Is $600 Too Much? RTX 4070 Review and Benchmarks

No-Frills RTX 4070 Review and Benchmarks: Is $600 Too Much?

► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to my No-Frills RTX 4070 Launch Review
0:50 RTX 4070 Founders Edition and Gigabyte Windforce OC
1:24 Spec Comparison, Test Bed
1:59 Performance: Clock Speeds, Temps, Power Draw
2:50 BENCHMARKS: 3DMark Time Spy Extreme & Port Royal
3:27 Far Cry 6
4:12 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
4:42 Cyberpunk 2077
5:14 Horizon Zero Dawn
6:08 Dirt 5
6:30 Resident Evil Village
7:07 Doom Eternal (Vulkan)
7:40 God of War (DX11)
8:13 Microsoft Flight Simulator (DX11)
9:17 OVERALL PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
9:59 Conclusion and Closing Thoughts on the RTX 4070

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[GamersNexus]

Hey Paul - really liking the new 8-bit thumbscrew swipe animation and the intro animation. The rework of the intro animation is "excellent!"

[vitalizu]

You are the first reviewer who really addressed the fact that the 70 series was always 20% faster than the previous generation 80 series

[zuldo]

AMD could crush this generation if they release their mid tier 7000 cards at decent prices.

[tractor]

The 70 class vs previous 80 class comparison is something I enjoyed, exactly!

[jasonjavelin]

HUGE fan of you showing the historical launch prices to show the increases in price to performance. I’m sure that took a lot to put together but is so cool to see!

Doubly glad I just went ahead and bought a 3070 used a while back. Got a very clean example for a steal of a price but really wanted an EVGA 4070 (rip) that won’t exist. Might get one if they come down in price eventually but for now I’m good

[cpu]

I love this review the most. Many people lose the point that it is the first 70 serize which has 192bit and has lower performance than last 80's

[Lupinvej]

If Microcenter were here in Denmark I would go broke real quick.

[domm]

Good breakdown of the price to performance advancement over generations.

[Lurker-dkjk]

Came here first to watch the whole video because Paul and Joe are funny, honest, and do their homework. I especially like how nVidia was called out for their gen-on-gen pricing. Thank you both for this in-depth review!

[conza]

Hey great review Paul as always! Enjoyed the short sharp first half language too

[Drebin]

You're the only person I've seen that's commenting so effectively on the price and performance changes we've seen between generations. 100$ more expensive than the 3070 for 0% more performance than the 3080 indeed.

[swjsjwv]

really enjoyed this format as well as the silliness of the beginning few minutes, Paul

[treyton]

You are the man, Paul. I've always been an Nvidia guy, and my 1080Ti is starting to fall behind pretty significantly to today's games. I can't support them with their outrageous prices, so thank you so much for these breakdowns to help consumers make more informed choices.

[glamdring]

IMO the card that really puts the nail in the coffin of 4070 is the 6800xt...a card that competes with the 3080 directly (excluding RT) but costs less...not to mention it has a larger vram buffer than the 4070 as well.

[nickk]

Spot on delivery, loved it. Thank you for not stressing me with overcooked hype and excess energy.

[GoWstingray]

To your closing thoughts, its very easy to sumerise, this card is the 4060ti, the size, the specs, even the gpu code lines up with the 60 class. The mid range buyers got screwed when Nvidia moved the 4080 12 GB to the 70 class. The 70 class coolers were always as big as the 80 class coolers as the dies share much of the same architecture, and this card is way to efficient to be a 70 class. But we are missing the true 4070 in the line up, maybe they will release a 4075 like the 275 naming?

[AJ-poup]

Man this was hands down the best non-biased review of this card being posted today, I should've watched it first before the others, well lesson learned, next time I'm picking Paul first instead of waiting like 6 hours lol.

[techboomer]

This is by far the best 4070 and more importantly 7900xtx xt 6900xt 6950xt 3080 4080 etc etc etc review I have ever seen. By far your best work for benchmarking review. Thank You so much for including all the cards you included and including gpu power draw. That way I could actually tell that the 6900xt was running at default 255 watts. This had to have been massive amount of work. Cheers!

[Fractal_]

Honestly I enjoyed that Paul brought up the historical precedents of the cost and performance for the 70 and 80 class cards.

Personally I feel this card is mediocre/bad at its current price, I think it should be at least $100 cheaper than its current price.

[deathVIAavatar]

I've sat back for a long time watching the market from a potential consumer standpoint in regards to GPUs and monitors. All I've got to say is if the industry wants to push 1080p users to 1440p and eventually 4k, the prices on monitors and GPUs at the moment for a well-rounded experience have to change. TLDR; $600 for okay 1440p in 2023 ain't it, chief. (Yes, I feel like an old man yelling at a cloud. Today, I'm fine with it. 😂)