RTX 4070 12GB, is it Worth it?

[Jono8]

Just seen the first scalper trying to sell a FE for £700

 

[Andorphine]

I don't even want to buy a 4070 for this price, but find observing this launch quite enjoyable

 

[Rup]

because its 1fe card per gen per person

Yes I know but it was worth a try. Previosuly managed to buy a 3080 & 3070 both FE.

 

[Jono8]

Been watching the stock number on another site on a near RRP MSI model.

15 in stock and hasnt changed for the last 30 minutes.

 

[Jay85]

Just seen the first scalper trying to sell a FE for £700

Muppets still exist haha!

 

[rare]

Yes I know but it was worth a try. Previosuly managed to buy a 3080 & 3070 both FE.

I would have bought my fiancé a 4070 FE, but like you I already have a 4090. Seems like a silly rule to me. 1 SKU makes more sense.

 

[ASMB]

Even the FE is still in stock

TBH if I was buying I would rather get the Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB Trinity for the same price with 3 fans and most likely 2 years more warranty

 

[Rup]

I would have bought my fiancé a 4070 FE, but like you I already have a 4090. Seems like a silly rule to me. 1 SKU makes more sense.

I'm convinced 90% of all GPU sales are due to the same 10 people

 

[Jono8]

I would have bought my fiancé a 4070 FE, but like you I already have a 4090. Seems like a silly rule to me. 1 SKU makes more sense.

I don't even know why they do it now.

I totally agreed with it with the 3XXX when the mining and scalping was happening, but i don't get the need for it now.

Scalpers can't make anything, because the demand isn't there and they are in stock everywhere from proper retailers and mining isn't profitable anymore.

 

[Troezar]

Surprised how few 16 pin options there are.

 

[Marine-RX179]

6800 XT: same price as the 4070 at the moment, but better VRAM. Given the better efficiency of the 4070, I would have a hard time choosing a 6800 XT for the same money at the moment. Of these were £500, this would be a different story.

Being less efficiency is nothing compare to stuttering and texture loading error (caused by running out of vram) on the 12GB vram on the 4070 for RT games at 1440p or above moving forward. The 6800XT with 16GB vram probably would still not have to worry about those particular issues for at least another 2 or more years.

 

[scrivz69]

FE now showing in stock again. all very odd.

 

[[timko]]

I don't even know why they do it now.

Probably because they get more margin on 3rd party card sales vs FE. They're hoping that people will have to resort buying Asus/Msi/Gigabyte from them.

 

[Andorphine]

TBH if I was buying I would rather get the Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB Trinity for the same price with 3 fans and most likely 2 years more warranty

Agree, but the three-fan design seems to be more of a £640 card.

 

[random_matt]

Being less efficiency is nothing compare to stuttering and texture loading error (caused by running out of vram) on the 12GB vram on the 4070 for RT games at 1440p or above moving forward. The 6800XT with 16GB vram probably would still not have to worry about those particular issues for at least another 2 or more years.

If you cared about electricity you wouldn't build a rig, poor excuse.

 

[Doop!]

I'm the perfect customer for this card with a 1070 and been holding out for the silly prices to end. I really want to get back to PC gaming and had this card released at £500 I would have thought fine, I'll pay that. But it's just £100 too expensive. I dunno, nvidia must have done the maths but they've got to be missing out on sales.

 

[ASMB]

Agree, but the three-fan design seems to be more of a £640 card.

You have to find the particular retailer that is selling it at MRSP, most are above that though I agree, but one does have it at MRSP

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Why would they drop prices at all when vocal people that are constantly whinging about price such as yourself are happy paying £600 for a 4060, I mean 4070?

They went and bought one. So all the moaning was for naught. The FOMO was way too big.

 

[Minstadave]

This release is a total non-event. Pricing is all wrong.

 

[Andorphine]

I'm the perfect customer for this card with a 1070 and been holding out for the silly prices to end. I really want to get back to PC gaming and had this card released at £500 I would have thought fine, I'll pay that. But it's just £100 too expensive. I dunno, nvidia must have done the maths but they've got to be missing out on sales.

I'm the same. I really wonder whether Nvidia's strategy will work in the midrange market. I can see why halo cards will sell for stupid prices. I can also understand that enthusiast and high-end cards are not that susceptible to price increases. The midrange, however, usually consists of pretty price-sensitive consumers who might also be more affected by cost of living increases. Let's wait and see. There is demand, but not that much for these prices, apparently.