**RTX 3070 REVIEW Thread**

[Shaolin Chicken]

The FE looks like it would be great in a SFF PC btw. Might try to get one for the SFF HTPC I am planning as a Roon server with hopefully the ability to play a bit on my OLED with this perhaps.

Like you say, a great card for a sff pc build,
3080 FE is much better though, shame we won't be able to buy either.

 

[Doppleganger]

Just watched the Hardware Unboxed review and the one thing I took away was DLSS and especially RT performance. With the so-called 2nd generation RT chips it's seemingly no faster than in Turing. That is quite disappointing to be honest.

Also, the fact that DOOM Nightmare settings show the card is VRAM limited is also telling though expected. I don't think I would buy a card with only 8 GB VRAM right now.

 

[neoglow]

Oh well. It looks like my trusty 1080Ti or ‘maybe’ a Big Navi will go up against Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440 res on Nov 19th.

See what tomorrow brings...

 

[Phixsator]

Oh well. It looks like my trusty 1080Ti or ‘maybe’ a Big Navi will go up against Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440 res on Nov 19th.

See what tomorrow brings...

I'm "looking forward" to see how much Cyberpunk 2077 beats up and throws out my poor Vega 64. The card has done me well but, I got a sneaking suspicion since CP2077 is an Nvidia sponsored DLSS/RT title, that Vega will fall flat on its face Really hope I'm wrong though. Would love to skip one more gen of GPUs for maximum value.

 

[Joxeon]

Just watched the Hardware Unboxed review and the one thing I took away was DLSS and especially RT performance. With the so-called 2nd generation RT chips it's seemingly no faster than in Turing. That is quite disappointing to be honest.

Also, the fact that DOOM Nightmare settings show the card is VRAM limited is also telling though expected. I don't think I would buy a card with only 8 GB VRAM right now.

I don't think this card is aimed at 4K gamers though.

RT performance hasn't really improved but we already knew that from the 3080/3090 reviews, still disappointing but considering how many games currently have RT it's not a deal breaker and will still likely be better than AMDs implementation.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

That went completely ****up.

This is now the official thread.

I just was browsing and saw it is now resurrected(like Kenny). Thanks.

 

[Tutan]

Doubt you will be able to get one at RRP, which is the issue, bait and switch.

I don’t know what you mean,The PRP that Nvidia sets is for FE and that will always remain same unless you buy from some scalper.
the third party card prices however can change by each retailers such as OCUK.that’s nothing to do with Nvidua.

 

[K1LaW8tt5]

no way you can get used 2080 ti for £300 even if there are millions of 3070s in stock.maybe same time next year they drop to £300.

No way would I want one at that price either

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

OP updated!

 

[chroniclard]

I don’t know what you mean,The PRP that Nvidia sets is for FE and that will always remain same unless you buy from some scalper.
the third party card prices however can change by each retailers such as OCUK.that’s nothing to do with Nvidua.

Yes but they are ridiculously hard to get and even AIB cards will be way above their rrp for a while.

 

[jimmysnake]

AMD will kill the RTX3070 to mor lol

 

[Joxeon]

AMD will kill the RTX3070 to mor lol

If they do then they will also be priced higher.

 

[jimmysnake]

just checked prices on your website rtx 3070 £679+ post £20 lol RRP is £500 AMD WILL KILL THIS

 

[Joxeon]

just checked prices on your website rtx 3070 £679+ post £20 lol RRP is £500 AMD WILL KILL THIS

OCUK has quite a few cards listed for £529 so not sure where your seeing this?.

 

[Tutan]

just checked prices on your website rtx 3070 £679+ post £20 lol RRP is £500 AMD WILL KILL THIS

That’s not the price Nvidia set.
This card is worth less than £500.whoever pays £680 for a 3070 to a retailer must have their brains checked.

 

[McGraw]

Still haven't seen anything to scare me off running one on a good 450w psu

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Still haven't seen anything to scare me off running one on a good 450w psu

I have a Corsair SF450 and run a Ryzen 5 2600 mini-ITX system with a GTX1080FE. Max load at the wall during games(everything not overclocked) was below 290W. TPU seems to indicate the RTX3070FE consumes at peak around 60W more than my GTX1080FE and 90W more than a GTX1070FE:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-founders-edition/31.html

So its doable,but it would certainly be more taxing than a GTX1080FE or a GTX1070FE. It will be interesting to see if the AMD equivalent manages to be more power efficient this generation(or not).

 

[Joxeon]

That’s not the price Nvidia set.
This card is worth less than £500.whoever pays £680 for a 3070 to a retailer must have their brains checked.

Well yeah, its certainly not worth £680, I paid less than that for my 3080.

 

[Tutan]

Well yeah, its certainly not worth £680, I paid less than that for my 3080.

That’s what I’m saying but it seems some people here are already accepting these ripoff prices.

 

[Joxeon]

I have a Corsair SF450 and run a Ryzen 5 2600 mini-ITX system with a GTX1080FE. Max load at the wall during games(everything not overclocked) was below 290W. TPU seems to indicate the RTX3070FE consumes at peak around 60W more than my GTX1080FE and 90W more than a GTX1070FE:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-founders-edition/31.html

So its doable,but it would certainly be more taxing than a GTX1080FE or a GTX1070FE. It will be interesting to see if the AMD equivalent manages to be more power efficient this generation(or not).

Can probably run an undervolt to shave off 50w and still keep 95% of the performance.