GeForce RTX 4070 Super reviews

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Performance is exactly where it was presumed to be.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT8UmPrQYvk


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https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-founders-edition/

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-4070-super-dual/

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/zotac-geforce-rtx-4070-super-trinity/

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/pny-geforce-rtx-4070-super-verto/

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/gainward-geforce-rtx-4070-super-ghost/

https://www.guru3d.com/review/palit-geforce-rtx-4070-super-dual-review/

https://www.guru3d.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-4070-super-dual-review/

https://www.guru3d.com/review/geforce-rtx-4070-super-founder-edition-review/
 
Yes...yes...a super of a deal. One year too late. I'm having flashbacks to the Turing cards.
 
You only need one so if you have one card already you only need one unless it's a Fermi or something.
 
20 series, now 40 series. "Super" means "What the cards should have been at launch".

Nvidia only refreshes their unpopular cards to try and clear stock.
Anybody buying these will feel like a dunce when Blackwell launches in Q4.
 
I’m not defending the release ,refresh and release crap we get in the GPU space but if anyone is buying a new retail card may as well get the latest version of it. Makes sense for new builds I guess. Or maybe someone who held a 1080ti all the way to Raptor or Zen 5…
However
$600 for 12Gigs of vram in 2024 is pretty ridiculous to me still.
 
sk3tch said:
Why? In Q4 it'll be the RTX 5090. The 5070 probably won't release until next year. That's plenty of gaming time for this class of a card.
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Exactly this. It's a good deal for this time.

Also, what if someone's needing a card for a new build or an old one's upgrade now? Is the idea they should wait a year eternally because there's always something new on the horizon?
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
Anybody buying these will feel like a dunce when Blackwell launches in Q4.
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when the 5000 series comes out the same people will say don't buy it because the 5000 Super is coming out in 1 year...then the 6000 series and on and on...you should buy a GPU when you need one...the people that are anti-4000 Super are the people that already have a 30 or 40 series GPU...most people don't upgrade every single generation...I try to only upgrade every other gen

I'm debating getting a 4070 Ti Super only because of path tracing...if course it'll be better to wait for the 5000 series...but then you'll be stuck in a cycle of perpetual waiting for the next big release...why buy anything if you know something better will eventually replace it?
 
TaintedSquirrel said:
20 series, now 40 series. "Super" means "What the cards should have been at launch".

Nvidia only refreshes their unpopular cards to try and clear stock.
Anybody buying these will feel like a dunce when Blackwell launches in Q4.
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Nah I've learned my lesson. With nvidia especially you want to sell your cards a full month prior to release at least. Throw your backup card in and wait till launch. The sell value difference after launch from before and after is huge. I can actually profit off my 4090 after having it for over a year and I doubt that changes much leading up to Q4.
 
next-Jin said:
Nah I've learned my lesson. With nvidia especially you want to sell your cards a full month prior to release at least. Throw your backup card in and wait till launch. The sell value difference after launch from before and after is huge. I can actually profit off my 4090 after having it for over a year and I doubt that changes much leading up to Q4.
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I did that for the 3080 launch and it screwed me over big time lol.
 
Not impressed with the 4070 Super, better than the regular 4070 which is still overpriced. The 4070 Super brings nothing to the table in performance/buck compared to what was already available from last gen AMD parts. The 4070 regular price should have been reduced to at least MSRP of the 7800 XT while still being a slower performer overall. I just don't see Nvidia picking up sells with the Super to a significant degree. 12 gb is also short for a $600 card with apparent limitations.
 
Agreed that at $600 and up I expect at least 16GB of VRAM, but that shortcoming doesn't seem to be holding it back (yet?). In Techspot/HUB's 4K tests, its spot in the rankings vs 1080P and 1440P is virtually unchanged.

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SPARTAN VI said:
Agreed that at $600 and up I expect at least 16GB of VRAM, but that shortcoming doesn't seem to be holding it back (yet?). In Techspot/HUB's 4K tests, its spot in the rankings vs 1080P and 1440P is virtually unchanged.

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Armchair versus reality.

My 4070 Super was ordered from NVIDIA on launch day early afternoon and it still hasn’t shipped. Payment processed successfully day 1. Wonder if they just took orders. Chat rep was no help.

EDIT: just got ship notification
 
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I plan on picking up a 4060 for $299 at Microcenter soon to hold me over as I have no GPU currently. I was going to get a 4080 super but I need a downpayment for a car too
Of course I "plan" on picking up a 5090 at launch.
 
Doozer said:
I plan on picking up a 4060 for $299 at Microcenter soon to hold me over as I have no GPU currently. I was going to get a 4080 super but I need a downpayment for a car too
Of course I "plan" on picking up a 5090 at launch.
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Great call. The RTX 4060 is a little beast (have a laptop powered by one) - keep an eye out for open box ones you can get into the mid $200s if you're willing.
 
sk3tch said:
Great call. The RTX 4060 is a little beast (have a laptop powered by one) - keep an eye out for open box ones you can get into the mid $200s if you're willing.
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Laptop GPUs are always quite a bit weaker than the desktop cards of the same name. So, you should be even more impressed by the desktop version!
 
sk3tch said:
Except the RTX 4060 Laptop. Its the same as the desktop.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XpiDCHpuO8
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That said, laptop brands can spec the final performance of their laptops wildly. One would need to check reviews to make sure they are getting a laptop which maximizes the mobile GPU. TDP limits, bios limits on boost clocks, poor cooling, less aggressive power delivery, etc. The MSI in this review seems pretty good. Although, something is a little off. Limited power delivery and or poor cooling of the CPU or something, causing it to not perform as well as the desktop version.
 
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I saw a few 4090's available at my local Micro Center (NYC)...was tempted...would not need a 40 Super or even a 5000 series at that point (I'm at 1440p 165hz)...24GB VRAM would last a long time
 
I received a Zotac RTX 4070 twin edge oc from Deutschland, sehr gut sehr gut...
I increased most all settings in rdr2 to ultra and turned the ingame benchmark, min. fps 33, maximum 153, avg 121, that's much better than rtx 3060 12gb, which can't even do everything on ultra, it can, but then the frame is low.

Mostly satisfied for now, I bend it the extension adapter but it doesn't stick to the glass of the case, there is plenty of space, no problem as far as that is concerned.
The only drawback may be the high hot spot temperature of 90, the fans spin up to 1865rpm (56%) but it is not noisy at all
By the way, I took most of the fans out of the case to make them as quiet as possible, I left only two noctuas at low revolutions
The GPU clock was a maximum of 2805MHz.
Possibly make an undervolt later, basically all the recommendations for graphics, it seems well made, takes up only two slots, is not long.You can also see in the picture how it looks compared to the microATX board.

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I played a little in msi afterburner with undervolt rtx 4070 super.
Follow these instructions and that's it.Sweet spot for rtx 4070 super is 975mV.
With 975mW, you get the performance of a stock card (even little higher than stock), but that's why the consumption of the card drops, as well as the temperature and fan speed.
So, it's worth doing undervolt for rtx 4070 super.
Just follow this character:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Halugk3d0
 
Strange bird said:
I played a little in msi afterburner with undervolt rtx 4070 super.
Follow these instructions and that's it.Sweet spot for rtx 4070 super is 975mV.
With 975mW, you get the performance of a stock card (even little higher than stock), but that's why the consumption of the card drops, as well as the temperature and fan speed.
So, it's worth doing undervolt for rtx 4070 super.
Just follow this character:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Halugk3d0
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I have mine running stock with the power target at 145% and have never seen it go over 65c/HS 71c.
I'm not sure that I am missing much by not undervolting, the cooling on this card is exemplary.
 
CAD4466HK said:
I have mine running stock with the power target at 145% and have never seen it go over 65c/HS 71c.
I'm not sure that I am missing much by not undervolting, the cooling on this card is exemplary.
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bro, it depends on what you have, I have this Zotac, which is not top graphic, it also depends on the case.
Who is thinking of buying these rtx 4070 super from the lower segment such as palit, gainward, inno3d, kfa2, pny, msi, zotac... for such cards (with two fans) undervolt is very useful
 
Strange bird said:
bro, it depends on what you have, I have this Zotac, which is not top graphic, it also depends on the case.
Who is thinking of buying these rtx 4070 super from the lower segment such as palit, gainward, inno3d, kfa2, pny, msi, zotac... for such cards (with two fans) undervolt is very useful
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Also less wattage, meaning less heat output to the room.
 
Strange bird said:
bro, it depends on what you have, I have this Zotac, which is not top graphic, it also depends on the case.
Who is thinking of buying these rtx 4070 super from the lower segment such as palit, gainward, inno3d, kfa2, pny, msi, zotac... for such cards (with two fans) undervolt is very useful
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I have this model with the old HAF 932.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/gigabyte-rtx-4070-super-gaming-oc.b11484

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Graphics-Card/GV-N407SGAMING-OC-12GD#kf

GoldenTiger said:
Also less wattage, meaning less heat output to the room.
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According to my wife, my 4070s doesn't make the room as hot as my 2060 did. :eek:
 
CAD4466HK said:
I have this model with the old HAF 932.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/gigabyte-rtx-4070-super-gaming-oc.b11484

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Graphics-Card/GV-N407SGAMING-OC-12GD#kf


According to my wife, my 4070s doesn't make the room as hot as my 2060 did. :eek:
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Nice card, it is logical that it should be cold and good, it is thick, 765 euros at my place and more,too much.
I also tried with 900mV, the performance is slightly worse than the stock setting, but the heating and consumption are drastically lower, and the fans also spin at even lower revolutions, so it is practically silent.
 
Strange bird said:
Nice card, it is logical that it should be cold and good, it is thick, 765 euros at my place and more,too much.
I also tried with 900mV, the performance is slightly worse than the stock setting, but the heating and consumption are drastically lower, and the fans also spin at even lower revolutions, so it is practically silent.
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I got it for $632, $675 with tax.
 
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CAD4466HK said:
I got it for $632, $675 with tax.
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It's cheaper than what I gave, well, I still paid for the postage.
I see that it has dual bios, how do you hold it,oc or silent? I assume OC, it has copper on it and for sale.
I can't use the full potential of my card because I'm on the B450 chipset (PCIe 3.0 x16) and the ryzen 5600x is a bit too weak for that card, but all in all it holds up well.
The consumption of the card is slightly higher than the rtx 3060 12gb and the performance is significantly higher.
 
Strange bird said:
It's cheaper than what I gave, well, I still paid for the postage.
I see that it has dual bios, how do you hold it,oc or silent? I assume OC, it has copper on it and for sale.
I can't use the full potential of my card because I'm on the B450 chipset (PCIe 3.0 x16) and the ryzen 5600x is a bit too weak for that card, but all in all it holds up well.
The consumption of the card is slightly higher than the rtx 3060 12gb and the performance is significantly higher.
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I'm on a OC'ed Comet Lake and only getting 3.0x16 as well. But I'm playing a lot of games at 4K with max settings and RT and achieving frames that are extremely good, so my CPU never hinders my performance. The BIOS is on OC mode and afterburner always shows it pegged @ 100% usage and voltage being the only bottleneck according to GPU-Z. Hell power usage percentage in afterburner shows all the way up to 130% max, and that is with the power target at 145%.

Could I get better frames with a newer CPU? Of course, but I don't think it would be worth the price of a platform upgrade right now unless I was gaming at 1080p, or 1440p.
I am extremely happy with no regrets.
 
There are ample reviews comparing the two but these are the results on my PC going from a 4070 to 4070 Super. This includes official benchmarks or just walking around the same scenes. So it isn't really an in-depth detailed analysis and I didn't bother checking frame times and whatnot. I just checked frame rates; though even when turning off the frame rate counter the increase in smoothness was quite evident in some titles.

RTX 4070 ASUS Dual (with Power Limit maxed and an OC)

Alan Wake 2 - Brightfalls Exit Sign Night- 58-60

Ratchet & Clank - 118-130

The Last of Us:
Church 71-76
Hotel - 68-70


Benchmark tools. Gameplay performance increase seemed to match what benchmarks showed percentage wise for Cyberpunk and Dying Light 2.


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RTX 4070 Super Zotac Trinity Black (Stock)

Alan Wake 2 - Brightfalls Exit Sign Night - 71-75

Ratchet & Clank - 150-160

The Last of Us:
Church 91-92
Hotel - 83-85

Benchmark tools. Gameplay performance increase seemed to match what benchmarks showed percentage wise for Cyberpunk and Dying Light 2.

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I was able to OC the Zotac 4070 Super of course. I was having issues, which turned out to be my Display Port cable. Swapping it out fixed some instability I was having when I was playing around with the OC for that card. As such I left it with a minimal OC, and haven't been bothered to walk the clocks back up as performance is generally good enough. But even with the modest OC I have, it gets a few more frames than the numbers posted above.

If you're wondering why I upgraded it wasn't so much for the performance. The ASUS Dual RTX 4070 was loud. It annoyed me so much that I upgraded to a 4070 Super with a better cooler. The Zotac Trinity Black has a great cooler. The GPU stays cooler, and is a lot quieter. The noise on the Dual was the loudest GPU I have had in many years and it was loud enough it affected my gaming experience. It worked fine and OCed well though.
 
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