CONCLUSION

   There’s really not much to say about the GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix GLH 8GB by Gainward that isn’t showcased in our charts down to the slightest detail. What really impressed us about this card(just like with the GTX 1080) was the excellent performance levels accompanied by a very low power consumption even at load but this time over that wasn’t all. I am of course referring to the custom cooling system of the Phoenix Golden Sample model since it allowed us to record very low temperature and noise levels even at extreme loads. Unfortunately because of this cooling system the GeForce GTX 1070 GLH 8GB model requires 3 PCI slots to install and that may not be optimal for some users (I don’t like losing PCIe slots for example). I guess we can’t have it all however (for example I’d choose this cooler over the one used in the 2-slot Founders Edition any day of the week) so let’s move to pricing.

   While I type these lines the GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix GLH 8GB graphics card retails for 469.48Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) and as usual for a product by Gainward we were unable to track it inside the USA (there should have an equivalent of this card in the USA market by Gainwards sister company Palit). All things said and done the GeForce GTX 1070 currently holds an excellent price/performance ratio (even more so than the GTX 1080) and that goes double for the Phoenix Goes Like Hell by Gainward which is why it receives our Platinum Award (too bad we don’t have a Titanium award for such a card – yet).

PROS

- Solid Build Quality
- Excellent Performance
- Features (Fast Sync / Simultaneous Multi-Projection / Ansel / HDR / Asynchronous Compute / Boost 3.0)
- Design (For Some)
- Low Power Consumption / Noise Levels / Temperatures
- Factory Overclock
- HDMI v2.0 / 3x DisplayPort v1.4 / DVI-D
- Price (Compared To The Founders Edition)
- 8GB GDDR5

CONS

- Requires 3 PCI Slots