Colorful iGame RTX 3070 Advanced OC-V & EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra Review

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Video Index:
00:00 - Welcome back to Hardware Unboxed
01:04 - A look at the RTX 3070 iGame
04:44 - A look at the RTX 3070 FTW3
08:16 - Stock Stats
09:01 - Overclocked Stats
09:36 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider
10:01 - GPU Die Temp
10:35 - GPU PCB Temp
10:53 - VRM Temps
11:28 - GDDR6 Temps
11:53 - Power Consumption
12:38 - Final Thoughts
Colorful iGame RTX 3070 Advanced OC-V & EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra Review
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[@Hardwareunboxed]

Just thought I should note that I know the OC button on the iGame is a BIOS switch (the card has a dual BIOS) and you have to reset for the BIOS switch to occur. Rather than joke around I should have been clearer in the review. After a reset the card loads with the same settings, at first I thought the button was broken but it looks like my early sample has the same normal BIOS for both profiles. Anyway, not a great card, should probably avoid.

[@l0g1cle]

Just wondering, is this the same with the 3080 version?

[@sayedhasan354]

@@l0g1cle 3080 advanced oc version is slightly better than 3070 advanced oc in term of thermal performance afaik

[@doctyro]

@@sayedhasan354 kind of liking the cosmetic of this gpu. Although I'm waiting for another benchmark review for the RTX 3080 advanced version.

[@Hardwareunboxed]

@shin0bi 272 You realize there is a fairly substantial price difference right? Zero reason you say? Would you like me to explain to you how money works?

[@ryomengotemshort]

Brother you have a lot of RTX 3070. So can you give me the Colorful RTX 3070 A. O.C.

[@Granatenei]

Does Steve just have clones or how does he make so many benchmarks? Truly a benchmark wizard 🧙

[@Rs4ever15]

Shadow clone jutsu

[@AbelKL]

Plot twist: Monitor Steve is actually his twin brother

[@Ebsalom]

No, it's because the channel's original host, Matt, has been trapped in Steve's basement for years doing all of the benchmarks for him. The only thing that has kept Matt alive is his dream of eating one last Caramello Koala before he dies.

[@williamaxelcuangdinata]

-sleep -relationship -entertainment +Benchmarks

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Some type of Alien 👽....

[@devackroyd]

I honestly think the amount of benchmarking Steve does on new product releases is absolute insanity, as much as I love this stuff, benchmarking and collecting this data properly as you guys do would make me want to tear my hair out! Keep up the good work!

[@BakuryuPro]

You have become my favorite hardware channel lately. Thank you for your awesome videos, mate.

[@SeriousBoot]

I'm getting the FTW3 delivered to my door tomorrow. Can't wait! This video gives a good overview of the card. :)

[@virgulinoferreira3472]

Same here.

[@Golas23rd]

Loving these reviews! Do you think you could do some reviews of 2(ish) slot variants like the EVGA XC3, which also happens to be way 'cheaper'? When you get some time of course!

[@indrajuanno]

Next year we will watch the RTX 4000 series reviews and benchmark while still waiting for the RTX 3000 series stock :D

[@STOG01]

Well, the EVGA model is ~ $70 over MSRP at this time. Which honestly, isn't that bad. One would expect to use this card for easily over 3 years.

[@rinati75]

Just scored me the EVGA FTW3 3070 at MicroCenter! So glad this card is highly rated.

[@SlyCooperRN]

Yup, have had this card since January and it is the best card out there HANDS DOWN!!! 🙌🏼

[@rRefuseToSelfCensor]

@@SlyCooperRN yea got mine at end of january for 599 dollars directly from EVGA. EVGA has been the best in all this chaos. Got 2 diff 3070 models and a 3060 through their queue system

[@Reyeston007]

@@rRefuseToSelfCensor cap

[@rRefuseToSelfCensor]

@@Reyeston007 yeah evga came thru with a 3080 ti about 2 months ago. And yesterday I got notified to step up to a 3090. So im pretty happy that my 3090 ftw 3 is coming in the mail. From what I resold the 3070 for I was able to buy the 3080 ti and the money I made mining is more than double the ~500 dollars it cost to step up from the 3080 ti to the 3090. Plus I paid 60 bucks to get EVGA’s extended warranty for 10 years of warranty on my 3080 ti. But that automatically gets applied to my 3090. 3090 might actually make use of that 10 year warranty as 24 gigs of vram is just not even close to whats needed in video games these days. Very excited. Oh and I can make more money mining since no hash rate limit on 3090 haha

[@cruelty3]

dear steve the button for overclock in the colourful card is basically the second bios so when you press it you must do a restart to work.i found it by accident and i thought it was good to share it with you.Keep up the good work

[@chris47362]

Steve as always great content and I cant wait till you hit 1 mil subs you deserve it.

[@NinerJonny]

Love my eVGA 3070..signed up in October and got mine last month for MSRP. Perfect card for my setup.

[@problemschueler]

Nice Video as always. Can you check the mounting pressure of the Colorful IGAME? The cooling performance doesn't really line up with the weight of the cooler. I mean other coolers with similar weight and slightly different designs perform waaay better. Maybe you can borrow some shorter screws / standoffs from another cooler. Could be like the first 5700XTs from ASUS, which were later fixed and replaced with the EVO models.

[@ronalddoe2894]

i hope you include the inno3d 3070 ichill x4, great comparison very insightful and wow!! that evga variant is 1 of the coolest 3070s. Looking forward for the next reviews.

[@MinhTran-fm5oy]

I'm looking foward to see the benchmark on the Inno3d ichill x3 and x4 model

[@joshualim337]

that igame 3070 middle fan reminds me of the gipsy danger nuclear core or is it just me?

[@cracklingice]

Did you restart after switching the BIOS with the switch on the back?

[@riyad_hasan17]

You guys are quickly becoming my favorite tech channel.

[@quietsharp189]

That 2am upload woke me up

[@user_23165]

02:24 "Eye of Sauron" :-)

[@muffyy7410]

Picked up a FTW3 yesterday, I’m so excited

[@TheArsenalgunner28]

So did I! got a list of graphics cards that I’ve been watching for months (waiting for one to come in stock) and this popped up on my lunch break and had no time to hesitate...but seems like I landed a really great Graphics Card based on these reviews.

[@muffyy7410]

@@TheArsenalgunner28 oh yea it’s awesome. I’ve used it for a week now and it’s great

[@Andytlp]

I cant wait for 6800xt review. few more weeks

[@ultrademigod]

It will be very interesting to see what real high end AMD GPUs can do. If the 6800 and 6800xt are anything like advertised, in both price and performance, with no driver issues the 3070 is basically a dead card for everyone except the most diehard invidiots.

[@whitemoses7913]

@@ultrademigod "invidiots" that's a technical term indeed.

[@catalinursache6647]

@@ultrademigod it depends now, i build my first pc this winter and i chose a 5700 xt because i thought "hey, similar performance to 2070 super for way less money, its a steal" and then i got fucked so hard by all kinds of game crashes, screen going black and even full on pc crashes. tried a shit ton of driver versions, some issues were fixed in some drivers, while other appeared. Now im just waiting for the 3070 to drop a bit in price since its nowhere close to msrp and then I'll get one so i can get rid of this shitty 5700xt

[@Arjun-eb1yc]

@@ultrademigod 6800xt is the one to get. Even though it is a bit more expensive it actually is better value. I.e. Better price/performance.

[@ShadowRomeo1784]

@@ultrademigod Not really because it's more expensive than 3070 by 15 - 20%. And that is not even accounting to the fact that the 6800 has to use S.A.M to be able to beat the 3070 for at least 15% to justify the price increase. And they never showed any benchmark with stock settings which is very fishy, and people shouldn't fall into the pit of the first party benchmarks that are cherry picked. This is pretty much the same case with Nvidia's RTX 3080 2x performance of RTX 2080 again.

[@kyberknight]

I managed to get my hands on an MSI RTX Ventus 3X 3070 from Micro Center on launch day. I didn't really have a choice on which brand or version of the card as I was just given what was available. What's your opinion on this particular card?

[@rinati75]

SEARCH: Which 3070 card to BUY and AVOID! 38 cards compared! 😭

[@DRAGONFANG18]

I cant find any guides on how to deshroud this. Does this use tabs to keep the shroud on?

[@HydraSperati]

I just got my hands on the EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, and I'm trying to understand if the card is designed to reduce sag out of the box. So far it seems to be holding pretty tightly, but as I travel with my tower sometimes, I'm wondering if a custom sag bracket is worth the trouble.

[@Unvexed]

I hope you enjoy your new graphics card. I just got the same one, and I will definitely be getting some sort of sag bracket due to how big the cards are getting. If my 1060 is sagging slightly right now, then this one definitely will too. Alternatively, you could just build one out of legos like many people do.

[@Vitalii_Atamanchuk]

Great review as always!

[@jesse291]

wow the holes in the pcb on the EVGA card are really good, much better then making the pcb really short and full of heat like the founders edition card, this gives best of both worlds really, a pcb with heat producing parts relatively spread out and fans that dont have to blow everything around the pcb... really nice design and it looks like it works!

[@NEXCUSX]

Love my 3070 FTW3. The planets must have been in aligned along with a Christmas miracle as I was able to pick one up on Christmas eve for 829.99 CAD.

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

Hey uh, can I get of of those? My 3070 has been on "reserving item" on ebay since launch

[@akarshadithya5479]

610$ for 3070 lol

[@0Wayland]

Totally acceptable for a midrange offering? lol

[@ivandobrev2240]

@@mikkodoria4778 Nvidia msrp is just a recommendation at this point lol. Means nothing. Hopefully AMD will be close to MSRP.

[@mukkeshmckenzie7386]

@@0Wayland That's 90$ lesser than a whole 3080 💀 Totally acceptable? Really?

[@georgschulz8143]

What's the point to get a 3070, when a 3080 just cost $90 more. Ripoff. Just take the cheapest hot and loud 3080 you can find instead, performs so much better.

[@Arjun-eb1yc]

Ya makes no sense. We can probably get an OC version of the RX 6800 soon for that price.

[@AscendedZombie]

Thank you Steve. Was surprised to see the ftw3 beat the tuf in cooling performance. A power pig though like you said.

[@rowey3376]

I'm getting this today! Wish me luck

[@carbonatedsalad4677]

One thing you got incorrect was about the overclock button on the back. The overclock will not be applied UNTIL you reboot the system, after pressing the OC button. It’s presence doesn’t personally make much sense to me, I just thought you should know.

[@evaander]

@hardware unboxed please answer I have an urgent question. I got my evga rtx 3070 ftw3 ultra today and I didn’t get a retention bracket is that intended or no?

[@nofekun1889]

Sorry but they won't answer.

[@WoodlinDeamon]

Will be very interesting to see how some of the cheaper 6800 models compare to the 3070. I got my 2080 for $570 and wouldn't mind a slight upgrade as it doesn't get some of my games up to 144Hz at 1440p and don't really want to spend more than I did last time.

[@ptuman98]

Аннет, как там обзор колорфул? Низкие температуры врм?

[@sammyflinders]

Once again, I think you REALLY need to acknowledge that the EVGA models are the cheapest available in your native Australia from PLE, which makes them a great purchase for fellow Aussies relative to all others AIB models that are more aggressively price gouging.

[@PatGamingApasStyle]

When you're faster than the notification.

[@rahatabir8645]

the igame overclocking happens after the restart! it doesn't work while the pc in on

[@Hardwareunboxed]

Yeah that's standard for these features, I couldn't get mine to activate.

[@samuelschwager]

That's quite some colourful eye game that you have there!

[@tlheart]

I was sold on a 3070, before the AMD announcement, of the 6800 series... since I can't get a 3070, I am waiting for the reviews of the new AMD options, and we will see how AMD's launch goes

[@Dr.WhetFarts]

you won't be able to get a 6800 either, asus said availablity will be worse than nvidia 3000 series ... don't believe me, google it.

[@TheJirator]

I think I got the message. KZbin has buttons. Found and did things with all of them:D You deserve it!

[@Matthew_Lang]

Monthly Q&A question. I'm using a monitor that has a resolution of 1920x1080 (Asus VG279Q). I have noticed during a benchmark that there is a note about not being able to run at the native resolution of 3840x2160 and there is a FPS penalty. However, the test will complete, and give an overall score. My question is, would using a 4k monitor with 3840x2160 "increase" the overall score at the end? Or does the benchmark already take into account the FPS penalty? (P.S. No, not looking to purchase a 4K monitor, this is just something that I have always wondered about) Keep up the awesome work Monitor Steve, and Mustache Tim

[@mj4wd]

the oc button is a bios switch , so it needs a pc restart to take action . just like the bios switch on the strix cards

[@nofekun1889]

How about iGame 3060ti Ultra OC??? Should I buy it?? plz answer as I need some honest review.

[@HipokritraStudio]

It would be nice if you check the cheaper, smaller models. Good job btw :P

[@ayyget]

Much appreciated video! Can you do again for other custom brand RTX 3070 in cheaper category e.g. Colorful Ultra, Zotac Twin, MSI Ventus? That could be great video because we only care about RTX 3070, however, we do need to know the fan speed RPM on those three cards that I've mentioned. Thank you so much for your video and reply.

[@richardoverton57]

The EVGA 3070 Has a OC /Dual Bios switch as per 6.32 in the Video, Was this reviewed? What does this do! maybe I missed it?

[@Dullification]

I can buy one for 750 usd and another ultra variant for 800 usd, which one should I get?

[@pr1ncxe]

You have the timestamps with incorrect card names, neither of these were the TUF gaming or Gaming X Trio.

[@b.s.ksaiganesh3831]

Can i use liquid metal for colorful rtx3070ti advance oc. Nickel plated copper base

[@jomarico1770]

Could it be that Igame has generic thermal paste? Would love to see a comparison with good thermal paste on it

[@jeffreymonarch1095]

Hey Steve, the OC button on the iGaming requires a reboot to load the OC. Still disappointed with the performance though.

[@Mart-E12]

Was there ever any point to turbo buttons?

[@Cal94]

The NR200 claims 330mm GPU length clearance, 280 for the Ncase M1. And those are the best itx cases around imho. So the igame would fit the cheaper of them, and the squat depth would mean ur not kinking the power connectors fitting it in a itx case, where it'll fit. Edit: after seeing those temps, not sure why you'd get the igame for a compact build tho...

[@samwallace7341]

Gonna be easy to avoid all of them...decision has been made for us.

[@vegetablesaregoodforyou7008]

I wonder if their AIB partners are pissed

[@soapa4279]

lol

[@sadduisalive]

For the colourful igame rtx 3070, after pressing the OC button, you need to reboot your pc.. Or it Won't work

[@londonberry2180]

are you sure your PSU has enough capacity?

[@sadduisalive]

@@londonberry2180 yeah

[@nofekun1889]

Sir is this review correct? I mean....should I trust Colorful. Please reply.

[@sadduisalive]

@@nofekun1889 Yes... A good brand.. You can trust it

[@davereidmedia]

Great review.

[@hobbyist1001]

Where do we buy the colorful brand cards I’ll happily pay this much to just try out a new brand I’ve never heard of and I see your video and have faith in the brand.

[@dracer35]

Unrelated to the video but I was wondering if you are going to be putting out an updated video going over all the x570 and b550 motherboards again since it's been around a year since the old videos were released. Also what boards you'd recommend for the upcoming Zen 3 CPU's.

[@dracer35]

Forgot to mention and updated list showing how all the x570 and b550 compare together in one list. I tried searching through the old videos but having a hard time finding all the information.

[@haukionkannel]

Same models as before...

[@pudncld25ify]

Have a gtx 980tu. Upgrade now or wait for next generation of cards. Wanting to switch to 1440p

[@CallMeBlackout_]

Shroud shouted you out on stream and decided to drop a sub! GG :)

[@CallMeBlackout_]

I wanna say this is the VoD he mentioned you in 😁

[@omkar_khedekar]

Should i get this igame advanst model coz im able to get it for a bit cheaper compared to other models and in budget it wont be a bad deal then right if im ok with the fan sound?

[@nofekun1889]

Same question.

[@omkar_khedekar]

@@nofekun1889 i got galax 3080 it works like a charm no sound

[@daghtus]

Isn't that the dual BIOS switch? It would only apply settings after reboot.

[@preetjariwala9300]

hey sir i am getting this icolorful gpu in stock should i buy it?

[@lagunastc]

Hardware Unboxed if i remember correctly that switch on i Colorful iGame is dual bios switch. But in order to work every time you flip the switch you need to restart pc to have efect.

[@ravenfeeder1892]

Be nice to see a comparison of noise at stock. The noise normalized thermals or RPM ratings don't necessarily tell this story.

[@hamishspicer6207]

The OC button on the iGame GPU requires restarting the computer after pressing the button to implement the OC BIOS on the card.

[@thegamingshatt4758]

Can you please do a CPU scaling video with the new GPUs (including 3070) I want to see how my 2600x would do at 1440p with a 3070/6800

[@rithishkrishnan2661]

Only the igame version is available in my region, does it have any major flaw ? P.S ( I won’t be overclocking )

[@nofekun1889]

Same question. I thought I might buy the iGame 3060ti Ultra OC.

[@AmericanBadger87]

I specifically found the like button, the button talk was awesome.

[@fran117]

The colorful card was the only 3070 i could buy for the 1st 24 hours of release at reasonable price, the only thing that stopped me was the horrible "igame" logo lol dodged a bullet there

[@cicciograziani6697]

@@NovaDoll people with a working brain will wait for rx 6000

[@munchbit]

@@cicciograziani6697 apparently my brain is broken 🤷

[@roimores]

@@cicciograziani6697 Maybe they need a powerful GPU as soon as possible?...

[@notaname1750]

@@roimores But the 3070 is no that powerful though. It is basically a cheaper priced 2080ti while the new amd Rx 6000 series is better than the 2080ti and could hold up on its own against the 3080 Edit: Nvidia keep running out if stock to bots. people may not be willing to do the methods Austin Evans did who is a youtuber who waited in line for 24 hrs by a store to buy the dam thing.

[@loganwolv3393]

Man i would've bought it anyway even if i didin't liked it but actually it dosen't look bad at all from me. Unless you needed a card for even cheaper you should've just bought it.

[@germanangeles5529]

how can I acced to the mini led screen panel?¡?

[@Amber57499]

Is the EVGA FTW3 better than the ASUS TUF or MSI Gaming X Trio?

[@awepizza]

Yes

[@OTechnology]

The button is a BIOS switch you need to restart the PC for it to apply the settings.

[@DanteWoo1130]

the button is actually a bios switcher, a system restart is required to take effect

[@YangYang1993]

Is RTX 3070 PNY XLR8 good?

[@mangdoan6741]

What's the ftw3 Ultra's msrp?

[@Hugh_mungus420]

Glad i went with the ftw3

[@teehee8522]

Evga card looks so good

[@BuzzKiller23]

Let me tickle the engagement algorithm for you

[@ryanmalin]

Damn that ftw3 is making me wanna 3070 ngl

[@PHOBIAx57x]

8gb of vram doe 😬

[@justindelpero]

I think the colorful button turns up the fans? Dno I will have one in my possession this week as it's literally the only card available right now.

[@goodhunter2004]

Can u pls anwer me I want to buy one of these cards that are available in my region but with a huge differences in price i can get on igame colorful advanced oc rtx 3070 for just 488$ while evga w3 rtx3070 is 670$ here Wich one is best option for the price can i trust this igame card and easily go with it ? Or 170bucks on evga worth it ? Pls answer me i really need that to know

[@nofekun1889]

Same questions but no one to answer. I was thinking to buy the iGame 3060ti Ultra OC but I am afraid now.😭

[@virgulinoferreira3472]

Just bought my 3070 FTW3 Ultra, waiting for arrival. Great review! How do you limit the system to 40db? Never heard of such a test, and I find it very interesting. Same about comparing the temperature of the GPU vs it's power consumption, news to me. Congrats @Hadware Unboxed.

[@williamcastro3043]

How has the card preformed? I just bought one and I’m waiting for it to arrive.

[@intech7863]

@@williamcastro3043 did you get it?

[@williamcastro3043]

@@intech7863 No it’s taking forever 😓 ill let you know how it performs when it arrives. I think 2-3 more weeks

[@intech7863]

@@williamcastro3043 i wait it next week thought not from evga site

[@williamcastro3043]

@@intech7863 had the card for a week now i played warzone and cold war. It runs great the graphics are amazing and i get 120 fps easily with medium settings and around 80-90 on ultra

[@kjevers1]

Speed costs, how fast can you afford to go?

[@mphosis]

just got this igame ! enjoying it now on 2k ultra settings on games :)

[@williamaxelcuangdinata]

Is 2k just 1440p?

[@mihapeterca7940]

@@williamaxelcuangdinata yup

[@tma2001]

just in time for the winter as well :)

[@freakenste]

@@tma2001 are you sure it works that way? The cards that were benchmarked outputs more or less the same heat , while the igame was toasty , the rest of them dissipated heat more efficiently thus you'd be feeling the heat more in your room , no?

[@Safetytrousers]

@@freakenste The heat doesn't disappear if more gets absorbed by the PC, it all goes into the room anyhow quickly or slowly. You'd only feel the heat more if it's blowing straight at you.

[@trutela9210]

This iGame is in my opinion one of the most unique versions, and in a good way. Really beautifull. Edt: EVGA does not look any worse, and the temps are much better.

[@InfiniteDarkMass]

By the way the cooler looks on the iGame and the temps, I'd assume there's some problem with mounting. It really shouldn't have such bad temps with that cooler. I'm hoping Gamers Nexus takes a look at this and finds out where the problem lies.

[@nofekun1889]

@@InfiniteDarkMass same question. I wanted to buy the iGame 3060ti Ultra OC but very scared.😭

[@InfiniteDarkMass]

@@nofekun1889 Well, to be fair, the temps are still within specs and nowhere near dangerous. Shouldn't be a problem in a case with good airflow. It's just weird. The cooler could also perform somewhat differently with a 3060, or it might be just a bad unit they got. If you're not sure, check some other reviews as well, for your exact card, preferrably. Product lines with serious problems are pretty rare, but research is always good. But considering the current GPU situation, if you want a 3060ti and you can get it for the store price, you should probably go for it.

[@nofekun1889]

@@InfiniteDarkMass I am going to buy my first GPU and I want it to be functional for 3-4 years. My problem is that I cannot find good reviews on my specific card anywhere. So I am very scared to buy from Colorful.

[@InfiniteDarkMass]

​@@nofekun1889 Well if the cooler is exactly the same, there should be no problem dealing with less heat from 3060ti. And like I said, even these temps are totally ok. Just not a very efficient cooler. If it's the only version you can get, get it.

[@Merrinen]

Before benchmarking Steve benchmarks the most efficient method of benchmarking, and once more options became available benchmarks the new methods as well - of course re-benchmarking the old methods just in case the weakest link, Steve himself, has changed in compatibility.

[@narinpen]

Hi Steve, video index needs to be updated. Shows Tuf and trio

[@izzygucci64]

Looking to buy an evga 3070 ftw3 from my buddy for a real good price. Just checking reviews and I’m seeing great thermals just like my evga 2070 black. Sucks that evga no longer makes video cards. All of my evga cards have always clocked way higher speeds out of the box before manually overclocking. My 2070 hits over 2ghz overclocked.

[@FlameH0t]

The OC button can only be toggled when you switch off the PC.. It's a BIOS selector switch, you can't switch BIOS with it running.. just located in a convienient spot as opposide to where they usually flick.

[@Hardwareunboxed]

Yeah thanks, I know all this, I guess I needed to be clearer in the video. It has a dual BIOS, either both are the same or the button is broken.

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Steve & Teddy Jr., I'm sure Buildzoid would be very appreciative of some Super Hi-Res photos of the Colorful RTX3070 for him to have a look at, even if he doesn't do a PCB Breakdown Ps strange, KZbin didn't play any ads 2 seconds from the end today 🤨

[@WereCatf]

I think it was pretty obvious from the start that the Colorful - one would be bad and the FTW3 would perform well. At least I wasn't surprised by the results.

[@theequaliser]

always wondered about these igame cards, and i got 15mm to play with space wise in case with evga eekk! lol

[@Cinetyk]

The EVGA looks good (regarding performance and thermals), but it seems to draw 30W more than the MSI and Asus for only 1-2 more FPS in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. While that speaks well for the cooling capability of the EVGA, the other cards have very good thermals themselves and if they are cheaper (like Steve mentioned) I feel like the Asus or MSI are better options all things considered.

[@billwiley7216]

Over $100+ as compared to base MSRP is a common trait for all of the EVGA "ultra" OC cards on every tier of a series and although somewhat on the high side in price EVGA has been known for decades to have excellent customer service and warranty handling on their GPU cards at least here in the U.S.A. When you are dropping this type of coin for a video card is it not worth a few dollars of that entrance price to feel like if you do get unlucky and have a problem the warranty process will be handled quickly and be fairly painless? Some companies may be a bit cheaper but also some of them are not known for their stellar customer service either. Given a choice I would spend the few extra dollars for the peace of mind.

[@brulaapgaapmeester8234]

But 'safe' temperatures are, well, safe, right?

[@freakysnuke2571]

Ok this is really random but what would your psyche think: If Steve and TIm were producing their videos in one room who would you think would be on the right or the left side. For me it's Steve on the right side and Tim on the left side which is probably due to the PC in the background acting like a wall (on the *right* side).

[@santha896]

The dimensions of the iGame would be perfekt for my O11 (custom watercooling). I don't want to mount my graphicscard vertically and wider cards wouldn't fit with most water blocks. At least my current VEGA 64 Strix OC wouldn't fit with my Alphacool block.

[@lissandrodanny6709]

try getting the Galax EX RTX 3070, which is 2-fan, please!