How to Upgrade your Graphics Card - ASUS NVidia RTX 4070 GPU Upgrade

Ever wondered how to upgrade your graphics card ? Well.. In this video, I show you exactly how to do it! It's actually really simple to upgrade your graphics card, you just need to keep a few things in mind!
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00:00 Titles
00:25 Introduction
00:37 Disclaimer
01:18 My New Graphics Card - GeForce RTX 4070
01:56 How to choose a new Graphics Card / GPU
03:55 Looking at the ASUS GeForce RTX 4070
04:38 Unboxing the ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 OC
08:14 How to Upgrade your Graphics Card
13:58 What is the Q and P switch on an NVidia Graphics Card?
14:38 First Boot Up - Looking Good!
14:54 What are Benchmarks?
15:34 A 3DMark Benchmark
16:31 NVidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs. NVidia GeForce RTX 4070 Benchmarks
17:13 Was it worth it?!
18:30 GAME OVER

[@Joeker8171]

That you for this awesome video. I am upgrading my GPU this weekend from GTX 1060 6gb to a RTX 3060 12gb

[@krow120]

Did you install or delete any drivers? Or did you just take out the old one and install the new one?

[@Joeker8171]

@krow120 Nope nothing. Just changed the cards, but now I have an RX6700XT

[@Drkzy]

@@krow120 Do you have to? Im upgrading from a 1650 to a 4070S and i wanted to know if i have to use DDU before upgrading or if i can just install it and then update

[@chrisgoulet6621]

@@Drkzy when you upgrade from nvidia to the same you don’t have to ddu. You just have to install the new card and update. Only have to ddu when you switch brands

[@TR1PLE_6]

Just upgraded from a 3060 Ti to this exact card. Paired it with a Ryzen 5700X and 64GB DDR4 on a MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi motherboard. It's running like an absolute dream. 15,899 points on 3DMark Time Spy and temps not exceeding 57C. Performance in games is amazing. Here are just some I tested (motion blur, depth of field and bloom turned off for personal preference): Forza Horizon 5 1440p max - 98 FPS Cyberpunk 1440p ultra (no RT) - 69 FPS (nice) Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p max - 113 FPS (RT off) / 83 FPS (RT on) Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1440p ultra high - 117 FPS The Division 2 1440p max - 105 FPS Very impressed with this card. Picked mine up for £473 using a 15% discount code on eBay. My full specs: Case - Lian Li Lancool 216 Motherboard - MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi CPU - Ryzen 7 5700X CPU Cooler - Arctic Freezer 36 ARGB Black GPU - RTX 4070 Asus Dual OC RAM - 64GB (2x32) Patriot Viper RGB DDR4 3600MT/s PSU - 650W Riotoro Enigma G2 80+ Gold SATA SSDs - 1TB Samsung EVO 860 + 2TB Crucial MX500 NVME SSD - 1TB WD SN850X HDDs - 2TB Seagate Barracuda + 640GB WD Caviar Blue (both from old Dell XPS PC) Case Fans - 2 x 160mm Lian Li (front) + 140mm Lian Li (rear) + 3 x 120mm Deepcool FK120 (top)

[@Platinum199]

Went from a 1650 laptop to a RTX 4070 custom build and man it’s a whole new world. This video is old but I hope your enjoying this GPU

[@kiphakes]

Thanks for watching! Glad you’re enjoying it!

[@Kana0211]

Hell yeah got the white version upgrading from a 1080

[@Hakgjo]

Thanks man! I ordered the same graphic card today. Saying goodbye to my 2060 6GB

[@kiphakes]

Enjoy your upgrade! 🙌🏻

[@applesauce6574]

Bro I’m deadass doing the EXACT same thing lmao 2060 ain’t cutting it no more

[@itzjamesie]

Legit had the 2060 ti and got myself the 4070 ti SUPER today! So much help aha

[@1bbcromarVillain]

@@applesauce6574selling them?

[@dragonspirit1639]

Did you change anything else to accommodate this GC upgrade?

[@chrisgoulet6621]

Been wanting to upgrade for months finally did. Ditched the 3060 12 gig and recently got a 4070 super. Knew with the way the launch was there was going to be a refresh. Waited it out till the super came and even lowered in price. Got a 4070 super msi Venus x3 for 600 been loving it. Mostly when I play it’s with the mates so shooters so it works great for that

[@TheRockinGamers]

Thanks for the vid and funny enough this is the exact card upgrade im doing will save this vid for when it arrives haha

[@kiphakes]

Ahhh awesome! It’s a great card! Happy Gaming!!

[@SMGXBL1]

thanks for the guide i have not installed a gpu in 3 years just upgraded from a 2070 super to 4070 what cpu and motherboard do you recommend that is not to pricey atm my cpu is i7-9700F but its bottlenecking the cpu by a lot in cpu insteive games but in gpu insteive its fine in cod mw2 it was getting 90% bottleneck im going to be upgrading my cpu motherboard and ram in about 3 weeks will the i5 12400F bottleneck it there is a webiste in my country nz that does a pc kit that has a ASRock B660M Pro i5 12400F will that be decent so my gpu can keep up with my cpu?

[@kiphakes]

I’ll be completely honest - I know nothing of Intel CPUs ! I’m pleased with my setup, links are in the description.. might get a Ryzen 9 soon though

[@kdog1000Again]

Ran into some bad luck with mine. My 4070 Dual caused the PC not to boot, so I'm going to have to order a replacement. Hopefully I'll have better luck next time because it does seem like a stellar card!

[@quality-crypto]

Thanks for the installation part of the video. It looks like it will just fit on my 2 slots for my motherboard, the slot directly under for me is my wifi card. There is a bit of space and just measures for a fit.. if not then I'll get one of those USB wifi antennas.

[@kiphakes]

Glad to help buddy!

[@nottsoserious]

Thanks for the guide! Quick question: do you need to wipe GPU drivers before doing the hardware swap? I'm planning on upgrading from Nvidia to Nvidia

[@kiphakes]

You should be okay.. would only be an issue if you were going to an AMD card.

[@nottsoserious]

​@@kiphakesThanks for the response! I think your Asus card is brilliant because it can run on a single 8pin power connector. I have a tiny 2-fan 3070 and even that needs 2 8pins. Just shows how efficient the 40 series is compared to the 30 series. Meanwhile, my new 4080 has the 12VHPWR connector and it's making me nervous... Hopefully it doesn't melt 🤞

[@xchuckytx]

Could I run this graphics card with a ASRock Z390 Motherboard and a 750W PSU? Should I worry about bottlenecking with an I7 9700k CPU? Thanks.

[@kiphakes]

Definitely recommend asking on the Linus Tech Tips forum. I honestly couldn’t tell you!

[@Nightshadeillusions]

Hello. Can you please tell me if i'm gonna make a good upgrade for games and photography? At this moment i have the Asus dual 1660 super 6GB and i'm thinking on buying the Asus dual 4070 super 12GB along with my CPU (I7-13700K) Thank you

[@kiphakes]

Absolutely! 👍🏼

[@Nightshadeillusions]

@@kiphakes Thank you 🙂

[@EricTireguy]

Just upgraded from a tuf 4070 to a 4070 ti super. When i power up the psu a red LED light comes on. Soon as i power the motherboard it goes away. Do you know what this red LED means? All cables plugged in tight. Some say its normal. Thanks for the videos

[@kiphakes]

It may just mean it’s receiving power, but the card isn’t displaying anything.. if it’s working fine I wouldn’t worry

[@yilongwei4592]

you should talk about what needs to be done for bios and driver before installing

[@kiphakes]

Well, in my case I didn’t need to, so I didn’t

[@willmaundrill9552]

Does this need to connect to the psu with 16 pins or 8, as mine is a 6+2 to an 8 and it is not booting up

[@kiphakes]

8 pin, and you put the 6 and 2 pin together to make an 8

[@mikecass8306]

Nice card Kip although this obviously has a minimum board, processor, memory and power requirement. What are your PC specs and the minimum specs required to run this card?

[@kiphakes]

I will update the video description with all the details soon!

[@daveelphick2485]

Great vid as Always kip top guy 😊

[@user-fi5hc9um6q]

there is nothing called minimum specs to run a card, you can run this on a i5 2500 if you want too. is it preferred? nope, does it work? definitely, me personally would not pair it with anything less than a 9900k-10900k/5600x/5700x/5800x.

[@kiphakes]

Details all added!

[@zapdosmtr4961]

I got my first pre built 4060 and Intel 14400f combo and i upload some videos in my YT channel. This video is perfect because i plan to upgrade in the future to the same card or 5070.

[@DogRobot101]

is it safe to have my new card in and uninstall the old drivers that way? Switching from AMD to NVIDIA. (I don't have my AMD card anymore and those drivers are still installed)

[@kiphakes]

There’s a free app called DDU you can download that removes all traces of the old drivers. Good luck!

[@vanvanni_nl]

Do we not need to use DDU or something to clean it all out anymore?

[@kiphakes]

Like I said in the video if you’re switching from AMD or Intel to Nvidia it’s a good idea, otherwise it’s not so much of an issue

[@MaliceInCyberland]

Great presentation! Even though I'm very familiar with building computers there wasn't a moment where I wanted to fast-forward... especially with my unfamiliarity of current gen graphics cards that you're showing. I hope you see this soon, and have a brief second to reply... it would be greatly appreciated as like yours did to you, my two graphics cards are teasing me as well... I also have an older CPU; it's an i9 9900K., however, I ended up having Two cards here unopened, and teasing me, ergo, twice the torture. haha 1) ASUS Dual RTX 4070 OC 2) ASUS Dual RTX 4070 Super. One of these will be returned. According to online stats and benchmarks my i9 9900K is ~20% faster than an AMD 2700X. The most taxing scenario on my potential setup will be gaming. My questions are: A) Do you ever feel bottlenecking during your minimal gaming sessions with your 2700X & 4070? B) In your experience do you think the Super would be too much horsepower for the i9 9900K to handle for gaming? I just don't want to get into a scenario if I keep the Super, and wish I kept the 4070 OC because my CPU utilization is going through the roof with a 4070 Super version... which might happen anyway with a plain 4070...? Gigabyte Z390 WiFi Pro i9 9900K 32 GB 3200MHz Ram RTX 3060 Corsair RM750x Gold PSU 1440P 24" 60Hz oc'd to 75Hz display I don't plan to upgrade CPU/MB until I permanently move to Laos in a few years... currently in Chicago. Perhaps you're more familiar with the AMD product line, but any advice or info, if possible, would really help. Thank You Very Much!

[@kiphakes]

To be honest, I can’t really help.. I’d put this to the Linus Tech Tips forum for sure! Thanks so much for your kind words though!

[@moneyzonetrader]

what do silent mode vs performance mode do exactly?

[@kiphakes]

Silent mode makes the fans run less..

[@bambooxfox]

Thank you for the video! I just bought a RTX 4070 and watching this gave me a good idea of what to expect. Very good for information and confidence, haha.

[@kiphakes]

Ahh I’m so glad! Please make sure you hit the thumbs up 👍🏼 so it gets pushed out to more people like you 🙌🏻🙏🏼

[@AllAmericanWoman1390]

I been using a GTX 1060 6gb for years. finally upgrading to a RTX 4070 super, it's kind of exciting and can't wait. even if my cpu is going to be bottle necked. and need to upgrade my motherboard ad cpu next.

[@kiphakes]

Awesome! Enjoy!!

[@Matt-gz9nr]

I have my old gpu Msia 1080 it gpu thinking about upgrading to the 4070

[@kiphakes]

Great plan!

[@methuw1879]

Could I use the 4070 with a non atx 3.0 psu

[@kiphakes]

Probably not

[@itscobrawz]

Please help me my pc has a 12pin connector but my 4070 has a 8 connector what do I do ? Sorry I’m new to this

[@kiphakes]

Sure.. no problem! You need something like this amzn.to/3KIbRzW

[@itscobrawz]

@@kiphakesthank you ima try this out just earned my respect

[@kiphakes]

@UplinkCobra good luck!!

[@Jeffmd2020]

Is there a difference in the type of 4070 gpu?! Mine says zotac gaming GeForce RTX on the side of it and mine is a 4070… regardless of it being Asus, zotac gaming, TUF gaming or MSI on the inside it’s still JUST an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 right?!?! The company name on it don’t mean anything?!?!

[@ishay3000]

I think the “4070” part is just the processing chip. The brand name reflects on the overall wrapper unit that surrounds the chip, so they could differ with fans count/quality, and the materials of the wrapping build. Overall, it shouldn’t really matter, generally people say if you get better brands it’ll cool off the chip better so you’d get more performance, but it’s honestly so minimal that it’s absolutely not worth the couple hundred bucks difference at all

[@barkley96]

el video de cabeza

[@drewsun8233]

How to Upgrade your Graphics Card FOR FREE?

[@kiphakes]

I wish!

[@Hal_2189]

....bruh

[@kiphakes]

Miaow!

[@anubisariumanu2043]

Is realy bad, 4070 so loud, i dont buy Asus card no more.

[@kiphakes]

I’m literally using mine right now .. not a peep

[@ishay3000]

I’ve ordered this exact model and I’ve heard it’s one of the most silent ones lol

[@Brosak.]

So it has this coin whine that’s one of the worst DEPENDING on your system. So it’s just a gamble. I got this cuz I can’t fit a bigger model and it’s supposed to be silent in a lot of other benchmarks. I’ll return it if it doesn’t go well with my Corsair psu

[@GreatIntellect13]

I’ve always had my case on the floor under the desk. Haven’t ever cared about sound:

[@user-hv9jm9up1m]

4070 ti super?

[@keegantheveganat0r]

i noticed you mention that you arent overclocking your gpu... actually you are ya know :) what it is... nvidia sets the recommended core frequencies for each chip and then power requirements and msrp (rrp in the uk etc...)... this is your founders edition spec... after that board partners (asus gigabyte etc) are relatively free to make their own changes to the base design into order to differentiate their product.. stuff like adding better beefier coolers , higher quality VRMs to control the power (NOT RAM THOUGH BECAUSE NVIDIA ARE NAZI's haha) and with that they are able to set their own core frequencies for their specific design . nvidias website says base clock is 1.92ghz and boost is 2.48ghz for the 4070... your gpu there will have the same base frequency but your quiet mode (which is still over clocked ) will boost to 2520mhz and the p mode (performance ) is also overclocked but a little further to 2550mhz boost according to asus's website... so ye there ya go... youre overclocking already- and its worth bearing in mind if you ever decide to you do actually want to overclock further because your card isnt being sold as "overclock capable" - theyre all overclock capable with respect to the silicon lottery... its being sold as actually already overclocked. thats it ...enjoy :D