I have found the RTX 4070 is really good for 3D rendering in programs like Brice, Daz studio, and the IRAY render engine, (it also rendered really fast on 3D Studio Max, but i only had an upgrade trial copy because my licensed copy of 3DS Max is a decade old and is only used for modeling). My personal benchmark was of a scene I created specifically to punish the GPU's. I rendered the same scene in Daz Studio using the IRAY engine at 4k resolution with 4k textures on every object set for a total of 3500 iterations. My result for the 3 cards i have were the NVIDIA 2070 Super render time 6 hours and 43 min. The RTX 3070 was 3 hours and 22 min , and the RTX 4070 cut it down to 44 min total!!! (I was shocked as to how fast the 4070 rendered the scene) I made no changes to the file before rendering, so all three cards were rendering the exact scene with zero changes. I know this was not a formal bench test, but i thought I would share the results for the 3D modelers out there since most card reviews focus on games vs 3D programs. Hope the info helps the modelers out there in the market for an upgrade.
@@fdevaa It also runs really cool. As in the fans rarely spin up. They do some times but very rarely. I am really happy with the 4070. Happy rendering!
@@fdevaa "Asus Tough Gaming RTX 4070". NOT the TI version. (12 gig onboard ram version). I went with the Asus simply because my motherboard is by Asus so i figured having both the same brand would insure they play nice together. it is the big one with 3 fans but i barely hear the fans spin up because of how huge the heat sink is. (note: i have a really old and huge Thermal Take tower case with 9 case fans. It has 3 in front 2 on back 3 on tip and one on the bottom, so the case is very good with air flow.)
Finally, someone who talks about pc's in a way I can understand (helps he is a fellow british) and he also talks clear and a skilled presenter (I'm subbing)
@@AmpuLeah I believe it is, It's 150% more capable than the 2070, has latest Ada LoveLace Architecture and uses the latest DLSS 3 Tech not to mention the Vram is GDDR6X which is way more better than original GDDR6
I went from a 2070S to a 3070 then to this GB 4070 Gaming OC. Despite what the numbers would suggest, I reckon every one of those upgrades was worth it - if you have a fast enough CPU that is. I just swapped my 12600K for a 14700KF and that changed things quite a bit in my games. I actually think the 4070 was CPU bottle-necked a bit with the 12600K. Note: Most of the games I play tend to be a bit CPU-heavy, so my result might not be 100% representative. Needless to say that my benchmark results also benefited from every one of those upgrades. Timespy with the 12600K was ~10000 overall (2070S), 12000 overall (3070) and 17000 overall (4070). With the 14700 KF and the 4070 this jumped to over 19000 - which 3DMark called "legendary" ;)
had the card in my System about a day after launch, really satisfied with performance and efficiency. But some custom models are extremely overpriced (100-150€ extra for maybe 50 MHz and RGB) for some reason (at least in Germany) so i would go for the OC editions of the more basic cards like the MSI Ventus OC or Asus Dual OC (which i have and very like). With those cards you get a good factory OC for a price close to MSRP
I am needing a new GPU and would like to upgrade my CPU at some point. SInce my case required a small form power supply, I kind of went for a decent psu, but not really a super powerful one. I have 650 w evga supernova. I had a RX 6700 XT, but adorable foster kittens got scared and tangled in some cords and a GPU got broken. Anyway, what makes the 4070 really attractive to me, is the power. I was looking at getting a 3080 second hand. The 4070 offers a few more gb ram, more features and way better power efficiency. I'm looking at the ventus 3x just for a tiny bit more cooling. So it's important in me to ask people who aren't reviewing the card about their experience. I'm going to wait a couple of months and see if any surprises pop up. Have you experienced anything negative at all? SOrry, I have ADHD and I suck at being direct and concise when I type to someone.
@@nerdjournal So you know, i do not think i have ever heard my vid card fans spin up. the CPU fans yes, but no the NVIDIA card fans. it may be because i have a Asus 4070 that comes with a huge heat sink. But thought i would let you know where the heat in my system tends to come from when i render. My 4070 is a beast of a card and takes up 2 slots on the case.
I actually got the zotac rtx 4070 OC version for $668 haven't put it in yet. But looks like a good GPU for that has a low ppwer draw. I would honestly say that high vram is good like the ones from AMD, but really its all about personal preference at this point and would also depend on the rig you'll be running as well. As for me i"m running a R7 5700X 32gb ddr4 ram and a 650w PSU for that power sweet spot. That should get me through the day
@@sushitrash2793 well since i don't have an open air test bench to test compatibility or even an actual rig to test it on. This is purely based on several online wattage check calculators and CPU/GPU bottleneck calculator and based on several outcomes that i've found it seems to be consistent and there seems to be high compatibility with the R7 5700x and RTX 4070 with an air cooler and to add this is going to be in an MATX/ITX case which is currently in consideration. Temp outcomes are a different story though
@@sushitrash2793 its possible but you need to check and research the parts you are using and if its available in your area. Pretty much here in Asia its available since most of the parts comes from taiwan which is home to TSMC which, if you are aware, also makes boards and most silicone based components
Got the ASUS Dual OC version of this card and it’s def been a welcome upgrade from my 8gb 3070. I stream VR games which can me more demanding than traditional flatscreen games, and I haven’t noticed any of the stuttering I’d usually get with the 3070 when streaming more intensive games. Also really liking the new AV1 encoder as well and the 20 watt decrease in power draw compared to the 3070
Hey centric I don’t no if you take ideas but if you could can u do a video on buying second hand gpu’s starting from 3070ti buy like 5 cards and test them to show if buying second hand is a big risk. It will be expensive 4 you so I understand if u don’t thx bro
Just got a pre built Levano Legion PC that has one and I'm honestly so impresed. This is the first time I've ever been 10/10 happy with a pre built pc.
Hi just a quick question, can these 16-pin powered GPUs can be powered using 2 8-pin connectors? Just curious, I’m thinking of building a custom PC using some custom cables.
Not gonna lie, thought I was being drunk and stupid at best buy when I bought this as an upgrade from my 2070S. But I really do enjoy the card. I mostly play flight sims, which is why I wanted to upgrade (The 2070S ran everything on ultra 1440p just fine) except for my flight sims. I noticed an at least 60% increase with this card on DCS, X-Plane 12, and maybe 35-40% in MSFS. Which is perfect! DCS is the sim I really cared about. But throwing other games at it, it seems to run them even better than ever! I skipped the 3x series cards, but if you're in the market for a decently cheap card, this is the one!
This is an excellently-timed video for me as I'm looking at possibly going into the 40 series with this card. If anyone has any ideas or advice about a GPU similarly priced to this for video editing, streaming, and gaming, I'd love to hear it!!!
Live streaming gaming? I'm no expert but I've been reading a lot of reddit and comments on GPUs for over a month now and the general consensus is nvidia is better if you're going to live stream gameplay from the system you're playing on.
If you are going from a good 20, or 30 series RTX - no point in upgrading to a 40. If you have a GTX 1000 series, or a low model 20 series - upgrade if you want more frames and a better card. For gaming, editing and streaming, again Nvidia beats AMD as more companies and software use CUDA. Some do use OpenGL but CUDA is generally better. I came from a GTX1080 (8GB) to this 4070 (12GB). I wanted more frames, and this was a good card as it has 2x performance generally, (and most of the time more) over my 1080. I am not scared of the VRAM being just 12GB as I am sure it will last my usual 4/5 years I hold on to them for.
@@Mitch47 Np buddy. Of course, make sure you look at other reviews that look at stuff you want to use the card for. Don't worry too much on the detail, just pic a card that is within your price range and from the research is the best for you. You can talk about VRAM vs Clock speed vs power draw vs etc etc all the time. At the end of the day, if you need a card, go with what you can afford now. If you want to play a game on a GPU and it can't do Ultra or High, you'll make it work. Games now a days looks very good on Medium graphics.
Will be upgrading from a gtx 1050ti to 4070 so I can't compare what I do kno is it will be a gigantic difference and it's about time I upgraded. Will it run gta 6 only time will tell.
I stick with my 3080, so far everything is still running at the max settings on an ultrawide screen. Isn't the 4070 the same fps performance as the 3080ti or 3090??? I don't use ray tracing.
Marcus, can you do in future tests HIGH settings, because a lot of people would use HIGH to get that extra frames and not lose a lot of graphic quality
Great card, I already have a Series X, PS5, old 360 and a Steam Deck. So it's a bit tech overkill for me. But I bought this card with the I7 14700 CPU, 32gb RAM. It's overkill for 1080p gaming on the monitor i have. But that's fine. Awesome to play some of these games at super high FPS. Can't ever have too much tech I guess.
I'm currently running a RTX 3060 Ti in my system(Dell XPS 8950, i9-12900K, 64GB DDR5-5600), using GPU Tweak III, GPU Boost clock jacked up 135 effectively running @1800, and the Memory Clock jacked up 748 effectively running 14750...system is rock solid and stable, and system temps are well within limits... New system coming online, custom built i9-14900KF, MSI MPG Edge TI Max MB, 48GB DDR5-6000(Crucial, supports XMP 3.0), MSI Ventus RTX 4070 12GB OC Twin... I do plan on OC'ing both CPU/MB and GPU...
Your builds are always so slick. Have you tried using those 180 connectors for a cleaner look? I saw Jay did a whole video on just those little connectors.
If it had more RAM I would buy it, however I don't think this will age well, and with AMD improving software more and more over time I went for 7900XTX in the end.
@@RTSchofield it's arriving tomorrow, I can't wait. But everyone's experience will be different, and ofc depends what are you doing on your PC. But as far as history goes AMD ages better than Nvidia, and I'm not planning to change anything for next 5 years
From the USA, but I think this would be a lot better card at 450-500. I wouldn’t personally mind picking up one of these if they went on a sale but it seems to me a 6800xt or better might be a good long term value vs a 4070.
@@benyboii1120that price is ridiculous. Honestly I actually picked up a used Xbox series x console and have been playing more games on that than on pc lately. For 385 dollars US with shipping seemed like a decent pickup.
Hey mate I was wandering if you could post an updated budget laptop video at some point because I don’t know what to get currently and your advice is great
Hey man new subscriber here with one question ! I just upgraded my entire setup… Im running a i5-13600kf with my 4070. But I’m still saving up for a monitor with 1440p res…. Is it okey to play games in 1080 for now until I get mine or should I just force the resolution on my games to 1440p?
I'm wondering how good the thermals ar on the gigabyte, I don't care if it's a little bit faster or slower, I just want to know it's thermals to see how long it can last without damaging itself from over heating
why suddenly use Framegeneration in the comparison only if RT is activated. Use framegeneration in RT off comparison too, show with and without values or dont use it at all.
Another great video Marcus!!! I really appreciate the high energy and dad jokes in every video my man. I’ll be checking out the pc centric store as a result as well(-:
Do you think is worth 200 more euros for a 4070 TI, instead of 4070? I play Fifa, GTA V, RDR 2, CS:GO, Forza Horizon. I'm upgrading from a GTX 1070. I found the Gygabite 4070 Gaming at 735 euros and the 4070 TI at 900-950 euros.
I have heard that the MSI Ventud 3X 4070 has problems due to temperatures in its hotspots, lack of screws and pads, is that true? This costs the same, does it have the same problems?
I own an RX 5700 (Non XT) And I'm thinking about upgrading and try Nvidia for the first time and this card calls my attention however I've read a lot of divided opinions about it, I only have a 650w PSU So I'm not aiming for something that runs over 200w, I also have a Ryzen 5 5600x and I think it bottlenecks the GPU in arround 15 to 20% loss in performance, but even tho is still like 150% better than my RX 5700, what do you guys think? Should I jump to the RTX 4070 or should I wait for the 4060/4060ti to reveal? I'm not too much confident about those TBH.
If you have a 2080 super and upgrade, this is 50% faster on rendering alone, and gives access to latest DLSS etc., uses 30 watts less power, and costs $100 less than the 2080 super when new.
It's very hard time, for Pascal users. I mean if u playing with gtx 1080 or even 1070, it is a large performance uplift. The good thing is, no PSU upgrade needed (if you use something like 550 or 600W PSU) plus you can't run in cpu limit so it is possible to run this puppy with older processor. Yes the Price. It is to high. But it will drop soon, im sure. On the other Side, if u care about Raytracing, DLLS ect. yes this card is a good choice. For standard rasterization performance i would go with team RED. only my opinion
@@inmypaants The 7900 XTX is twice as much as this card where i live. The 4070 can work as a replacement in systems from 2016+ . The 7900 XTX is not really an option unless you update your whole pc, not something i'm interested in atm.
@@inmypaants The 4080 is the better GPU. It has superior features, encoding, raytracing, DLSS, is 100watts more efficient, better 1080p and 1440p performance, typically ties at 4K in most games and higher 1% lows which is even more important.
The Ryzen 9 5900x will be a good combo for this gpu? Im buying the pc parts if u guys could give me your opinion will be great i want the computer as a work station and for gaming thats why i went for the ryzen 9 5900x cos of the 12 core
i really only play apex and i have been wanting to upgrade from a 1080 ti and this looks perfect for 1440p for what i need dont have any interest in newer titles but high frame rate and nvidia features is my goal
I am also still on my 1080 ti but it's getting rough. Not even consistent 144 FPS on Apex on the lowest settings. Yes sometimes the frames are around 200 but I am talking about consistens 144FPS without any drops. The 1080 ti is really getting outdated especially for newer games. It's just so hard to decide because I don't know if 40 series prices will drop anytime soon.
I could do with some advice I've got a B550-F motherboard which I've ordered ready to upgrade and a Ryzen 5 3400G cpu and a Asus GPU 5500xt oc 8GB 32GB ram this any good.
VRAM clock overclocking is most benefitial just overclock ram about 400-1000 room, and core clock about 150-200 and you will get most of the overclocking guys.
Where is the data for the rx 6900xt and the rx 6950xt? It seems kinda weird they went with a 192 bits wide memory bus for a "70 class" card. Why the sudden downgrade compared to previous generation 70 class cards? Hmmm I wonder.
i don't see Hogwards Legends or Last of US part 1 on this run...and they want a little more RAM to work normal :) so that video card i wont buy , because s short of RAM !i have 1440P monitor and my 2060 Super do olmoust same job on games you demonstrated (usually i use HIGHT preser tho- is little difrence betwin hight and ultra presets) .
Should u go 7800x3d 7900xtx 1080 240hz that I have rn or down grade to 7800x3d 7900xt istead and get 1440p 240hz or should I just keep 7900xtx. Idk how much 7900xtx nad 7900xt different in 1440p high frame game.
I think the smarter move for AM4 owners is to buy a used 6800XT and a new 5800X3D. It can be done for around $700 with patient hunting. The 4070 is $600-650 alone while the 6800XT murders it in rasterization, has 4GB more VRAM, much wider memory bus and bandwidth, and did I mention you get one of the best CPUs on the planet to go with it for $100 more. New gen performance and longevity many hundreds less than a new gen rebuild.
Used vs new? I don't see that as a smarter move. If cost saving is your end goal, then 4070 runs at 185W average, while 6800 averages a 100 W more!! That's cost saving irrespective of your country's energy prices. In my country, this power differential is god send.
4070 is on par with the 6800xt and 3080 in rasterisation, has better features like dlss3 and better upscaling tech. Not to mention the 4070 has much better power consumption as well. Stop with your fanboyism and admit that both the cards have their ups and downs.
@@jal.ajeera I never bought a new GPU in 20 years so you might be right. I always paid hundred less a year or so after release used. I have a stack of my old GPUs right in my desk. Looking at them right now, I realize they all still work and i have no idea how much power they use just what PSU I need. Here is my ATI HD 4850 (lol, 500GB VRAM), AMD 7850, AMD R9 285, my old 1080 in my wife's PC, a 5600XT and a used 6800XT in a day or so. I sold my RTX 2070 for $750 in the ugly times. I still have that in my PC upgrade fund but I would never spend it on a 4070 12GB, not enough memory now, let alone a year from now.
My 3080 just died 2 days ago after needing to take it out to get to the SATA port to switch to another for my HDD A lot of people are forgetting programs use tensor and RT it's not just about games these features upgrade with every new gen it's no logical reason to not upgrade if a person is using programs that use those features or upscaling as I do I don’t understand how people don’t like this monster when its a 3080 modded that card and this can run all games on the setting below max with great fps on 1440 and 4k and destroys game in 1080p
Whats best for performance the Gigabyte 4070 ti or the Gigabyte 4070? I can get the 4070 TI for £699.00. I already have a GTX 1060 6GB and want to upgrade. But i cannot seem to find a good deal without being conned 😞 All advice would really help me 🙂
People on youtube follow others if its worth it or not. If the 4070 gives the performance you need then you make the choice no matter how many people bash it or praise it.
I've a Ryzen 7 5700G on A520 DS2H Gigabyte and 16GB 3200MHZ ram but my ram is running at 2133Mhz. When i enable XMP the pc won't display until i reset bios. What should i do ?
thank you so much for these videos!! doing a lot of research as I'm building my first ever PC!!! Really considering the 4070 since i wanna use it for gaming and streaming and this card fits my budget!
Sorry, Im totally new to pc build etc. just to make sure; is this the same as the gigabyte geforce rtx 4070 «Super Eagle» OC? Reason i Ask is cus my country names then different than most i see online
Man I have a rly big problem with my pc ,when i try to turn on the pc it just restarts it self at an infinit is not the drive or until today it was working pleas help i rly dont know what to do and IT just have a black screen
Hey there! Thanks for sharing this detailed breakdown of the RTX 4070's performance and your thoughts on it. It's great to see how it handles different games and resolutions. The fact that it offers solid performance at 1440p is definitely appealing, especially considering the price point. I do have a couple of questions, though. You mentioned that the gigabyte 4070 card doesn't offer as good value for money as the founders edition. Could you elaborate on why that is the case? What specific differences or drawbacks do you see in the gigabyte version? Additionally, you briefly mentioned that AMD cards tend to perform better in Warzone. Do you have any benchmark data or more insights on how the 4070 compares to AMD's offerings, particularly in games like Warzone? Overall, your review provides valuable information for those considering the RTX 4070, and I appreciate your efforts in testing and sharing your findings. Looking forward to hearing more from you!
Have a look at our GPU buyers guide from a few months back :) Also, pricing has changed massively since launch, so just buy whatever is under RRP with decent cooling
Considering it's trading blows with my 3080Ti in 1080p and 1440p and only falls a little behind at 4k. At 1/3 the price I paid for my 3080Ti, yeah, I'd say it's worth it! Oh and it does that using a lot less power.
