4070 Super

[Vale]

Looking to play the new Star Wars game at 2k ultra settings.

I've now switched to an Intel set up.

245k Ultra
32 DDR5 6000 CL30
1000w Corsair PSU
5060ti 8gb MSI

Worried about V ram limit on 8gb.

Got the option for £550 to buy a 4070 Super 12GB in White (matches system perfectly).

Is that worth it or not?

Thanks.

 

[Yoko]

Looks a bit steep to me. I paid around that for a brand new Founders Edition 4070 Super about 2 and half years ago.

 

[tamzzy]

White

you're paying that £100 for the white tax
looking at the bay, 4070 supers are going for £430-450ish

 

[Vale]

Thanks folks.

 

[Gray2233]

Not the best time to buy unfortunately.

You should be able to get a white 9070GRE for under £500 new, if you're lucky a white 9070 (non xt) for under the £600 mark.

I wouldn't buy a second hand last gen card for £550.

 

[tamzzy]

I wouldn't buy a second hand last gen card for £550.

well technically there's nothing between the 4070 super and the 5070

 

[Gray2233]

well technically there's nothing between the 4070 super and the 5070

Can't argue there as an owner of one of Nvidia's four 4080 releases.

 

[tamzzy]

Can't argue there as an owner of one of Nvidia's four 4080 releases.

same, and an ex-owner of a 4070 super too

 

[Gray2233]

same, and an ex-owner of a 4070 super too

My peasant self only had the vanilla 4070.

 

[Tetras]

Looking to play the new Star Wars game at 2k ultra settings.

Often sites like TPU and some YouTubers will do performance reviews on new popular games where they measure the VRAM usage. You can also just look at regular gameplay footage where they have afterburner (or other overlay enabled).

What I'm getting at, is that I'd wait before spending your money. Best case: it fits in the VRAM, worse case: maybe you'll just have to make some acceptable visual compromises.

 

[Dravic]

My peasant self only had the vanilla 4070.

Tbf the 4070 has been the most "fine wine" card I've ever owned.
I bought mine near release and we've had:
DLSS 3.5, 4 and 4.5 all of which have improved IQ/performance.
Ray Reconstruction
Smooth Motion
Plus modders have added exclusive 50 series features in MFG and DLSS 5.
Feels like a different card to when I bought it.

Edit: Forgot RTX HDR and VSR were added since too!

 

[Gray2233]

Tbf the 4070 has been the most "fine wine" card I've ever owned.
I bought mine near release and we've had:
DLSS 3.5, 4 and 4.5 all of which have improved IQ/performance.
Ray Reconstruction
Smooth Motion
Plus modders have added exclusive 50 series features in MFG and DLSS 5.
Feels like a different card to when I bought it.

Edit: Forgot RTX HDR and VSR were added since too!

It's not a bad card, but it was a touch limiting for me in one or two ways, particularly certain games I wanted to run at 4K while sat on the couch with my nice big TV.

That said, were it not for my getting a damn good deal on a 5070ti from a friend (£450) I'd probably have kept it.

 

[Dravic]

It's not a bad card, but it was a touch limiting for me in one or two ways, particularly certain games I wanted to run at 4K while sat on the couch with my nice big TV.

That said, were it not for my getting a damn good deal on a 5070ti from a friend (£450) I'd probably have kept it.

Yeah agree that it's not the greatest but it's a much more capable card than at launch. I'd ditch in a heartbeat for a £450 5070ti tho!