Hot on the heels of GTX 1070 Founders Edition, I now have the Zotac GTX 1070 AMP Edition in the lab – it costs less and performs faster than the Founders Edition (FE). Hooked yet?

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

Once you get the big yellow box out of the way, you’ll get to this beautiful beast of a card with dual-fans – Zotac’s IceStorm cooling with Carbon ExoArmor protection and Spectra lighting.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

Spectra lighting? Yes, it’s this one.

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The Spectra lighting is control via Zotac’s FireStorm software. NOTE : It is not RGB.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

Now on with the next pic, you’ll see that this model comes with 2x 8-pin PCI-E power connector, this means that the Zotac GTX 1070 AMP Edition could draw up to 375W if need but according to the official product page the card draws only 220W tops. A single 8-pin PCI-E would suffice, perhaps it’s for load distribution.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

At the back, here’s what Zotac’s ExoArmor looks like. It looks good but that yellow stripe across the board could just spoil it when it comes to matching the motherboard and RAM sticks, nevertheless it turned out quite alright for my system that’s with an ASRock X99 OC Formula.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

From the top to the bottom, you’ll see that there are not heatpipes running around. At the rear are 3 DisplayPorts, 1 HDMI and 1 DVI video connector.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

And for comparison purpose, here’s how big the Zotac GTX 1070 AMP Edition is when compared to the Founders Edition.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

Below is the GPU-Z screen capture.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

Test Setup

Processor Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.5Ghz
RAM Apacer Blade Fire 2x 8GB DDR4 3000Mhz
Motherboard ASRock X99 OC Formula
Power Supply Cooler Master V850
Operating System Windows 10 64bit

Overclocking

I managed to add over 200Mhz to the default core clock but there were a few games that the card seem to fail completing benchmarks, so I finally settled in with 175Mhz. As for memory, I added some 250Mhz to it with no issue.

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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition Graphics Card Review

Benchmarks

Unigine Heaven 4.0

Heaven 4.0
*NOTE : Details are set to maximum.

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 95 24
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 100 26
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 92 24

Metro Last Light

Heaven 4.0

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 123 45
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 129 48
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 120 44

Shadow of Mordor

Heaven 4.0
Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync off.

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 132 47
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 141 50
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 132 52

Bioshock Infinite

Bioshock Infinite
Settings are at
2 – UltraDX11_DDOF | 2 – Custom | 1 – 16:9 | 4 – FullHD / 4K

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 149 55
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 153 59
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 137.44 55

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V
Settings : Every option to the MAX setting available.

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 63 45
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 68 48
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 61 44

The Division

The Division
Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync OFF.

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 83 35
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 88 36
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 82 33

Ashes of the Singularity (DX12)

Ashes of the Singularity
Settings : Set to CRAZY

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 50 35
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 55 36
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 48 33

Hitman (DX12)

Ashes of the Singularity
Settings : Maximum

Card 1080p (avg) 4K UHD (avg)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 69 45
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP OC 73 46
Zotac GTX 1070 FE 70 42

Temperature

Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.

Card Idle(°C) Load (°C)
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP 41 77
Zotac GTX 1070 AMP (Full RPM) 36 75

The fan hovers at around 85% on AUTO settings when on high load but what’s great about it is that it’s still pretty quite, even at 100% RPM it sounds like the noise level of Founders Edition cooler at 50% – 60% RPM.

Power Consumption

The stress was done with Furmark Burn-in Test. Power consumption reading was taken from the watt-meter, actual power draw by the entire system from the wall point. I’m using an Cooler Master V850 with around 90% efficiency and the estimated system power draw (CPU, not including GPU) during Furmark test is 107w.

Card Zotac GTX 1070 AMP
Furmark Burn-in 306
Estimated Actual System Draw 275
Estimated Card Power Draw 168

The Verdict

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition retails at RM 2,219 – a solid card that runs faster than the Founders Edition out of the box, runs even faster when overclocked, has a cooler that’s silent even at 100% RPM and it even comes with lighting. What more can you ask for? Oh yes, it comes with 5-years warranty.

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