Palit RTX 5070 GamingPro OC Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the Palit RTX 5070 GamingPro OC3. Testing Methodology4. Game Benchmarks5. Clock Speed6. GPU Temperatures7. Acoustics8. Noise-Normalised Temperatures9. Power Draw and Efficiency10. Overclocking11. Closing Thoughts12. View All Pages

After reviewing the RTX 5070 Ti GamingPro OC last week, today we have assessed Palit's RTX 5070 model and it is another effective partner card from the Taiwanese manufacturer.

For starters, it offers a significantly better cooler than the Nvidia Founders Edition, offering both much lower temperatures and reduced noise levels; in our 40dBa noise-normalised thermal test, we saw both the GPU and VRAM temperatures improve by 12C.

It also offers features that I consider to be important, including dual-BIOS, which some cards at this price point lack. There's also a metal backplate, plus ARGB lighting if you like that sort of thing, which can even be controlled from your motherboard if you use the ARGB header on the card.

Overclocking continues to reap dividends for the Blackwell architecture, given we saw performance improvements of 10-11% over stock. Power draw did rise as a result, hitting around 300W in A Plague Tale: Requiem, but I think most enthusiasts won't be too worried about that.

The main thing holding this card back is really the fact that the RTX 5070 silicon itself is rather lacklustre. As noted in our day 1 review, it's barely an improvement on the RTX 4070 Super, while the 12GB framebuffer already struggles in certain games today, which does not bode well for the future. On top of that, AMD's RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT cards are both faster overall – Nvidia does still holds the edge for ray tracing, especially so in path traced games, but there is stiff competition around this price point.

The one thing Palit does have in its favour is the fact that the GamingPro OC is in stock and it's actually fairly sensibly priced. We found it for £600 at OCUK, but you could save £21 by opting for the non-OC version, which is otherwise identical aside from the fact it ships without the 60MHz factory overclock. Considering the cheapest RX 9070 cards are currently very similarly-priced, we'd say the Palit RTX 5070 GamingPro OC is still worth thinking about, limitations of the RTX 5070 silicon aside.

Pros

• Solid gaming performance on offer.
• Runs cool and quiet, much more so than the Nvidia FE.
• Our sample hit just under 3.2GHz when overclocking with relative ease.
• Much better value than some other partner cards.
• DLSS 4 has improved Ray Reconstruction and Super Resolution scaling.
• Multi Frame Generation enables higher frame rates than would otherwise be possible.

Cons

• RX 9070 offers stiff competition around this price-point.
• RTX 5070 is one of the 50-series' weaker offerings, especially considering the 12GB framebuffer.
• Still quite expensive at around £600.

KitGuru says: We're still not convinced by the RTX 5070 as a whole, but Palit's GamingPro OC model has a few tricks up its sleeve to make it worthy of consideration.

Become a Patron!