Nvidia RTX 4070 Super Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Alan Wake II7. Assassin's Creed Mirage8. Cyberpunk 20779. Forza Horizon 510. The Last of Us Part 111. A Plague Tale: Requiem12. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart13. Red Dead Redemption 214. Resident Evil 415. Returnal16. Starfield17. Total War: Pharaoh18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II21. Ray Tracing: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora22. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207723. Ray Tracing: F1 2324. Ray Tracing: Hitman 325. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart26. Ray Tracing: Returnal27. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider28. Ray Tracing Performance Summary29. DLSS Testing30. Clock Speed31. GPU Temperatures32. Memory Temperatures33. Acoustics34. Power Draw: 1080p35. Power Draw: 1440p36. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)37. Performance per Watt: 1080p38. Performance per Watt: 1440p39. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)40. Total System Power Draw41. Overclocking42. Closing Thoughts43. View All Pages

The MSRPs

Using the average frame rate data presented earlier in the review, here we look at the cost per frame using the UK MSRP launch prices for each GPU.

As we'd expect, a circa ~15% performance uplift for effectively the same price as the original RTX 4070 (or £10 less for UK buyers) means the cost per frame of the 4070 Super has improved a fair bit – it represents a 15% reduction in cost per frame versus the 4070 when looking at the 1440p data, and closes the gap on the RX 7800 XT quite significantly – though it isn't able to fully catch up with the AMD GPU.

Current retail pricing

Of course, current retail pricing can vary a fair bit compared to the MSRPs, but even then, if the 4070 Super can come to market at the £579 asking price, it's value is still going to be very competitive. It's also worth pointing out that in many cases the 7800 XT's value won't be as good as what's shown here as it's been selling above MSRP quite consistently since its launch, and only in the last week or so did I see a reference model drop back to MSRP.

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