Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti Review ft. Inno3D & MSI

1. Introduction2. Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition3. Inno3D RTX 3070 Ti X3 OC4. MSI RTX 3070 Ti Suprim X5. Testing Methodology6. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy7. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing8. Assassin's Creed Valhalla9. Control10. Cyberpunk 207711. Days Gone12. F1 202013. Gears 514. Hitman 315. Horizon Zero Dawn16. Red Dead Redemption 217. Resident Evil Village18. Total War Saga: Troy19. Watch Dogs: Legion20. Ray Tracing - Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing - Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition22. Ray Tracing - Resident Evil: Village23. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)24. Cost Per Frame Analysis25. Testing the AIBs!26. Clock Speed27. GPU Temperatures28. Memory Temperatures29. Acoustics30. Noise-Normalised Temperatures31. Power Draw: 1080p32. Power Draw: 1440p33. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)34. Performance per Watt: 1080p35. Performance per Watt: 1440p36. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)37. Total System Power Draw38. Overclocking39. Closing Thoughts40. View All Pages

We take our noise measurements with the sound meter positioned 1 foot from the graphics card. I measured the noise floor to be 32 dBA, thus anything above this level can be attributed to the graphics cards. The power supply is passive for the entire power output range we tested all graphics cards in, while all CPU and system fans were disabled. A reading under load comes from running Cyberpunk 2077 for 30 minutes.

In terms of noise levels, none of three cards tested proved overly loud. The X3 OC was the loudest, hitting 41dBa with its fans spinning at 2070rpm, but it was still barely audible over the case fans. The Founders Edition clocked in 1 decibel quieter, with its fans at 1880rpm, while the Suprim X was the quietest card by a decent margin. The Silent BIOS was particularly impressive, spinning the fans at just 1300rpm, proving effectively inaudible to my ear.

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