The stock power throttle for the Asus GTX 1070 turbo is STOCK.
The stock power throttle for the Asus GTX 1070 turbo is STOCK.
Hey everyone,
I've also shared this on the nVidia forums. The card listed in the title is a GTX 1070 Turbo from Asus, but I've noticed it keeps throttling at default power levels. Even after setting the power limit to maximum, it still hits the default cap (which was 100 instead of 112). This behavior is strange. I've attached a screenshot showing this issue during the Heaven benchmark run (note: the benchmark didn't actually start when I took the photo; I used red rectangles to indicate it was running).
I'm aware of the thermal throttling warnings, but it seems like power throttling is happening instead. I checked the temperatures and they're only moderately high—reaching up to 92 during GPUTool, which might be due to the old software interfering with the fans. It could also be an overclocking tool, though I only intended to stress test.
If the card has a defect, can it be returned under the conformity guarantee?
http://imgur.com/a/X5WPp
there is no issue with your card.
your screen capture shows it running at 2025mhz. At that speed, you'll encounter thermal, power, or efficiency limits often. This is simply how the card was built.
you might adjust a custom fan curve to maintain cooler temperatures, but you'll need to experiment to find the best balance between noise and performance.
NVIDIA developed Pascal with a focus on low power consumption. They established artificially reduced power constraints on the reference design boards, ensuring this characteristic. On certain custom PCBs, higher power limits are defined in the BIOS, preventing such issues from occurring as observed. Regarding thermal and power restrictions, Boost 3.0 continuously adjusts core frequency and voltage to maintain efficient GPU operation within standard temperature ranges. It adapts across the full operating temperature range. I've noticed Boost 3.0 implementing frequency and voltage variations down to 10c.
Thank you both for your assistance. Your observations about the clock speed increasing when using no memory overclock seem related to power constraints. Also, updating the BIOS and raising the power limit might help. I wouldn't likely try that until the warranty ends, but the card performs very well without overclocking.