9 RTX 4070's Tested, GPU & Memory Thermals, Clocks, Power & Noise Normalized Testing

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Video Index
00:00 - Welcome back to Hardware Unboxed
00:24 - Ad Spot
00:58 - Introduction
01:06 - Nvidia RTX 4070 Founders Edition
01:51 - Asus RTX 4070 Dual OC
02:40 - Asus RTX 4070 TUF Gaming OC
03:33 - Galax RTX 4070 EX Gamer White
04:30 - Gigabyte RTX 4070 Eagle OC
05:21 - Gigabyte RTX 4070 Windforce OC
06:00 - MSI RTX 4070 Gaming X Trio
06:38 - MSI RTX 4070 Ventus 3X
07:27 - PNY RTX 4070 Dual
08:21 - Zotac Gaming RTX 4070 AMP AIRO
08:36 - RTX 4070 SPECS COMPARISON
09:08 - TEST SYSTEM SPECS
09:26 - GPU Temperature
10:25 - GPU Hot Spot Temp
11:03 - GDDR6X Temperature
11:49 - Noise Normalized 40dBA, GPU Temperature
12:27 - Noise Normalized 40dBA, GPU Hot Spot Temp
13:12 - Noise Normalized 40dBA, GDDR6X Temperature
13:49 - Conclusion + Final Thoughts

9 RTX 4070's Tested, GPU & Memory Thermals, Clocks, Power & Noise Normalized Testing

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[SirJohnsonP]

Round up of 7900xt models would be amazing, price is dropping slowly so a lot of mid range buyers might start considering it !!!

[gatsu]

7900 XT or XTX roundup would be nice. Also (as somebody commented earlier) 40dBa noise normalized is rather on the high side, mayby 36dBa will be good middleground - name twin power ftw 😂

[OrionK-oqss]

Loved this GPU round up! Loved seeing the close ups and different angles of the GPUs. Much nicer than trying to look at tiny pics on websites. And nice to see a head to head between manufacturers. Thanks!

[misterwoddes]

Great overview! A Palit/Gainward card would have been nice as comparison, they are sold quite cheap in Europe

[simoSLJ]

I bought an Asus Dual 4070 for my Mini ITX HTPC and I have to say that it's great.
Short, only one 8pin, and 3080 performance but with only 200 W.

[roachmayne]

I imagine videos like these are challenging to execute but they are so crucial to making an informed purchasing decision. So, many thanks for the quality information Steve and I’m looking forward to future AIB card roundup videos.

[arjunyg]

OMG. I’ve missed these so badly throughout the shortage era. Hoping for a return to consistent roundup content from HUB!!!

[katzicael]

My MSI 3080 Gaming X Trio i've had since Launch is still a cool, quiet beast. My next card will likely be an MSI card too - they're built like tanks and the coolers Are top notch.

[SirRFI]

Thanks for including less known/mainstream brands. There's even more of them in Europe and are cheaper than ASUS/GIGABYTE/MSI, but lack of reviews makes it hard guess if they are worth getting.

[rfariavitor]

Awesome work! I'd love to see the same comparison with 4070Tis.

[avifb]

Thank you for this video.
It would be great if you'll do a 4070ti roundup.

[Leptospirosi]

The MSI Ventus 3 is a faulty design: its cooler does not touch the upper memory chips (above the GPU die) at all.

[angeltzepesh]

All i can say is that we really live in the dark times of PC gaming, a 600$ card being just a 70 class card is crazy to me. Looks like my gtx 1070 ti will be the last Nvidia card i bought.

[Eonymia]

I'd be interested in seeing a similar comparison of the 4080s. According to Techpowerup's review the PNY Verto XLR8 OC runs very cool and very quiet, and it'd be interesting to see a second opinion on that, since review's are scarce for the new PNY consumer stuff.

[Exar-Kun]

As far as I know the Gaming X Trio does not have dual bios and the Ventus 3X hase one of its VRMs uncooled!

[stefanandersson]

I love these kinds of videos when shopping for a new card. Noisier cards are a big nono for me. That said, I really would appreciate a graph of noise during stock operation just like you do with the temps. Noise normalized is all well and good but it's hard to judge the user experience from that.

Keep up the good work!

[mitchellanderson]

Steve please do a 7900xt roundup as these things are falling in price. You can pick them up from £730.00 making it now one of the best price to performance gpu this generation.

[rainchilddotcom]

"There are no models you should avoid." Except all of them, because they're 60 series cards at 80 series prices.

[mrpositronia]

7900XT at it's lower price is definitely worth considering over this card.

[REgamesplayer]

Those noise normalized tests are an easy and if I may say so, a lazy way to do noise testing. It does not tell me at all how card performs noise wise in an actual conditions. Even testing is confusing. How do you even normalize card for 40 db? Gradually heat it up until it produces said noise?

Gaming media in general under-cover this subject and underdeliver. Gamer Nexus is particularly notorious example of that. He managed to review Scythe Ninja 5 WITHOUT giving us noise data. He gave just normalized performance which did not allowed to make a picture to just how silent cooler performs. He failed to understand that a CPU cooler famous for its quietness should be tested on how quiet it is rather than taking an arbitrary number and noise normalizing it to a certain level. A level which is unnatural for a cooler and does not show the main reason why people would buy something like that.

The problem with this testing is:
1) It is unintuitive to a watcher;
2) It is highly synthetik benchmark which does not give us real performance;
3) It does not give us relevant information how noise card is;

Suggestion from me would be not to lazy out on noise testing. That is to me the most important parameter outside of getting the prettiest card on the market. Having a loudness graph going from 0 to 100% would be infinitely more helpful and probably even easier to benchmark these cards for.