GIGABYTE RTX 4070 SUPER

The MSRP cards we tested yesterday were pretty impressive, offering a good performance uplift from the RTX 4070, while still hitting the same MSRP of the older model. However, if you did want to spend another £50, and there’s seemingly good reason to do so, the Gigabyte non-MSRP variant of the RTX 4070 Super holds up really well in our testing. The card has a much larger and more refined cooling solution, and largely that’s the bulk of what you’re paying for as there’s an increased materials cost. However, the card runs cooler, quieter, and comes with a bigger factory boost clock right out of the box. The increased cost is certainly justified by improved performance pretty much across the board here. For the most part, the less expensive Gigabyte card even managed to outperform the more premium ASUS card too, which was surprising, but I’m sure the folks at Gigabyte aren’t going to complain about that conclusion.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER AORUS Master is the company's top of the line custom-design based on the new GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER that goes on sale from today. GIGABYTE's coveted AORUS Gaming brand has several tiers, with the AORUS Master and AORUS Xtreme being the top ones. The company also has a more affordable AORUS Elite product among its custom RTX 4070 SUPER lineup. NVIDIA today kicked off its RTX 40 SUPER series, a mid lifecycle refresh for the RTX 40-series Ada, which aims to give gamers more performance at existing price points, by increasing shaders, or in some cases, even more memory. NVIDIA recommends the RTX 4070 SUPER for no holds barred AAA gaming at 1440p with ray tracing, although our testing with even the older RTX 4070 has shown these cards to be capable of 4K Ultra HD gameplay, if you know your way around your game's settings, or can get GeForce Experience to pick the right settings for you. You can also take advantage of DLSS, which is supported on nearly every new AAA and e-sports release these days, or even the newer DLSS 3 Frame Generation.