Awesome upgrade from a GTX 570.
588456
I previously owned a Zotac Geforce GTX 570 that ran flawlessly for 3 years but with games like Watch Dogs launching, it was getting a little long in the tooth, so I decided it was time for an upgrade and went with this Zotac Geforce GTX 770. I did consider other brands and even looked at some Radeon R9 280x offerings and decided to go with Zotac since I had good luck with the company previously. I've only had the card for 2 days, so I'll update this review as necessary.

So far, it's running like a champ and improved my framerate considerably in games like Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, Battlefield 4, heavily modded Skyrim, and the list goes on and on. The Dual Silencer fans are inaudible to me even at high RPM and they do their job in conjunction with the rest of the cooling system by keeping the card cool even under high load.

One word of caution though - this card is a MONSTER! I have a Antec 300 case and I had to move one hard drive and reroute several wire bundles in order to accommodate this card. It does fit, but it's a good thing that this card has the PCIe power connectors on the side of the card rather than the end.

Overall, I'm very pleased with this purchase so far and as always, Amazon Prime membership gets me free 2-day shipping.
3479315
Once the graphics card was installed into the computer--a few of the necessary bios settings were changed--I noticed an immediate jump in performance over my previous integrated graphics card. Granted, my other card was was sub-par, but this upgrade proved to be a worthwhile investment.

Pros:
-Easy to install the card and the pertinent software
-Relatively small for a GTX card
-Provides amazing video and gaming performance

Cons:
-The fan continues to run, even when in sleep mode

Overall, if anyone has a restricted budget, I'd recommend this card to anyone. Not only do you receive high quality, but fantastic performance as well (for the price).
4264002
Picked up the GTX260 when I built my LINUX Workstation 3 years ago. Ubuntu recognized it right off the bat and both proprietary Vendor Closed Source drivers *and* Open Source drivers were available and the graphics performed very well with either in use. First game I loaded up was 'World In Conflict' (lots of High res game play) and cranked it out to max res and effects, no problems, World of Warcraft was next and posed no challenge to the card in comparison to WIC and even ran at a higher framerate under WINE in LINUX than it did natively in Windows XP on the same hardware (I later got rid of my windows partition as Ubuntu LINUX provided more than  what I needed as a software developer and gamer). The card has already outlasted the original power supply. Also nice to see that the price has dropped to almost half at the time of this review. Definitely worth the money, just make sure that your PSU can take the load!

I run this on an EVGA X58 SLI motherboard sporting an i7 processor.
4350014
A considerable upgrade from my previous AMD GPU, I really appreciate the extra speed when multitasking across several different projects.
770397
It's amazing what performance you get for the money with the current generation of GPUs. Like alot of people, I was tied up between wanting the GTX 1060 and the RX 480. I picked the 480 for several reasons, such as the RX 480 being cheaper, it's more DX12 proof, it has more VRAM (yes yes I know, "The 480 will never be able to fully utilize the 8gb of VRAM" but F that! People told me the same thing when the 4gb version of the GTX 960 came out, then games like Dying Light and GTA5 came out and I was the one that paid the price in performance.
In my opinion the 8gb RX 480 is more future proof, and this XFX model is pretty damn sweet! I especially love the swappable fans. Has a decent factory overclock and runs cools as well!
1361508
Awesome card, I just got mine today raced home from work to install it, I vertically mounted mine in my DeepCool GENOME case. My previous card was an AMD R7 265, needless to say this card blew the doors off it. I had no problem installing the software from Asus's website, or fitting it into my case.  I was little concerned when I first powered on my computer that it was broken since the fans weren't spinning, I wasn't use to not seeing my fans run on the video card, at idle the fans never spin, and it even takes them a little bit after getting into a game to fire up, and even then I haven't seen them push past 40%, I did turn them up to 100% just to see how loud they'd be and to my surprise it was pretty quiet.

Pros
- Looks amazing
- Extremely quiet (my fans barely run above 40% while playing GTA 5)
- Is a workhorse. (Graphics on Ultra, haven't seen anything below 60 fps, Witcher 3, GTA 5, Hitman, Dead by Daylight, Total War: Warhammer @ 1080p)
- Best out of box OC card for the 1070
- Got mine for 439.99 won't find a better card for the price

Cons
- Hard to find at retail cost.
- VR gaming is still a couple years away. (not the cards fault tho)
4269395
The new card is an excellent upgrade to my existing GTX295.  Now I can play Crysis 3 with it.  All my other game run smoother now with all setting to maximum.
3047381
I've had this card for a few months and I must say that this was an awesome upgrade from the ATI 5770 mid-range graphics card. It overclocks very well, a guaranteed 20% more minimum (I used the MSI afterburner utility). This card is not half as bad in terms of temperature as it is made out to be. It idles low 30s and maxes about 66 Celsius in-game in a cooler master rc-310 with one case fan. My Visiontek 5770 went up to 90C is in the same conditions in all semi-demanding games at a reasonable fan speed.

My system:
MSI H55-GD65
i3-530@4.3ghz (cooled by cooler master hyper 212)
1x1tb green caviar hdd
Corsair 650w
EVGA GTX 470 SC OC
6 GB DDR3
3417783
Have had this running in my custom PC since Christmas and I absolutely love this card! It runs everything I throw at it on ultra settings @1080p. People saying that it power cycles their PC need to update the drivers from both Gigabyte and AMD. Gigabyte has also rectified the issue with all new cards, they will say Rev. 1.1. The windforce fans keep this card very cool and under load I can't hear them over my game audio. Will probably be buying another card soon to do crossfire because I love it that much. All in all, a very very solid buy for anyone wanting an upgrade or building a new PC. It also beats the heck out of the Nvidia 970 and sometimes even matches or bests the 980. 5 out of 5!
3350056
I've never been a fan of Zotac, not sure why except they're always priced at the lowest end.  This is a great card!  I have several 980 Ti's and a couple GTX 1080's and needed to try the one in the middle. I'm now having to rationalize why I spent the money on the 1080's!  My favorite builds used to have GTX 970's in them, now I'm enamored with the 1070 price/performance ratio.  There is no perceptible difference running a 1080 next to this one.  Same programs and games run blindingly quickly.  FPS is higher on the 1080, but that translates to nothing noticeable by a human being. I'm set up to run 2 complete systems side by side, working off the same i7 5820K CPU's and 3000Ghz Corsair Ram with the same 4k monitors also next to each other.  This card is fast, handles anything, runs about 10 degrees cooler (Celsius), takes a back seat to nothing.
1253492
This baby makes all my games run very smooth at or over 60fps all at max settings. Gsync is a must I am coming from a 560Ti and a 1080p the difference is huge night and day silky smooth gameplay. Overall the card stays at or below 65c very quiet never goes above it.
The card is huge make sure you have adequate spacing in your case, I like the ROG design and matches well with my pc build. I was able to push this baby at 2088 on the core and not so much on the memory due to issues with Micron and not having Samsung memory modules overall not mad or deducting points. Very happy and pleased with my purchase. Might pick up another one in the near future for SLI.
Kudos Asus

Currently rocking:

i7 3770k @ 4.6Ghz
Corsair 32Gig DDR3 @ 2200Mhz
Asus P67 Maximus IV Extreme
Asus Swift PG279Q Gsync 1440p 165Hz Display
723734
I bought this card after careful consideration, and after reading August's Tom's Hardware Best Graphics Cards for the Money article. I couldn't be happier with it. Its TDP is only 130W, less than my old 9800 GTX. The GPU runs very cool - mid 50s on a sustained full load (on a summer afternoon in Honolulu, no less). The two fans on the heatsink direct the exhaust air through the back of the case instead of just circulating it inside the case. Paired with my overclocked AMD 1055t, this thing rips through Crysis 2 @ 1080p, 'Ultra' settings - looks beautiful on my 50" monitor!
2224449
I bought this to replace my Radeon 4870 X2 2GB. The difference is like night and day. It runs almost twice as cool and is very quiet. I was worried it would be too loud because the 7970 has three fans whereas my 4870 had only one that sounded like a jet engine when under load. But that is not the case at all. When playing games I can barely hear this card, Temp stays at 36C idle and 65C under load. Which could be better if I upgrade my case fans and cooling system.

Computer specs:
i7 920 (2.67 Ghz) CPU
Asus P6T SE motherboard
6 GB memory
HG216D 21.6" monitor @ 1680x1050 60hz
Thermaltake 850 watt PSU
Win7 64-bit Ultimate OS
and of course the new graphics card

Never settle reloaded keys were emailed to me a couple days after I received the card. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is played through Uplay, Bioshock: Infinite is played on Steam, and Crysis 3 is played through Origin. The first two were easy to download and install and played without issue. But I have not yet played Crysis 3.

All games I've played run great at maxed out settings. Though I'm sure Crysis 3 will give this card a good pause. As for benchmarks, I didn't have time to run any, but suffice it to say that gameplay is smooth, with very rare FPS stutters that I'm hoping to fix once I upgrade to an i5 3570k with 16GB ram-1600.

I've had the card for about a week now and am very satisfied with it. At the moment I'm playing the original Crysis and BF3 at maxed settings and am having a blast.
1987351
This really is the best card for your money if you are even mildly serious about PC games. Read off this list of reasons you should consider it -

PROS
1. It's only two steps down from the fastest mainstream NVIDIA single card solution right now, the 580GTX. That, and these overclocked 560ti's are closer to the 570 performance than the 560 or 560ti vanilla.
2. It's got the "recommended" amount of video memory most games call for, 1 gigabyte.
3. It plays games at a great frame rate (40+) with games detail maxed out on 1920x1080 resolution displays. I went from a 8800GT which I always thought was good for a 1680x1050 display, and this is a great fit for the larger display I now have (27").
5. It's got a LIFETIME WARRANTY once you register. That's JUST LIKE EVGA, to you fellow EVGA aficionados out there.
6. It doesn't break the bank.

CONS
1. It's not the fastest. Single or SLI 580GTX at $400-$800 to "future proof?" Are you kidding me?? These guys come out with faster cards every 6mos - 1 year. What about bragging rights? Dude, you know you could spend that extra money elsewhere like on all the new games coming out this Fall. Skyrim, Need for Speed, Batman, Rage, etc.

Conclusion: Good Investment, plays games silky smooth, & will play anything coming out soon well. Get this.
4229231
Amazing card. Thought I was going to have trouble fitting it into my case, but it slipped in with ease. Runs Witcher 2 at a steady 40-60 FPS @ 1680x1050 @ everything on the highest specs w/ ubersampling turned off. Runs Metro 2033, Crysis Warhead, Shogun II Total War, Dead Space 2, and Starcraft II extremely smooth with high or highest settings. Extremely impressed with this card. Getting better benchmarks than I've seen in reviews of this card. Will probably buy another one of these soon to run in crossfire.

Specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 Six-Core Processor 1090T
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM
HIS Radeon HD 6870 IceQ X Turbo X 1 GB
4291521
The 960GTX by Gigabyte is a major upgrade over the 750GTX I had before this upgrade. The dual fan cooling keeps this graphics cars running smooth even when under a full load. Great graphics card for those who are looking to run 1080p.
1239390
This card is pretty awesome. Upgraded from a GTX 660 to this card and the difference is really noticeable.

Purchased this card as I realized that the newer PC games that are coming out (Star Wars Battlefront and BO3), would have ate my old card for lunch. So decided to upgrade sooner rather than later. Pretty much the games I threw at it thus far are going stronger than with my old card. Was going to get the GTX 970 but then I saw this card for double the vram and memory bandwidth speed. It was also equal in price point...to me that was a no brainer.

Now one thing I will say...this card can get pretty warm. Especially when you start putting it under a load. But I can't blame the card too much as I installed it in a pre-configured system. And my plan is to start building my new system sometime early next year. With a better air flow and more fans. So I can not subtract a star for that.

All in all I am more than happy with my purchase. Will update once I have really played with this new card.

Oh...and I must mention. I know some people are saying that they could not shut their computers off with this card unless you manually did it. I shut down my pc using the windows start button and it worked fine. But again...will update if I have that same issue.

*****Update*****

This card is a beast. I am totally happy with my purchase. I installed this card in my rig that I built about a month ago. This card rocks. I am playing BO3 and Star Wars Battlefront on max settings with no lag or slowdown.
PC Specs
I5 6600k OC 4.4Ghz-Liquid Cooled
16 GB Ram
Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
700 Watt PSU
R9 390
Windows 10

On my prebuilt system I was having that issue of my PC not being able to shut off if you use the windows start button. But on my new rig, no problems whatsoever. And since I installed it in my new rig, I have not been having much of a heat issue with this card. But I do have 2 fans pulling air in and one fan acting as a exhaust. All in all I am happy with this card. If you are on the fence about getting this card...don't wait...do it now!!