NVIDIA blocks the frequencies of the NVIDIA GTX 1070 Ti for all manufacturers that work with the company, so they all work at the same frequency and only the heatsink will change.
We already know that the forecast is that the NVIDIA GTX 1070 Ti will be launched on October 26, the model that will compete more directly with the AMD RX Vega 56 and quite possibly with the AMD RX Vega 64. Well, information has appeared on the part from eTeknix and Expreview, saying that there will not be a reference model of this graphics card, something that we had already intuited as we were not aware of it and only mentioned custom models by different manufacturers, although they will have something in common: THEY WILL HAVE THE FREQUENCIES BLOCKED.
The models will have a custom heatsink and maybe the PCB, but all these graphics cards will have the same frequency in the GPU, being 1607MHz base and will arrive in Boost mode up to 1683MHz. The information ensures that manufacturers do not have permission from NVIDIA to modify the frequency of graphics cards. Since eTeknix They say the following: 'An industry member told eTeknix that the GTX 1070 Ti cannot be overclocked. Also, we have been informed that NVIDIA will not release any reference cards and all cards will be from AIB partners, locked at the same frequency. However, pricing and aesthetics are expected to differ between partners.
From Expreview The following is commented: 'NVIDIA has unified the market frequency of the GTX 1070 Ti, that is, regardless of the manufacturer from which we buy a GTX 1070 Ti, its frequency will be fixed at 1607 / 1683MHz. If you want to improve performance, you can manually overclock.
These curious graphics cards are not really necessary and possibly, reducing the price of graphics cards, NVIDIA would have more than enough to compete with the AMD RX Vega. Everything points to the fact that the frequency blocking of these graphics cards is due to the fact that with a slight overclocking by the assemblers or a few modifications, the NVIDIA GTX 1080 could be improved in performance.
