NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition Review: Gaming, Thermals, Noise, & Power Benchmarks

This review and benchmark of the NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition GPU looks at thermals, power, gaming, overclocking, and performance vs. the GTX 1070, RTX 2070, 3080, 5700 XT, et al.
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Sorry, there's an error in the specs section at 4:00. We based it off initial info from announcement, but final spec is actually 14Gbps memory and 448GB/s memory bandwidth. That doesn't change any benchmark data, but the specs table should read 14Gbps and 448GB/s.
RTX 3070 Founders Edition Tear-Down: • Tear-Down: NVIDIA RTX ...
TESTING METHODOLOGY: • $13K of GPU Test Metho...
AMPERE ARCHITECTURE: • NVIDIA Ampere (RTX 30)...
PCIE 4 vs. PCIE 3: • NVIDIA RTX 3080 PCIe 3...
RTX 3080 Founders Edition review: • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 308...
Benchmarks today look at the RTX 3070's performance in gaming most heavily, but also include a big focus on thermals (including GPU, MOSFET, & GDDR6 memory temperatures), mechanical design and pressure application, frequency boosting, and overclocking. The gaming benchmarks include a lot of video cards, but some noteworthy ones are the RTX 3070 vs. GTX 1070 comparisons, RTX 2070 & 2080 Super comparisons, and AMD RX 5700 XT benchmarks. Remember that you can always look at old charts and determine a relative percent difference between your current card and something that is on these charts, then roughly approximate where yours would fall relative to the 3070 (just some simple percent scaling math will work). The GTX 970 could be compared in this fashion.
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ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero Z490 on Amazon - geni.us/0682
Intel i7-10700K CPU on Amazon - geni.us/Io2g98
EVGA Supernova 1600W T2 Titanium PSU on Amazon - geni.us/9ioW
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition
02:00 - GPU Reviews Are Weird Right Now
04:38 - Block Diagram of RTX 3070 & Die Shot
05:02 - Strong Point: Pressure Map of RTX 3070
06:08 - 3070 FE Pressure vs. Other Cards
06:27 - Coldplate Depth on RTX 3070 Cooler
06:56 - RTX 3070 Frequency Validation vs. Temperature
07:57 - 3070 vs. 3080 & 3090 Boost Frequency
09:09 - GPU Noise-Normalized Thermals
10:38 - Memory Noise-Normalized Thermals
11:25 - Hot MOSFETs in Auto VBIOS Thermals
12:24 - Auto VBIOS GPU Thermals
13:11 - Weak Point: Fan Hysteresis on RTX 3070 FE
14:20 - Noise-RPM Response on RTX 3070 FE Cooler
15:13 - Game Benchmarks & Cards That Aren't on Charts
15:43 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)
18:14 - DirectX 12 vs. Vulkan Performance (RDR2)
18:56 - Rainbow Six Siege (3070 vs. 1070, 2070, 5700 XT, etc.)
20:10 - Frametime Plot - RTX 3070 vs 3080 in Rainbow Six
22:33 - Three Kingdoms GPU Benchmarks (4K, 1440p, 1080p)
24:06 - Horizon Zero Dawn (4K, 1440p)
25:19 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider (4K, 1440p)
25:47 - Microsoft Flight Sim 2020, GTA V, Strange Brigade
26:37 - Quake II RTX Path Traced Benchmarks (4K, 1440p, 1080p)
27:11 - Control RTX Benchmarks (& DLSS2) - 4K, 1440p
27:45 - Minecraft RTX - 4K, 1440p
28:08 - Power Consumption & Overclocking Power
28:58 - Power Efficiency vs. RTX 3080
29:37 - Conclusions of RTX 3070 Founders Edition
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Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke
Additional Testing: Patrick Lathan, Mike Gaglione
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman

[@GamersNexus]

Sorry, there's an error in the specs section: We based it off of initial information from announcement, but the final spec is actually 14Gbps memory and 448GB/s memory bandwidth. That doesn't change any benchmark data. Our apologies for the error - should have checked the final specs to see if they had changed. TEAR-DOWN of RTX 3070 FE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH7WfKl9l5eShrs TESTING METHODOLOGY: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4GaXoCCYseDeac AMPERE ARCHITECTURE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d56xfWV5nJeChZo PCIE 4 vs. PCIE 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnWuh4mqnteBg5o Grab a GN Wireframe Desk-Sized Mouse Mat: store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-wireframe-mouse-mat (back-orders are guaranteed to get one in the next run, which ships in mid to late November!)

[@NerdyLoki44]

Twitter DM's are turned off but hey here's a cool thing that Australian PC store PC Case Gear sent me via an email regarding their 30 series cards and how many order their numbers will fill: www.pccasegear.com/rtx30

[@pauljames4510]

With a Boost clock of 1.725 mhz its only clocked a bit higher then the RTX 2080TI not much in it between them

[@stefangedal9762]

any average % vs the 2080ti?

[@joshs5503]

When are the 1 million subscriber T-Shirts shipping? Purchased one about a month ago just havent had an update email for shipping. Thanks

[@alexgabriel5877]

so what about the "faster than 2080ti" claim? bs?

[@ryanstavnezer4087]

The RTX 3070 coming to a scalper near you

[@Rex_Smashington]

Just go on EVGA's website and click the notify me button. They reserve a card for 8 hours once it gets to your place in line. You have 8 hours to log in to the website and complete your purchase. EZPZ

[@ryanstavnezer4087]

@@Rex_Smashington thanks man but I already in queue for the 3080 lol

[@Tony-yn5rr]

Why the cheapest amd card beats the 3090 in benchmarks

[@jsn1252]

"Scalpers" only exist when a product is being sold below market price. Blame the manufacturers for not making enough supply before launch or not setting the launch price high enough.

[@derptyderp5287]

Only if he's lucky!

[@4.0.4]

The 1080 Ti: the first 4K-ready card. The 2080 Ti: the first 4K-ready card. The 3070/3080: the first 4K-ready card.

[@riba2233]

Also they said that for gtx1080

[@4.0.4]

@@riba2233 And I'm pretty sure people then argued the 980 Ti was also 4K-capable (it was called "VR-ready"!). Now, the lowest-end GPU will offer, the 3060 Ti, will have the same performance as a 1080 Ti, but you can be sure people will call it a 1080p card.

[@ashm3406]

@Salt Maker Thats new to me considering i play exclusively at 1440p on my 1080ti with no issues. 60-150fps depending on the game. the 1080ti is a 1440p card

[@TacticalReloadGaming]

Dont argue without facts boiiis hahaha here is the thing 3070 isnt 4K if you do, you will exceed its 8gb Vram hence its crap. And the 1080ti runs 1080p in 200-240fps or more so it can easily run 1440p and definitely 4K just pair the card with a decent CPU ( of couse with AA and other useless settings Off ) Also depends on the 1080ti edition, if you use founders then you will thermal throttle in no time and loose performance then be ignorant enough to thinl the card isnt strong....

[@xray5984]

@@TacticalReloadGaming umm... I suggest looking at benchmarks or just literally this video. The 3070 is much better for 4k than the 1080ti, despite the vram

[@smittyholden7213]

Linus, Paul, jay: here's some performance and fps benchmarks Steve: here's every piece of info possible as well as a shit ton of graphs

[@SpaceAce114]

Arguably information that no one cares about. We care about performance to price the rest is "nice to know" but won't influence my purchase decision.

[@hsanrb]

I don't think it told me on a scale of 0-1 on whether the 3070 blah blah is gonna be in stock say... 2m after skus go live. I disappoint... I kid of course it won't.

[@CuteSkyler]

I mean, it's at least different than everyone else

[@raulcortes937]

@@SpaceAce114 that's knowlege, not "nice to know" things, this guy is putting a hell of an effort for those that are interested on knowing. If you don't care, go to a channel where the guy will pretend to be stupid so you don't feel uncomfortable with yourself. It will cost you less than 2 cents ;)

[@haroldd5442]

@@raulcortes937 I see what you did there 🤣

[@PHNTMHIVE]

“Quick babe wake up GN posted about the 3070”

[@ClonesDream]

"Ahoy my beautiful godess babe, slightly aggrevated gamer posted again..."

[@CutTheVioletWire]

@@ClonesDream Rise, my spouse, for the nexus of passive-aggressive video game player has uploaded yet another video to the internet.

[@chinchy111]

No. I have not yet awoken from my slumber. Now give me a back massage

[@wollinger]

Why would I wake up my computer?

[@CutTheVioletWire]

@@wollinger lmao

[@MasterOfInfinity]

As soon as you'll finish reading this comment, the card will be out of stock. Sorry.

[@DzinkyDzink]

Damn you! Why would you waste my time like this?!?!?!

[@runredsun909]

already is

[@ray2266]

Where did it come out?

[@kgjung2310]

That's pretty optimistic that you assume that it was in stock at all.

[@runredsun909]

@@kgjung2310 legit they just stole them from the warehouse. The customers of the scalpers couldnt wait anymore.

[@KiltedCritic]

Is it compatible with the AMD bicycle?

[@nuro9446]

yeah works great, 5 feet per second

[@gremlicious]

@@nuro9446 Is that feet per second you’re thrown off the bike at, or how many feet it can sever per second?

[@AlphaPlace]

@@gremlicious both

[@wishusknight3009]

@@gremlicious yes

[@aaymanbd]

Yes it is, the bicycles are what's being used to deliver the cards worldwide.

[@gremlicious]

teardown countdown begins. I like the look of this cooler a lot more but there’s a lot of plastic impeding airflow from the looks of the brief shot we got at the start of the video. The straight-through cooling at the back should be of benefit though

[@GamersNexus]

Soon!

[@Broni34life]

soon...

[@OTechnology]

The plastic cover isn't impeding any airflow. The first fan has 3/4 of it blow straight through, while the 1/4 of it blows onto the angled fin stack that's open towards the pcie slot. Then the second fan has 1/2 blowing through straight fins out the rear io and 1/2 through the angled fins out the open part on the top around the power input.

[@HydroKyl240COG]

@@OTechnology Does that mean you’ve tested it?!? You muppet.

[@HydroKyl240COG]

I’m mostly interested in how small this will be when you rip it down for either an AIO or water block. It looks like a super small pcb, and personally I find that amazingly sexy.

[@Alorand]

Notify Me... Sold Out.

[@GamersNexus]

Order -> SELECT ALL IMAGES WITH A STREET SIGN -> Sold Out

[@DoomsdayR3sistance]

I've seen claims that nvidia actually has a better supply of 3070s than the 3080s and 3090s had, but.... well; I think scepticism is the better choice in almost all scenarios.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@DoomsdayR3sistance I've read stories about fairies and flying pirate ships and some invisible fella who lives in the sky called GOD ... but I tend to believe my own eyes and ears and live in the real world instead.

[@sopcannon]

Not even for sale here in the UK, new egg and amazon don't have any listed. All 3080 and 3090 are sold out and reference isn't available.

[@emeraldperson]

@@sopcannon so true

[@XLIIVideos]

It warms my soul to see Nvidia sent their entire stock of 3070's to YT reviewers :D

[@jkubed95]

it would warm my soul for nvidia to send me a single 30-series card in exchange for monetary compensation, just one god DAMMIT

[@legendarygamingchannel805]

@@jkubed95 I had 3 chances and didn’t buy them I’m so dumb

[@SubZeroYT]

@@jkubed95 lmao. I bought a 3090 fe from someone who has a friend that works at nvidia for 2k. It is one of the review samples so its tested and top of the line quality and parts to you know, for reviewers. Has slight coil whine though.

[@Jimster481]

@@SubZeroYT 2k? wow that is a shit price

[@Randomthingsbyme63]

@@legendarygamingchannel805 amd just made that a wise descision 😗

[@foobarbazbaa5598]

Can't wait to be able to buy one of these for Christmas 2021

[@ClonesDream]

*Christmas 2025

[@Yajiro8]

*Christmas 2077

[@centralintelligenceagency9003]

Pff, good luck getting one before 3080.

[@nhooks]

2:50 Missed everything you said for about 10 seconds while watching the dust settle...

[@_Sh4d0ws_]

I was blowing at my screen lol

[@fancycavegaming620]

To me it moved more like a small spider on a web than a piece of dust.

[@jmporkbob]

Yeah, I was thinking spider, too.

[@Knailz]

I paused just to look for this comment. lol

[@AJ-hn8qw]

yeah, starts at 2:45. i totally zoned out

[@LastSecBloomer]

So, it's 2080Ti for half the price, a lot smaller, with lower power draw and improved DLSS...it's ok by me.

[@Akumetsubg]

The issue is , you can buy a 2080ti, you cant buy this for now.

[@thealien_ali3382]

Yep correct

[@Gurka9999]

And think the 2080 ti can be found for the same price or lower, (at least when 3080 launched). It seems to actually sit between 2080 super and 2080 ti in many titles as well.

[@johnathanera5863]

@@Akumetsubg and? Literally not a problem.

[@jimmayorga1863]

@Slakers No, the 1080 ti was in 2080 level of performance.

[@scannerbarkly]

To be honest I have zero interest in watching this video for the actual card, as the launch will just be another shitshow of incompetence. Watching this strictly to support GN, you guys are doing god's work.

[@PsiQ]

listened to the start, jumped over some of the noise charts to the FPS in games (4K?) and then to the final conclusion. i am so bored by the 30xx release by now and since the 3070 is not going to be really great at anything, except hopefully bringing down the price of older 20xx models... **meh! :-/ **

[@CPowell133]

16:05 - These gaming charts are always valuable. Sitting on a GTX 1070 currently and really taking a hard look at the 3070/3080 since I was planning on building a new system this holiday season. Really will be interesting if Big Navi can be disruptive.

[@JhanSolo332]

New gpu's releases Me: spends entire day at work watching reviews/teardowns.

[@buniteer]

As I'm doing right now lol. It's been almost an hour of watching reviews. I should probably get back to it

[@Doobie3010]

Given the prices these things will be gouged for,it’s going to be more a ‘Tear-downer’ than a teardown!

[@yudhistiramelody3449]

Same lol

[@SkavenUK]

Steve: Just hitting the market Market: Where? Scalpers with bots: LELELELELLELELELELELELELELE

[@campkira]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHTWZ62Agsutr5o

[@SirNickyT]

In the first few minutes Steve said "This is fine" almost as many times as Intel said 4700u.

[@MidweekLicense7]

Was really happy and fortunate I was able to buy the 3070 founders edition today, it was a much needed upgrade since I’m nowhere as knowledgeable compared to my friends with computers and had been using my first pc they put together back in 2014 using a Gtx 760. I recently put together my new pc about 3 weeks ago hoping to get the 3070 on the 15th which would’ve been a nice birthday present but glad I was able to purchase one today. Love your video and I can’t wait to get mine on Nov 5th!

[@MaikelAt]

Thanks for the review GN! & Congrats for having the best review channel in existence!👌🏽👊🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@edh615]

A lil Blender with optix render time would be much appreciated.

[@RaihanSaputraa]

Optimum Tech have Blender Optix benchmarks

[@astronemir]

@@rous3369 thanks man. Interesting

[@stibjan4568]

Would you guys be able to add vr games to the benchmark suite? Nearly no-one on the internet (that I could find) does head to head benchmarks in vr. Which is a space where the 3000 series cards actually shine and the upgrade might be valid.

[@CyberMew]

Exactly! Just do it with Alyx already..

[@joost1183]

Agreed. With the high resolutions VRAM should also become more apparant.

[@kronusaerospace8872]

I believe they've discussed it before. Can't remember the specific video. But the general answer was that they've experimented with it, and determined it was way too much hassle for what it's worth. Because let's face it, we VR users represent a minuscule portion of his audience.

[@Exata1337]

@@kronusaerospace8872 while true, this doesnt seem to stop any reviewer from tossing out 4k benchmarks more than any other, despite the amount of ppl running 4k monitors being the near equivalent to the amount of people with a VR kit at home lol

[@hannessteffenhagen61]

@@Exata1337 you don't even need a 4k monitor to measure 4k performance, can't say the same about vr

[@TheSpanjaMan]

Go Gamers Nexus! The best, most detailed reviews. I love your work. Very interesting and obviously done with a lot of love. Keep up. I hope to contribute somehow myself as soon as I get back on my feet. A big hello from a poet in Croatia

[@jonathanhaney9235]

Was anyone else distracted by the somewhat large dust particle zooming around during ~2:30?

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Was more distracted by "das blinken (RAM) lights" off to the left of Steve. :-)

[@chrelleren6729]

Jonathan Haney tf kinda resolution u watch on lmao can’t see anything on my iPad

[@jonathanhaney9235]

@@chrelleren6729 1920x1080 I use Arch BTW.

[@potatosmasher1072]

Where?

[@pablogonzalezhermosilla4210]

@@potatosmasher1072 first it appears to the right side of Steve's head, then moves up.

[@herr_L.]

The amount of information you guys provide in your review videos has gotten to such an mind blowing amount, I am purely impressed. Kudos to you !

[@prinzseptimii9660]

Thanks Steve!! I bought a 3070 Black Gaming from EVGA because it was one of only a few in stock at my local Micro Center. I really wanted the 3080 but this had plenty in stock so might as well. It's a huge upgrade from my 1080Ti which I loved dearly. Nearly all my title games have maxed itself to 144fps or close to it on 1440P. I'm pleased. If it's meant to be a 2080Ti replacement, I'm still happy I have a 2080Ti for half the price ;)

[@Losimantom]

Thanks for the awesome review again GN. Congratulations on 1m.

[@vcjester]

Always the best reviews, and you never have to break NDA early. :D

[@kentbergstrom3020]

RTX 3070 "Out of Stock Edition" Review.

[@tuberoyful]

Spot on bro! 😡 This s*# is crazy and just for jerk off's to sit up in our faces with dumb s"# destroying it laughing at us who wanted it so bad, never minding the fact that all we wanted, was to pay the original 'msrp'.

[@jordyd8916]

Thank you for finaly mentioning the (legendary) 970GTX! No other tests even mention this card anymore, while it still has a market share according to steam. The 3.5 gig is seriously lacking going over 1080p though. I suppose the time has come to open my wallet again.

[@farriss]

I have the GTX970, and will replace my GTX970 with this NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition this week. I will keep the GTX970 btw....

[@nitroxide17]

Most technical reviewer on YT. Wonderful work Steve!

[@MrPugheaven]

Great review as per usual, so much so, I bought a mat, lets hope it gets to the UK :-) nice work, keep it up!

[@aedelya]

It hurts my soul to see the 1080 on these charts.. but at the same time it's good to see an upgrade is finally worth it

[@zycane]

I miss the good old days, when you could get superb great GPUs for 300 bucks or less.

[@libertyprime9307]

I mean you still can. 5600 XT destroys 1080p and entry-level 1440p and that's last generation. Just watch how fucking good the RTX 3060 and RX 6600 will be, they will be around $300.

[@Waldherz]

Minimum wages went up in many places, more checks are in place for health and security at the mines and factories (yes mines. Go think about where the silicone comes from). Also inflations plays a role. Be glad that the cards cost more. It means that a lot of people get at least a little bit more money.

[@timothygibney5656]

6700xt may do so. 6600xt is also in the works

[@WetaMantis]

@@Waldherz Yea I guess the mining of SAND takes big part in the final price of your card... Not.

[@bencoory5917]

@@Waldherz Most of that money unfortunately goes to the people high up the chain who don't really need it

[@tjkrueger2655]

It's almost two years later, and I feel lucky to have just picked one up at msrp...

[@98ma]

Never clicked so fast. Skipping from MKBHD's PS5 unboxing.

[@kevsaccount3644]

Bring on rdna2, Nvidia have had been bleeding consumers dry for years.

[@arnau7233]

I mean, we know who's the beast !

[@BraveInstance]

You're subbed to Marcus Brownlee? Seems a bit basic, I get all my tech reviews from iJustine.

[@jeroen9424]

I like how KZbin never recommended mkbhd to me. I do watch gn ltt and jays2c. And different tech tech tubers.

[@Weaver_Games]

MKBHD makes bare minimum, surface level videos devoid of any meaningful content. I will never understand his popularity.

[@WildkatPhoto]

Sorry Steve, Im not really interested in this. I want the review of the Nvidia bike.

[@lrmcatspaw1]

Damn bike fanbois.... :D

[@godsbane6347]

It's already up, and it wasn't good xD

[@edgain1502]

Yeah, sick of this gpu shit. I asked for a Steve/Vince e bike showdown.

[@7rich79]

Especially the Jensen leather seat edition

[@sm428]

That bike comes with a RGB headlight what should shine 1,7x faster!!

[@musich13]

As a casual consumer most of this goes in one ear and out the other (which is probably to be expected) but I really appreciate the depth of information you provide in these reviews.

[@aqulex84]

Great 45minutes Video from Igor and now your 34 minutes on top + Linus approach of 10 minutes. Thats gonna be a great evening. Much love from Germany guys. And keep up your great work.

[@2007farenheit]

Can’t wait for the big Navi review. Hoping to get my hands on one on launch 🙌🤞

[@denesk2794]

I love Nvidia's new "virtual" line of products that only exist on reviews and "how to attempt to destroy one of the only 100 cards that exist" videos :)

[@johnsmith-fk7fw]

we watch streamers play our games for us, KZbinrs break our gpus for us

[@giglioflex]

Hey, they got to get those reviews out before AMD launches their cards. Wouldn't want reviewers comparing AMD's new cards to the terrible pricing of Turing. Instead Nvidia launches first and gets praise for providing good value cards, despite prices still be higher than normal. Brilliant move by them, they created a problem they fixed and got praised for it. It's good to see GamersNexus hasn't fallen for it though.

[@DimiS1978]

@@giglioflex Ah yes, again, put all the blame on Nvidia for AMD's failures. Nvidia ANNOUNCED their launch event almost a month in advance. On September 1st, AMD knew everything they needed to know to get ahead of Nvidia but what did they do? Nothing apart from announcing an annoucement of a launch event. Like gtfo with that bs.

[@david8FCB]

@@DimiS1978 AMD just dabbed on Nvidia lmao

[@DimiS1978]

@@david8FCB dabbed? What are you 3 years old? There are no official 3rd party benchmarks yet. $50 less than a 3080 is nothing, not even the price of 1 game.

[@Carlos165]

"yeah, we've got one"

[@Wahinies]

Omg I even heard it in the voice. The verge went viral for the wrong reasons XD

[@thesedays1985]

And just like that, I was looking for a 3070 review and I found the best reviewer and tech channel I didn't know about.

[@nekron75]

- Dude, your room is full of spiderwebs, way to go all out for Halloween! - No, just still waiting for my nVidia 3000 card...

[@arfmf]

Ha! I watched this video and all I see is the glass cleaining industry hidden "ad-genda"! Don't deny it! /s

[@GamersNexus]

Don't forget the compressed air and the PCB cleaner!

[@Doobie3010]

@@GamersNexus A ‘clean’ sweep!

[@shmenged]

beautiful words at the end about upgrading. thank you. :)

[@shmenged]

**not upgrading

[@limestone_xyz]

would love to see some production benchmarks next time :)

[@supraman215]

Thanks for mentioning 970 hangers on like myself lol. This is exactly the cars I was looking at. I game some but not a ton so this looks like a good option.

[@CarthagoMike]

Ah yes the one rtx 3070 review I've actually been waiting for, rather than those other ones that spammed my inbox!

[@SuperTort0ise]

I love waking up to a GN video

[@massimiliano1306]

2:50 dust particle falling from right eye to black shirt and finally on table. it's magical!

[@JayJayYUP]

Love how the Asus TUF is just decimating everything in relevant performance metrics for gamers.

[@Yajiro8]

Asus is going to price the 3070 Tuf at $695 because they now know they made the best card too cheap.

[@The1Mischief]

Oh yeah, was waiting for a Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme for $900, but a $700 TUF for a 1-3% difference in performance and superior cooling/build quality? Yes, please! Too bad Asus is only manufacturing the TUF OC now (more profitable). I

[@Hogdriva]

@@The1Mischief all of the AIB partner models are like this for both the 3080 and 3090. 1% differences and such.

[@depth386]

Yeah it’s funny, the TUF line of products has had a really TUF time for years and then bam! Big quality. Though honestly, who in their right mind would dare to make a garbage $700 USD card? I think that’s basically why.

[@markscars1069]

Now that availability and prices are approaching levels I am comfortable with, I’m going to replace my MSI GTX 1070 with an FE RTX 3070, so this video is just perfect. Thanks so much for including the 1070 in the tables, really helps understand the gain.

[@divinedragon88]

Pretty much in the same field; I've a GTX 1070 Ti and will replace it with the RTX 3070. Because of him adding the 1070 to the charts helped me decide to subscribe his channel.

[@meatforge]

Just won the best buy lottery and bought one for msrp. Also upgraded from a 1070. Totally worth it.

[@jonathanbartley3727]

That piece of lint falling down the center of the frame was so majestic 2:52

[@WiseGuy3683]

This was a really good review. Very thorough.

[@TheBeardofDOOM]

Hooray for paper launch v2.0

[@scarface50377]

Finally after a year and a half the cards are at msrp and easier to find. I feel bad for anyone who spent 1k plus on one

[@drewg3087]

Always good to wait! Just got me one for $304 shipped lightly used. Stoked. Having said that I’m selling my used ASUS Tuf Gaming 3070. Too damn big!!

[@realWARPIG]

You guys are both buying used bullshit. Go get new prices.

[@heyarno]

Those are the most sophisticated tests I have seen on any graphics card review on youtube.

[@peace_maybenot]

Hey thanks for including the 1070 in the gaming benchmarks

[@bananya6020]

nice, can't wait for 2022 when I can actuslly get my hands on one.

[@sirius4k]

One day, random internet commentator! One day!

[@bananya6020]

@@sirius4k honestly i already lost hope

[@Yajiro8]

You just need to learn to click faster than a bot. I believe in you!

[@sirius4k]

@@Yajiro8 You mean you have to outbot the bots?

[@Yajiro8]

@@sirius4k With pure human reflexes honed to perfection through non-stop training.

[@sergeiyoel9142]

I'm only interested in zen3 and big navi but I'll still watch to support GN for the outstanding work you do

[@Walhor]

@EUROPOL Intl. S. Let's wait for real benchmarks before we make final conclusions

[@andrew6978]

@EUROPOL Intl. S. Wait and see. They are powering next gen consoles don't forget.

[@david8FCB]

@EUROPOL Intl. S. Anyone with an actual developed brain has seen the credible stream of info that rdna 2 is out to trade blows

[@massi940]

Steve, I have a GTX 980 reference card that I overclocked and is surprisingly not melting itself to death and still holds up decently @1080p! I always think about what you say on e-waste when I look at newer GPUs. This year will probably be the last one for the card because it's a fucking airplane, but I'm happy I held on to it until I felt a real and logical reason to upgrade. Sometimes it's hard to not get carried away by the moment and buy something that you think you need even tho it's not entirely true. Thanks for keeping it real.

[@davidwatson8142]

Great job as always.

[@flepgg]

Anyone else noted at 2:48 a little plume starts descending from top to bottom in front of Steve? Was so gracious that I missed everything he said during that haha

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Still watching "das blinken RAM lights" to the left of him. :-)

[@Logic-Films]

Early gang! I'm still waiting on my 3080 I ordered on launchday.. This is looking tempting.

[@MrSkillz76]

The beginning of this video got me hyped for the next couple days.

[@makinggreatbread]

How about adding video editing tests with these gaming tests? Like how these cards stack up on DaVinci Resolve where GPU ram and cores might mean something.

[@brandonbajc2084]

What settings are you guys running horizon zero dawn at? You say "custom" in the video. Wondering because I get drastically different numbers with my 3080 in that game. I know cpu matters but the difference im seeing shouldn't be that large.

[@JeffNoel]

Thank you so much for including the 1070 in there. Now the dilemma: wait for a 3080 to show up or jump on the 3070 bandwagon...

[@DogInANautSuit]

I think it depends on the retail price in your country thou. The 3070 is only about 200 USD apart from each other in mine and I'm compelled to get the 3080 instead.

[@sesgow]

I assume what he said about the 1070 applies to me with a 1060 so I’ll definitely be on the watch for partner models and stuff like that for 3070 and 3080 and possibly see if they release a 3060

[@Vhalikuporamee447]

The answer is to compare vs. AMD and make your decision then, and no sooner.

[@senectarius9685]

Always wait for Partner Models. And wait for AMD. ITS Always worth to wait " a little"

[@frangarcia1699]

Just wait for 3070 super and 3080 when amd launches their gpu.

[@ironmaiden5658]

Great channel.. MSI RTX2080Ti owner here. With an added bios and an EK waterblock... I can't justify the upgrade to the 3xxx series.

[@commercio3564]

Wow most in-depth review of this card I've seen.

[@BurntFaceMan]

Linus review: Go buy this now, its not great but its ok. GN Review: Don't buy this unless you need it, and don't add to the already stupid scalping and over-consumerism, marketing BS

[@AcidDotDrop]

Both are basically "not great but ok"...

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

6 months from now they'll come out with the Super series at the same price so I'll take my time with a purchase and maybe check out the AMD benchmarks in the meantime as well

[@thiqboi69official33]

Im sitting in line to pick one up now. Been here 9 hours. Can't wait

[@Ace-tw4fl]

So happy we can get for them 400 dollars now

[@todayonthebench]

"If you are happy with the video card you have now there is no reason for you to upgrade just because something new came out, hold on to it, make the cards that you have last as long as you can and then upgrade when it really truely makes sense because you are unhappy with the performance you have." Is a good statement, I have been running a pair of GTX660 cards for a few years now. Though, have been thinking of upgrading to a pair of 1650 or similar. I run two cards due to having a lot of monitors, I don't run SLI, though some workstation tasks I work with could really make use of some more modern GPUs.... But main reason I am interested in upgrading is to reduce system power consumption... (Gets a bit toasty in summer...)

[@gerhardsmith7892]

Don't buy the 1650, buy the super if you are going for it, the 1650 is really sad when compared with the super just for a few bucks of difference

[@thegamehud8214]

i am happy with my 3090

[@legros731]

@@thegamehud8214 nobody care about your gpu man shut up

[@michaelschueffler]

@Patrick Soto They're using it for work, not gaming.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

@@michaelschueffler That's even more reason not to buy the bottom of a stack.

[@Huleboer99]

Still gonna wait on RDNA price and performance.

[@Morpheus-pt3wq]

Don´t forget the drivers lottery with AMD...

[@IcoNexcalib3R]

@@Morpheus-pt3wq yup drivers..... id pay $500 dollars more for stability. Did AMD cards once I ain't doing it again. I'll happily wait.

[@EarthIsFlat456]

The 6900XT is on par with the 3080 so the 6800XT or whatever should be on par with the 3070.

[@ShawFujikawa]

@@victorsegoviapalacios4710 AMD showed a card with 3080 or just under 3080 performance at their Zen 3 event. If anything, an AMD shill would accuse him of undershooting by calling that unknown card the 6900xt.

[@davidashurov5255]

@@ShawFujikawa we got some borderlands 3 footage and some performance numbers for a gpu we dont know specifically which, for all we know it was the 6900 XTX(thats the name) which if thats the case their limited stock gpu does not impress me. Might as well buy a 6800 xt and bios flash it to an xtx

[@DrManhattan_]

Thanks for the great content once again boys

[@rookieray8327]

I would be interested to know how much power is being drawn through the motherboard's PCIe slot (75W max spec) and how much from the PSU's 8 pin PCIe power connector (150W max spec)? Surely this card is drawing more power than the official specifications for these? I hope this gets the same mention as it did when the RX 480 first launched and was found to be drawing too much power from the motherboard.

[@WarbossRB]

Literally the only review worth a damn

[@Dudi4PoLFr]

GN + OC3D + Guru3D online review, everybody else is a bonus

[@EarthIsFlat456]

That's simply not true. GN does great reviews but so do a couple of other reviewers such as Hardware Unboxed and Digital Foundry.

[@david8FCB]

@@EarthIsFlat456 Digital Foundry are sellouts lmao

[@chrono_tigger]

@@Dudi4PoLFr TechPowerUp does some good reviews as well. Otherwise Ye I agree.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@EarthIsFlat456 The Digital Foundry review of the 3070 is crap. GN's _thorough_ review blew DF's lazy review out of the water.

[@MetroidPrime35]

Man, I just realized something. I really wish I could enjoy your content, but it's like one long run-on sentence. I'm pretty sure if you didn't have to breathe you would never pause. I hope this doesn't sound rude, because that's not how I mean it. I feel like it's something you might think about in the future though.

[@sapphie132]

Thank you for the review. Now I just need to figure out whether or not I'm unhappy enough with my 1080ti's performance to upgrade. Meh, I should probably just drop down to high settings.

[@depth386]

I find the 30% PWM thing interesting. I can run my case fans at 20% and sometimes 1 of them stopped spinning at that setting so it was borderline.

[@ItsRossinator]

Me: Wow this is actually a great price to performance card Also me: as if it'll actually sell for msrp

[@santiagoferrari1973]

it will eventually. If you want to have it fast, pay then. Else, wait 3-4 months and get one.

[@ItsRossinator]

@@santiagoferrari1973 nah, I'll probably just pick up a 6800xt instead.

[@daedalus6433]

@@ItsRossinator If that doesn't sell out instantly.

[@__Mr.White__]

So you didn't bought your 3080 for msrp? Why not?

[@daedalus6433]

@@__Mr.White__ Because none of them are at MSRP?

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

I listen to so many tech channels that I can't remember who said it, but it was reported that some retailer had 500 of these as if that was something to brag about. Show me Newegg's, Amazon's, or Best Buy's parking lot with an 18-wheeler unloading pallets of the things and maybe I'll be impressed.

[@Weaver_Games]

All of Denmark to date has gotten like three hundred 3080s and they have like 8900 pre-orders still unfulfilled. nVidia is stupid as hell for not making more of these cards. I don't care what "historic launches" were like - you make the best generational performance leap in over a decade and couple that with a pandemic where every tech worker is stuck at home and you get yourself easily tenfold demand of the 2000 series. Probably more. When microcenters are getting 12 cards but had a line up of 200 people there's a fucking problem and I don't care if Jensen wants to call it a "demand problem, not a supply problem" it's a goddamn supply problem. I've been watching every retailer in my country like a hawk and I'm convinced my entire country has not seen a new shipment of these cards since launch day.

[@arkdesign9517]

@@Weaver_Games think nvidia got fucked royally by samsung and everyone bashes nvidia for it. Despite getting fucked, these cards saw 10x the demand, and that's how we got here

[@theprofessor131]

Can you look into nVidia's OC Scanner on these Ampere cards? It'd be very interesting to see how the easiest overclocking option compares to the limited manual option this generation, especially on cards like the RTX 3080 TUF or FTW3 with a good deal of thermal headroom but not much for power.

[@alt5494]

GN has Nvidia said what type of surface coating they are using on the aluminum heatsink? If not could you possibly ask next time you ask other questions. Thanks

[@maddisonmad2710]

"970 holders" Oh that might be me

[@ILOVEGERMANTECHNO]

Oh yay, another card we can’t buy.

[@vaiman7777]

haha sums it up really

[@macpac22]

Ordered mine this morning. Its perfect for what I need.

[@TheUplink777]

Who is this awesome new sponsor “Us” They even covered Kyles review today.

[@AMNHM]

we get it nvidia you can make a 2080 ti

[@istvanjuhasz7621]

You are not just a clown, you are the entire circus

[@mrsandta]

Honestly, I've lost enthusiasm for NVIDIA 3000 and am just waiting for AMD! Tomorrow! Soon!

[@deathfafara8736]

#metoo

[@1Life2Little]

Same... not gonna buy a damn 8gb GPU LUL

[@THEpicND]

@@1Life2Little yeah 8gb for 1440p or 4k in 2020... what were they thinking

[@roadhouseguy]

Great content and conclusion. Love my 2070 Super at 1440p. Maybe another year of AAA RTXOn. Will see if new consoles up game engines.

[@liquidusog422]

I wont even bother try and buy one of those!! Still in queue 370 after almost two months of pre ordering 3080:D Just going and hope for BIG NAVI now!

[@TheExcelon87]

I love that you're not just like, "Wow! Buy this now!" like some others. I do want to experience ray tracing in all its glory when CyberPunk releases so I will have to get off the 10 series sometime soon.

[@FSXgta]

Wake me up when we can run games at full path ray tracing with 100+fps

[@Trebiane]

@@FSXgta Yeah maybe in a couple generations...

[@FSXgta]

@@Trebiane im just saying, the limited usage and loss of performance will make me not use ray tracing

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

People were laughing at Quake 2 and Minecraft but realistically games like that are the only viable options for now. Nvidia should have pushed the "relive your favorite classics in a new light" angle rather than trying to shoehorn raytracing onto already computationally intensive modern titles. The net effect for the average customer would be paying a lot of money for a sidegrade plus incrementally more realistic reflections that are honestly hard to notice, assuming they're moving from something like a 960 to a 2060 with RTX on. DLSS is looking like a winner but it took so long to get going that it nearly skipped the 20-series product cycle.

[@clayton8405]

like cyberpunk is ever going to release

[@blgDemon]

I was browsing new sites for information about 3070. I guess, after that video, I don't have to anymore :D

[@EpicHardware]

damn, i was making a video about blender performance of 3070 only to found out i was late :/ Great review as always!

[@chrissbibar9735]

Dang nexus and LTT almost uploaded. 3070 review at the same time... finish the LTT now watching the boss

[@tomerharduf1]

I have been pressing F5 for a few minutes waiting for the reviews. Hopefully gonna buy the 3070 in Thursday!

[@cerysnomi]

lol u got no chance if goes same as 3080 and 3090 launches

[@tomerharduf1]

@@cerysnomi I am going to try and buy it off newegg, they published the exact time the rtx 3070s will go up on their store

[@cerysnomi]

I tried to buy 3080 and they took my cash but I’m still waiting for delivery date :(

[@wishusknight3009]

@@timno9804 I think the demand at this point is a little over estimated. 150k sounds about right when most major chains are reporting about 2000 on their waiting lists. And that is for about 20 odd retailers if i counted right.

[@wishusknight3009]

​@@timno9804 If they manage to get them out the door. Llately AMD has been proving they are a significantly better CPU company. They need to have something that can soundly beat the 3070 at a lower price (with solid drivers) in order for people to take it seriously. If its anything less than that, then it will probably whimper out like Radeon VII and the 5700XT did. And that would be a real shame. They have not had a really solid winner since the 5870 and they really need to fire on all cylinders to pull off some market again. And I have my doubts sadly. And this is coming form a long time AMD/ATI fanboy. I decided on the 5700XT earlier this year and I have no regrets with it. It has been a great card with no driver issues in my case, but i really only got it because I wanted an all AMD build again after so many years. Not because its price was compelling. RDNA 2 better knock it out of the park. Ok maybe the 7970 arguably, but kepler was a pretty strong product at the time.