10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB 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 MSI Gaming Z 8GB can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

We take a look at game performance achieved on this graphics card when running 2023 popular games. This short GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. 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.

Running at 1080p this card gets a playable frame rate from Battlefield 2042 with 41 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Days Gone which returns a good 69 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Grand Theft Auto VI which we predict will get a reasonable 49 FPS.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we booted up Battlefield 2042 to see how the GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB dealt with it. It scored up a playable series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 82 FPS, Medium: 64 FPS, High: 43 FPS and Ultra: 31 FPS. Next we looked at Days Gone which was reasonable with a 52 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Grand Theft Auto VI that we predict will get an Ultra 1440p FPS of 37. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB is a reliable performer at this larger resolution for modern games. The graphics card will be good to run 1440p on Ultra or High settings.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB in your PC? 2-3 years of top end gaming before an upgrade

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 1070 MSI Gaming Z 8GB? 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 MSI Gaming Z 8GB.