Nvidia RTX 3070 Founders Edition Review

1. Introduction2. RTX 3070 Founders Edition3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark Port Royal6. Control7. Death Stranding8. The Division 29. Far Cry New Dawn10. Gears 511. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint12. Metro Exodus13. Middle Earth: Shadow of War14. Red Dead Redemption 215. Shadow of the Tomb Raider16. Total War Saga: Troy17. Performance Summary (11 Game Average)18. Cost Per Frame Analysis19. RTX On - Control20. RTX On - Metro Exodus21. RTX On - Shadow of the Tomb Raider22. DLSS On - Control & Death Stranding23. Productivity: Blender & Octane24. Productivity: SPECviewPerf & V-Ray25. Clock Speed26. Temperatures27. Acoustics28. Power Consumption29. Performance Per Watt30. Overclocking31. Closing Thoughts32. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Time Spy stress test for 30 minutes.

Thermally, the 3070 Founders Edition cooler is a definite success. Across our stress test, we saw a peak temperature of 72C, with a steady state result of 71C. This means the GPU is cooler than the 3080 Founders Edition, despite its smaller heatsink and adjusted fan configuration. It will be fascinating to see how solutions from Nvidia's partners, like MSI, Gigabyte and ASUS, can improve on these results.

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