10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition will easily meet recommended system requirements of games released today. This is a strong benchmarker on modern games and can often return excellent frame rates at high and ultra 1080p. But the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition get on latest AAA 2023 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 908 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition can run Back 4 Blood at 1080p and saw it return good frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 205 FPS, Medium: 161 FPS, High: 109 FPS and Ultra: 78 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Star Citizen is predicted to return a good 78 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Back 4 Blood on the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition to see that it got a reasonable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 156FPS, M: 123FPS, H: 83FPS, U: 59FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Star Citizen which we predicted will be reasonable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 59 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Far Cry 6 where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were playable at 36 FPS. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition is certainly capable of running larger monitor gaming at Ultra or High graphics settings.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for 2 to 3 years of meeting top end game system requirements

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC 8GB Edition.