The Card
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition sticks to the groovy cyber-punk reference design the company introduced with the GTX 1080, including the full-coverage back-plate. The card looks particularly solid when installed.
Installation requires two slots in your system.
Display connectivity options include a DVI port, HDMI 2.0 port, and three DisplayPort 1.4 connectors.
Unlike previous-generation NVIDIA cards, the DVI port no longer includes the analog signal, so you'll have to use an active adapter. NVIDIA also updated DisplayPort to be 1.2 certified and 1.3/1.4 ready, which enables support for 4K at 120 Hz and 5K at 60 Hz, or 8K at 60 Hz with two cables.
The GPU also comes with an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 2.0b compatible, which supports HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies. The GPU's video-encoding unit has been updated to support HEVC at 10-bit and 12-bit.
We shine the light from a self-leveling line laser onto the card, which shows no sagging.
Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (
front,
back).