{"id":693,"date":"2021-07-16T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vasportscomplex.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:06:38","slug":"nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-founders-edition-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcbuildcomparison.com\/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-founders-edition-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A solid offering with questions about its ongoing availability. Though the top dog 3080 Ti GPU<\/a> gets most of the attention, the RTX 3070 Ti is arguably the more important release of the two. It\u2019s a lot more affordable and it\u2019s a compelling upgrade for users coming from older generation cards. Even with street prices that are grossly inflated, it offers 2080 Ti-beating performance at 2080 Ti-like prices. Can we interpret that as a small win in the current market?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The card itself is visually identical to the RTX 3070. For a card with a 290W TDP, it\u2019s very compact and its two-slot design will appeal to builders of compact systems. The cooler can be considered a hybrid of a blower and axial fan designs, and it\u2019s clear that Nvidia really put a lot of effort into it. There are triple DisplayPort 1.4 a ports and a single HDMI 2.1 port<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cores<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Like all 3070 Ti cards<\/a>, the Founders Edition uses the fully enabled GA104 GPU with 6,144 Cuda cores which run at a boost clock of 1,770 MHz, a slight increase from the 1,730MHz of the 3070 FE. The extra core and frequency bump helps, but the real benefit comes from the shift to faster GDDR6X memory, which runs at 19Gbps compared to the 14Gbps of the 3070. GDDRX is power hungry though, and it contributes to the 3070 Ti FE\u2019s 290W TDP which is a whopping 70W increase over the 3070 FE. It comes with Nvidia\u2019s proprietary 12-pin power connector. We\u2019re happy to see one connector vs the unsightly three of high-powered cards, but its mid card placement isn\u2019t ideal for clean build purists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite its advertised 1,770MHz boost clock, our sample was happy running at 1,900MHz over a looping test. Its peak recorded temperature was 79c, which is about the maximum before you\u2019ll start to lose a little bit of boost clock. The cooler is audible but given its compact size, we have nothing but praise for Nvidia\u2019s FE coolers. The card recorded a peak gaming power consumption of 288w, which is over 60w more than we saw from the 3070 FE. That\u2019s a bit disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4K on the Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Given that we have GA104-based cards on the market, the 3070 Ti FE performed as we expected it to. It draws alongside the RX 6800 but it remains some way off of the RTX 3080. The FE was surprisingly close to the more expensive MSI but it was equally surprisingly some way off the monstrous Aorus Master. It can handle modern 4K games but it\u2019s probably best suited to a user of a high refresh rate 1080p or 1440p monitor<\/a>. It\u2019s 8GB frame buffer is enough for now, but will it be in the future? Time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti<\/a> Founders Edition is an attractive offering in some ways, particularly if your games can make use of the increasingly impressive DLSS technology, but at the same time it doesn\u2019t really standout. Both the relatively minor performance gain tied to a major TDP bump over the non-Ti 3070 means that 3070 remains the better buy to us. Then there\u2019s the very competitive AMD RX 6800, which has twice the memory. In a normal market the 3070 Ti FE could be a compelling option. But, with availability an ongoing concern, it\u2019s not a great buy right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The steep rise in power consumption for not much of a performance gain leaves us a bit lukewarm on the 3070 Ti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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