Nvidia RTX 4070 Review ft. Gigabyte and Palit

1. Introduction2. Nvidia RTX 4070 Founders Edition3. Gigabyte RTX 4070 Windforce OC4. Palit RTX 4070 Dual5. Testing Methodology6. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy7. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing8. Assassin's Creed Valhalla9. Cyberpunk 207710. Days Gone11. Dying Light 212. God of War13. Horizon Zero Dawn14. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered15. A Plague Tale: Requiem16. Red Dead Redemption 217. Resident Evil Village18. Total War: Warhammer III19. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End20. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)21. Cost Per Frame Analysis22. Ray Tracing: Control23. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207724. Ray Tracing: F1 2225. Ray Tracing: Hitman 326. Ray Tracing: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered27. Ray Tracing: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition28. Ray Tracing Performance Summary29. DLSS Testing30. Testing the AIBs31. Clock Speed32. GPU Temperatures33. Memory Temperatures34. Acoustics35. Noise-Normalised Temperatures36. Power Draw: 1080p37. Power Draw: 1440p38. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)39. Performance per Watt: 1080p40. Performance per Watt: 1440p41. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)42. Total System Power Draw43. Overclocking44. Closing Thoughts45. View All Pages

The MSRPs

Using the average frame rate data presented earlier in the review, here we look at the cost per frame using the UK MSRP launch prices for each GPU.

In terms of cost per frame, based on the launch MSRPs we can see the RTX 4070 is the best value Ada GPU yet, reducing cost per frame by 10% versus the 4070 Ti. It is, however, hardly much of an improvement in value over the previous generation, offering equivalent cost per frame to several of AMD's RDNA 2 offerings, as well as the RTX 3070.

Likewise, at 4K the data shows us its value is dead even with the RTX 3070, and just pennies better than the RX 6800 XT – despite those GPUs launching over two years ago now.

Current retail pricing

Cost per frame based on current retail pricing also paints a slightly different picture. With RTX 3070 Tis on offer at £500, we can see the 4070 offers no meaningful improvement in value. Likewise, AMD's 6700 XT can be found for under £400, which equates to 12% better value than the RTX 4070, which is hardly inspiring stuff for a new GPU.

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