This is the cheapest I could find this particular model from all of the regular retailers. This is the same price as the regular dual fan model posted last week.
The Jetstream model is normally priced at £380. It would appear that the prices of the Dual and Jetstream have been switched around on Scan.
Both models have the same clock speed, but be aware that the Jetstream is more chunky, taking up the best part of 3 slots, compared to the 2 for the Dual. However, you do get a few more features, better cooling, quieter running and, most importantly, a light up Palit logo on the side!
Considering that this price is the cheapest any Palit 1070 card has been so far, and with this being a slightly more premium model, this is definitely the one to go for.
EDIT (thanks for the reminder bobo53): NVIDIA also have a promotion running on their newer graphics cards. Scan are one of the retailers taking part, meaning you get $115 in game credit with Paragon, a free-to-play MOBA from Epic Games. More details here: https://www.scan.co.uk/shops/nvidia/gtx-paragon
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James123
24 Aug 163#24
...No. You're completely ignoring VAT. $379 (£287) plus 20% VAT = £343, and that's excluding the shipping fees companies have to pay to get the cards to the UK and the exchange rate is slightly higher than it was last week, a lot of shops will have bought their current stock at £1:$1.29 (~£352 with VAT). I'm actually surprised it's as close to MSRP as it is, usually we get shafted on hardware parts a lot more than this in the UK.
Avoid at all cost, buy a different brand, this card is known to have issues, I had one worked fine for a few days then all of a sudden no display what so ever, tried everything still no display had to sent it back, went with MSI no isdues what so ever with msi
Graham1979 to corkeinator
24 Aug 16#8
Hence free credit in games to get people to buy it I guess.
RUGAAL
24 Aug 16#9
Any of brands offer free goodies with purchase?
eiamhere69 to RUGAAL
24 Aug 16#14
Nvidia just announced an epic game bundle for Paragon,just a worthless (to me) in game skin/currency pack
GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, 980 TI, 980, 970 and 10 series notebooks qualify
BurkusCat
24 Aug 16#10
3 slots :O does that basically rule out SLI for a lot of motherboards?
thel33ter to BurkusCat
24 Aug 161#11
They're not really pushing SLI anymore, sounds like it causes more hassle than it's worth quite often. But yes, you can only do two way so on a 4 slot mobo, but no not on an entry level or most mid range ones. Unless its not actually 3 slots wide cause that sounds silly, it's not like the 10 series runs hot.
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The Jetstream model is normally priced at £380. It would appear that the prices of the Dual and Jetstream have been switched around on Scan.
Both models have the same clock speed, but be aware that the Jetstream is more chunky, taking up the best part of 3 slots, compared to the 2 for the Dual. However, you do get a few more features, better cooling, quieter running and, most importantly, a light up Palit logo on the side!
Considering that this price is the cheapest any Palit 1070 card has been so far, and with this being a slightly more premium model, this is definitely the one to go for.
EDIT (thanks for the reminder bobo53): NVIDIA also have a promotion running on their newer graphics cards. Scan are one of the retailers taking part, meaning you get $115 in game credit with Paragon, a free-to-play MOBA from Epic Games. More details here: https://www.scan.co.uk/shops/nvidia/gtx-paragon
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That deal was for the more basic, dual fan model. The Jetstream is the next step up, with a few more premium features and it's a chunkier card.
Paragon isn't a game that's been on my radar, but I'll give it a go seeing as I've got some credit to spend in game now.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3123229/black-screen-signal-monitor-gtx-1070.html
GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, 980 TI, 980, 970 and 10 series notebooks qualify