Aggromachine
I'm currently using an asus strix rbg 1080 I had borrowed from a friend to keep my beast alive for the time being as the currentl RMA makes it way to my apartment and hope that the 1070 will be able to maintain the performance I am used to but I feel like I've been downgraded because I've gone from 9800gt to 680GTX to 980ti and am now going back down to a xx70 non ti, now I obviously know technology improves over time and that I can't expect to receive a brand new state of the art card in exchange I just want to be assured that I am in fact receiving an equal or greater card as stated in the rma policy.

Elanduil
I went through the same thought process as I also recently received a 1070 SC GAMING, Black Edition (08G-P4-5173-KR) as a replacement part for my 980Ti.  When they're both OC'd it just barely reaches the same performance as the 980Ti...  But that's all it needs to do as the policy says "equal or better performance." I guess we all pray for "better!" as I certainly was, but we can't win them all!
 

 
(It seems I don't have data for default speeds, or I'd certainly include them!)

Aggromachine
I'm talking with them and in the process of trying to get a 980ti again, but they are asking for collateral in the msrp for the 1070 which is more then I can go buy one in the store for. Pretty Inconvenient that after spending 650 for a 980ti, and 35 to ship it for the original rma I am now stuck waiting with no video card or spending another 450 to put collateral down for a card I never would have agreed to receiving in the first place. I've bought Evga exclusively for the past 10 years for my gpu needs and this is what happens when I finally build my dream PC. Dead gpu within a year and a half and customer service nightmares. I've asked to talk to supervisors multiple times and the service agents won't even put me through to their supervisors insisting instead to tell me the same things I've heard 12 other times from the last 12 customer service agents. there is the possibility I got a crappy card because it's already had some artifact issues

Edit: finally got transferred to a manager with no hassle, but he wasn't in and I left a voicemail. Hopefully I will have better news soon!

RainStryke
Links above all ready provide ample proof that the GTX 1070 is 10% or more faster than the GTX 980Ti in every game tested, not just bemchmarks. You can make up whatever numbers you want, but its kind of useless without a source to back your claim.

Aggromachine
I'm not sure why my benchmarks show differently, I may have just gotten a bad 1070. 

Before you start

Aggromachine

Sajin

Aggromachine
I'm not sure why my benchmarks show differently, I may have just gotten a bad 1070. 

The 1070 is the better card when it comes to gaming performance. 3dmark scores can vary as much as 3% from run to run...
 

Before you start

In general, you should benchmark every device you test under the same conditions. For example, you should test every system in the same location, at room temperature, and away from direct sunlight and other heat sources.
The precision of Futuremark benchmarks scores is usually better than 3%. This means that running a benchmark repeatedly on a consistently performing system in a well-controlled environment will produce scores that fall within a 3% range.
Individual scores may occasionally fall outside the margin of error since the factors that influence the score cannot be completely controlled in a modern, multitasking operating system. There are also devices that simply do not offer consistent performance due to their design. In these cases, it is necessary to run the benchmark multiple times, and then take either an average or a mode of the results.
 
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What I really would prefer is if a manager would actually return my calls, I've never dealt with such a lack of customer service.