The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition Review: GP104 Comes in Threes
by Nate Oh on November 2, 2017 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
- GeForce
- NVIDIA
- Pascal
- GTX 1070 Ti
DOOM (Vulkan)
By now, we all know the legacy of the original 1993 DOOM, and 2016 DOOM seeks to fulfill its birthright of shooting things until they die. The fast-paced arena-shooter-style gameplay relies heavily on high framerates for an optimal experience as you twist and turn to eviscerate demons. Notably, thanks to a post-release update, DOOM supports the low-level Vulkan API, successor to AMD's Mantle and comparable to DX12 and Metal. One of the higher profile Vulkan games out there, DOOM could be considered a flagship Vulkan game, using the API successfully to achieve greater performance than what could be accomplished in OpenGL.
The Ultra preset was used without alterations.
Operating well under Vulkan, both Vega 56 and GTX 1070 Ti come neck and neck, with the GTX 1070 Ti maintaining the edge at higher resolutions. DOOM actually has a 200fps cap, and the GTX 1080 Ti nearly tops out at 1080p.
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moxin - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
Still think it's a bit expensiveSpunjji - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
Agreed. This should be 1070 price, 1070 down to the 970's original MSRP... Anything less is gouging.Yojimbo - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
I think it should cost $20.edlee - Friday, January 12, 2018 - link
This mining rush might kill the pc gaming industry, when a gamer cannot find a single high performance card at msrp prices, they will just flock to the xbox one x or ps4 pro, this is outrageous.Ryan Smith - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
Hey everyone, please watch your language. (not you specifically, Spunjji, I removed a comment below you)CiccioB - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
I think that any comment whining about prices should be removed ASAP.Ratman6161 - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
I'm not a gamer so I'm more wide eyed at a the idea of a video card that draws 80 watts at idle and over 300 under load...more than my whole system under load. And upwards of $500? Wow. I guess I'm sort of glad I'm not a gamer. :)DanNeely - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
Those are total system numbers, not the card itself.CaedenV - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
The card by itself idles at ~20W and load at ~250WStill quite a bit compared to a small desktop or a laptop though lol
BrokenCrayons - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
Yup, those power numbers are terrible. The desire for improvement in visual quality and competition between the two remaining dGPU manufactures has certainly done us no favors when it comes to electrical consumption and waste heat generation in modern PCs. Sadly, people often forget that good graphics don't automatically imply tons of fun will be had at the keyboard and they consequently create demand that causes a positive feedback loop that make 200+ watt TDP GPUs viable products. I remember the many hours I killed playing games on my Palm IIIxe and it needed a new pair of AAA batteries once every 3 or so weeks. Not everyone feels that way though and for an obviously large number of consumer buyers, graphics and resolution mean the world to them no matter the price of entry or the power consumption.