Palit RTX 5070 Ti GamingPro OC Review

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

Palit's RTX 5070 Ti GamingPro OC may not be the flashiest card around, but I actually think it is a sensible option amidst a sea of hugely expensive partner cards.

For starters, it offers a significantly better cooler than the MSI Ventus 3X model we reviewed at launch – that is a basic card designed to hit the MSRP, and as such it runs fairly loud while temperatures are nothing special. The GamingPro OC comfortably offers both much lower temperatures and reduced noise levels, and in our 40dBa noise-normalised thermal test, we saw the GPU running almost 10C cooler, while the memory dropped by 12C.

It also offers features that I consider to be important, including dual-BIOS, which some cards lack at this price point. 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.

 

The pricing is easily the best thing about the GamingPro, however. That's because the non-OC model has been listed for £775 on CCL this week, while it's in stock at £800 at the time of writing from AWD-IT, making this one of the cheapest 5070 Ti models I can find. Yes, that is the non-OC model, but the GamingPro OC only ships with a 30MHz factory overclock anyway, and the rest of the card is exactly the same.

Comparing that to the MSI Vanguard SOC, which you simply can't find anywhere in the UK right now and if you could, its MSRP is £970… well, the GamingPro just looks like the obvious choice. It isn't as refined an overall package and the shroud design isn't anything special in my view, but if you do want an RTX 5070 Ti, this is a good shout.

Of course, the RX 9070 XT is also worth looking at, with cards available at less than £700, while offering similar rasterisation performance. RTX 5070 Ti remains a very valid option though, considering ray tracing performance is often better, significantly so in path traced games, plus DLSS support is much more widespread than FSR 4. And with the GamingPro retailing for around £800, it's certainly worth picking up if you feel inclined to go with Team Green.

Pros

• Solid gaming performance on offer.
• Runs cool and quiet.
• Our sample hit 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 XT is a very capable competitor for less money (based on MSRP, at least).
• Still quite expensive at around £800.

KitGuru says: The GamingPro isn't going to blow your socks off, but it offers a decent blend of performance and features without adding several hundred Pounds to the price.

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