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The Nvidia RTX 5070 ships in the same eco-friendly box as the other 50 series Founders Edition models. Inside, the only included accessories are a quick start guide and a dual 8-pin 12V-2X6 power adapter.
The card itself is visually very similar to the likes of the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 Founders Editions, but apart from being a fair bit smaller, the actual cooler has changed slightly.
Essentially, it's not quite a ‘double flow through' design anymore as the PCB is no longer in the middle of the card, it's back to a more traditional placement. This means the fan closest to the I/O bracket doesn't blow directly though the heatsink, as per the other FE cards, as its airflow is now obstructed by the PCB. The other fan at the end of the card does still flow air though the fin stack, though.
Internally, there's no vapour chamber this time around, with Nvidia using a more traditional baseplate, while the fin stack utilises four heatpipes.
As for size, the 5070 is a good bit more compact than the other 50 series Founders models. It's still a dual slot thickness, but it's just 242mm long and 112mm tall.
As mentioned, the fan nearest the I/O bracket is now more blocked off, so while you can actually see the outline of the other fan though the fin stack, the PCB is blocking off the one nearest the I/O bracket.
Interestingly, Nvidia has also adjusted the fin stack on the 5070 too. Where the 5080 and 5090 both feature concave designs, with the central area of the fins essentially being ‘scooped out', this has only been done to the area at the end of the card, where the fan can flow air directly through the heatsink. The other area, nearest the I/O bracket, is completely flat. Presumably there's no benefit to the concave design if air doesn't pass directly through the card.
Power is of course supplied by a single 12V-2X6, with the adapter shown above.
As for video outputs, we find 3x DisplayPort 2.1 and 1x HDMI 2.1.
