The GTX 1070 in all its flavours is a wonderful graphics card and can easily handle demanding games at hefty resolutions. Unfortunately, it seems some users have been reporting memory issues when overclocking such as checkerboard patterns. Guru3D conducted a thorough investigation into the memory issues and found cards fitted with Micron memory chips were at fault. In particular, the root cause is the speed of the voltage adjustments from P-States to support the voltage requirements under load. Apparently, if the idle voltage remains above 0.800V before the overclock is applied, the issue subsides. To be perfectly clear, Samsung chips do not suffer from the same problems.
On another note, other users have encountered flickering and graphical artefacts when cards are running at their default configuration. Thankfully, manufacturers are aware of the memory causing problems and beginning to release firmware updates which the status of are documented below:
To determine if your GPU requires a firmware fix, simply download GPU-Z and read the details about the memory vendor. If this section reads Micron, it will certainly be worth your time to apply the new firmware once released.
SetSetYesNumber of products in set2LightingLightingYesLighting ColourRGBMemoryMemory size (total)32 GBMemory TypeDDR5Number of modules2Memory Speed6000 MHzMemory voltage1.4…
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