so that's that gaming at 144 frames per second on a 1440p monitor with the gtx 1070 is possible as long as you're willing to compromise on a few in-game settings this is not the case for all titles a game like City skylines very CPU bound won't even come close to this as I've proven numerous times but if the game in question leverages both CPU and GPU power fairly then these frame rates are obtainable again if you haven't seen the build log of Walter White check it out I enjoyed building it I had a lot of fun that's kind of the point here yeah you might save a few bucks in the long run deciding to build your own PC from the ground up versus a pre-built one that would cost you a premium on average that just it's gonna be preferential if you don't have fun building pcs don't do it pay the extra money for a pre built one don't worry about it from then on out but I consider building pcs a form of art and the final result especially in this case is almost always worth it Walter White is awake still it's a weird name I know but it's growing on me kind of like it this is science studio thanks for learning with us I am awake