So I tried the new RTX 4070..

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Mid-range Nvidia RTX 40-series is finally here, kind of.

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[chrish]

That latency + fps + 1% fps graph layout is so beautiful. Big kudos

[maxrountree]

I really liked that you included the 1080 Ti, as an owner of one it's hard to tell relative performance when only given 20 series and above. Love your videos and style, keep it up man!

[KryptixIII]

4:22 the reason the 3070 is so close to the 4070 is because the textures aren't actually loading in which means it doesn't have to render as much as the 4070 which results in much better performance for the 3070 than in actuality

[Jay-rovm]

4070 ti should’ve been the 4070 and the 4070 should’ve been the 4060 ti or 4060 (performance wise at least)

[b_]

Shamelessly stolen from pauls hardware:
The GTX 970 (2014, $330) was 21% faster than the GTX 780 (2013, $650)
The GTX 1070 (2016, $380) was 29% faster than the GTX 980 (2014, $550)
The RTX 2070 (2018, $500) was 16% faster than the GTX 1080 (2016, $600)
The RTX 3070 (2020, $500) was 26% faster than the RTX 2080 (2018, $700)

However, 4070 is basically identical to 3080 for just 100$ less. I guess it's a good graphics card, but NVIDIA have robbed us of most of the performance per $ improvements with this insane pricing.
I hope people don't buy them so NVIDIA is forced to lower the price, but given how well the "bad value" 3060 sold, I'm not holding my breath.

[thebr]

The size of the pcb is the coolest part of this card. There could be some very fun compact watercooling potentials with that card

[arvinsim]

599 is already hard to swallow. Pretty sure AIBs will be more than that.

[mortFPS]

NVidia is just farming money at this point lmfao

[confidential]

I am more interested into lowering power consumption, like playing in 120 watt instead of heaving 300 fps .. 120 fps 1440p is fine for me

[powerzx]

4:20 it looks like VRAM was full on RTX 3070 and textures were replaced with some blobs.

[FavoriteCentaurMoe]

You didn't mention the additional VRAM on the 6950xt. Just as we are seeing 8gb reach its limits this year, we might see 12gb reach its limits 2 years from now.

[BelfastBiker]

Literally it’s only value, is DLSS3. 12GB is gonna be limiting for many before long.

[CannedMarmalade]

pretty obvious this was going to be the 4060/ti

[Digi]

I wouldnt think twice between the 4070 and 4070ti - because everything that will stutter 2 years from now in 4k will also not run smooth on the 4070ti either. there is not enough raw power difference there, and maybe more decisive, the same amount of rather skimpy 12GB of VRam. the 4070 seems to be the more round package. 100$/€ less would have been nice though. but its understandable, there is no direct competitor in that price range.

[KungFuIsland]

The smaller FF and power draw is definitely appealing, but I need to see this card go down to that 400-500 price point.

[Lnny]

This thing runs super cool and quiet and looks stunning. That’s why I bought it. Should it cost 100$ less? Sure.

[SquashPile]

Just upgraded from GTX1080/I7-6700K :) to the 4070TI/I9-13900KF. Went prebuilt route this time and I'm satisfied. It was time for an upgrade. The 1080 is still kicking it though. Amazing card over all these years. Have not turned on the Series X since. I spotted my old Voodoo 1 & 2 3dfx cards in my garage a few week ago.

[anmolagrawal]

My guess is that they aren't releasing the true 4070 and this one was perhaps originally supposed to be the 4060 Ti.
That would match up with the TDP, compact size, same CUDA cores

[CRFR]

Look at the frametime graph at 8:35 its smooth and flat on the 6950XT and stuttery on the RTX4070!

[raulitrump]

499 msrp rtx 3070 same perf as 2080 ti, rtx 4070 599 msrp slower than 3080 ti