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Today we have reviews of two GTX 1070 Ti aftermarket cards ready for launch – this one is the Palit Super JetStream model. If it looks familiar, that would be because we did an unboxing video of the card last week, but this review is very much focused on performance – so just how good is the Palit Super JetStream, and is it worth buying?
Another partner card with a custom cooling solution, the Palit GTX 1070 Ti Super JetStream is a hefty 2.5-slot graphics card – something that could well give it the edge over its dual-slot rivals. After all, we know that all GTX 1070 Tis are currently shipping with the same base and boost frequencies, and that means the cards with the best cooling solutions will also get the best gaming performance thanks to the way GPU Boost 3.0 dynamically adjusts core clock based on core temperature.
| GPU | Geforce GTX 1070 Ti | Geforce GTX 1080 | Geforce GTX 1070 |
| CUDA Cores | 2432 | 2560 | 1920 |
| Base Clock | 1607 MHz | 1607 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1683 MHz | 1733 MHz | 1683 MHz |
| Total Video memory | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5X | 8GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Clock | 4004 MHz | 5005 MHz | 4006 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256GB/s | 320GB/s | 256GB/s |
| Bus Width | 256 | 256bit | 256 bit |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Manufacturing Process | 16nm | 16nm | 16nm |
| TDP | 180 Watts | 180 Watts | 150 Watts |
With the shortage of GDDR5X, I’m wondering if the GTX 1080 is being phased out, because this is (95% of) a GTX 1080 GDDR5. Maybe the endgame is for the 1080 to be discontinued, the GP104s going into 1070 Ti instead, and the GDDR5X to be saved for the 1080 Ti and possibly mid-range Volta cards if the early flagships use GDDR6?