Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Review: Extra VRAM Is Great, Perf Increase... Not So Much

Summary

The video reviews Nvidia's new RTX 4070 TI Super graphics card, which offers upgrades over the standard RTX 4070 TI with more memory, bandwidth and compute units. Benchmarks show the 4070 TI Super falls between the 4070 TI and 4080 in performance, with gains over the 4070 TI ranging from small to more substantial depending on the game. The card competes well against AMD's offering and last-gen Nvidia cards, providing a comfortable 4K gaming experience. However, it doesn't quite match the value boost offered by the cheaper 4070 Super.

Takeaways

• 😀 RTX 4070 Ti Super offers upgrades over regular 4070 Ti - more memory, bandwidth, cores, but positioning is tricky vs 4080
• 🤔 Performance often falls midway between 4070 Ti and 4080, sometimes closer to 4080, sometimes not much better than 4070 Ti
• 👍 Beats RTX 3090 overall, gets up to 3090 Ti territory in some games
• 📈 Up to 15% performance uplift over regular 4070 Ti in ray tracing games
• 💰 Replaces 4070 Ti at same price point, extra memory a boon for 4K gaming
• 😕 In rasterization, gains over 4070 Ti often only 5-8%, AMD can be faster
• 🤷‍♂️ Hard to justify gaps between 4070 Ti Super and 4080
• 🎮 Good fit for 1440p or 4K gaming with some tweaks, matches or beats consoles
• 🔥 Struggles in some games to differentiate itself from 4070 Ti
• 👌 Decent card overall but lacks excitement and consistency of value boosts

Q & A

What new graphics card has Nvidia just launched?

Nvidia has launched the RTX 4070 TI Super, an updated version of the RTX 4070 TI graphics card.

How does the RTX 4070 TI Super compare to the non-Super version?

The RTX 4070 TI Super offers upgrades like more memory (16GB vs 12GB), more bandwidth, 10% more CUDA cores, and a faster boost clock speed.

What GPU silicon is the RTX 4070 TI Super based on?

The RTX 4070 TI Super is based on the AD103 silicon, the same as the RTX 4080.

How much faster is the RTX 4070 TI Super than the RTX 3090?

In tests, the RTX 4070 TI Super was about 12-17% faster than the RTX 3090 depending on the game and settings.

How does the 4070 TI Super compare to the RTX 4080?

The RTX 4080 is generally 14-18% faster than the RTX 4070 TI Super, so there is still a clear performance gap.

Why does the 4070 TI Super seem to perform better with ray tracing versus rasterization?

The extra memory bandwidth of the 4070 TI Super (compared to the non-Super) likely helps more in ray traced games.

What resolutions is the RTX 4070 TI Super suited for?

With 16GB of memory, the 4070 TI Super is likely more suited for 4K gaming than the non-Super 12GB model.

How does the 4070 TI Super perform in the latest games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2?

Using DLSS and tweaking settings, it can deliver very good frame rates at 4K in those demanding games.

Is the 4070 TI Super better value than the non-Super model?

No, the price is the same but gains are smaller and less consistent than RTX 4070 Super over 3080.

What can we expect from the upcoming RTX 4080 Super based on this 4070 TI Super?

The RTX 4080 Super should offer a more clear and consistent performance uplift over the 4080 since it will also get upgraded silicon.

Outlines

00:00

😀 RTX 4070 Ti Super Offers Modest Gains Over Non-Super

The RTX 4070 Ti Super offers a 12% performance gain over the RTX 3090 in Dying Light 2 and 15% over the RTX 3090 in Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing enabled. However, gains over the non-super RTX 4070 Ti range from only 5-8% in some games to up to 15% in others. The extra memory bandwidth helps in some titles but overall performance sits between the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080.

05:01

🤔 Performance Varies Between Compute-Limited and Bandwidth-Limited Games

There seems to be two categories of games - those that are compute-limited where the RTX 4070 Ti Super has only a 5-8% gain over the non-super card, and those where the extra 33% memory bandwidth has more impact with gains up to 15%. So performance falls somewhere between the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 depending on the game.

10:02

😕 Underwhelming Gains Over Non-Super 4070 Ti in Some Titles

In some titles like Returnal, there is very little performance difference between the RTX 4070 Ti Super and non-super card - just a 4 point lead at 4K. This is disappointing given the specs. The RTX 4080 is in a completely different class, with a mammoth 24% lead over the 4070 Ti Super in this game.

15:04

👍 Does the Job But No Match for RTX 4080

In summary, the RTX 4070 Ti Super does what it needs to at its price point and is likely better suited for 4K gaming than its predecessor thanks to extra memory bandwidth and capacity. However, it sits considerably behind the more expensive RTX 4080, either substantially behind or at best halfway between the non-super 4070 Ti and 4080 in performance.

Keywords

💡graphics cards

The video reviews Nvidia's new RTX 4070 TI Super graphics card. Graphics cards are computer components that process and output visual images to a display. The RTX 4070 TI Super is part of Nvidia's latest generation of GPUs offering improved performance and features over previous graphics cards.

💡ray tracing

Ray tracing refers to an advanced graphics rendering technique that traces the path of light rays to simulate realistic lighting and reflections in 3D environments. The video tests multiple games using ray tracing to evaluate the RTX 4070 TI Super's capabilities.

💡clock speed

The clock speed measures how fast the graphics card's core processor operates. The RTX 4070 TI Super has a 100MHz higher boost clock compared to the standard RTX 4070 TI, meaning it can run at faster speeds during intensive workloads.

💡memory bandwidth

Memory bandwidth determines how fast data can be read from and written to the graphics card's memory. The 4070 TI Super gets a 33% increase in bandwidth over the standard 4070 TI thanks to its upgraded 256-bit memory interface.

💡frame rate

Frame rate refers to how many images (frames) a graphics card can output to the display per second. Higher frame rates result in smoother visuals, especially in games. The video benchmarks frame rates across different resolutions to evaluate performance.

💡CUDA cores

CUDA cores are processing units within Nvidia GPUs that handle tasks like graphics rendering and AI workloads. The 4070 TI Super has 8,488 CUDA cores, 10% more than the standard 4070 TI for improved performance.

💡video encoders

Video encoders enable streaming and recording gameplay footage using the GPU's hardware encoding. The upgraded media block on the 4070 TI Super provides dual video encoders compared to just one on the standard 4070 TI.

💡rasterization

Rasterization refers to the rendering of 2D images from 3D scenes without ray tracing enabled. Rasterization performance is tested in several games to compare the 4070 TI Super against previous graphics cards.

💡upscaling

Upscaling techniques like Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR allow games to render at lower resolutions then upscale to higher target resolutions to boost performance. The video uses DLSS in several games when testing the 4070 TI Super at 4K resolution.

💡path tracing

Path tracing is an advanced form of ray tracing that simulates complex real-world lighting. Alan Wake 2 utilizes path tracing, so it was used to test how the 4070 TI Super handles this demanding rendering technique.

Highlights

RTX 4070 TI Super offers upgrades - more memory, bandwidth, cuticles - over non-super predecessor, for the same price.

4070 TI Super has 8,488 cuticles, 10% more than predecessor, 87% of 4080's complement.

4070 TI Super gets improved media block with dual video encoders, vs single encoder on non-super.

In ray tracing tests, 4070 TI Super is circa 3090 Ti level, with leads over 3090 and 470 TI.

4070 TI Super is 23% faster than AMD 7900 XT in ray tracing tests.

In rasterization, 4070 TI Super trails AMD in some games, but still beats 3090 by 10-15%.

4070 TI Super falls between 470 TI and 4080 in performance, sometimes closer to former.

Extra memory bandwidth seems to help 4070 TI Super in some games vs 470 TI.

4070 TI Super replaces 470 TI at same price, and extra RAM helps it at 4K.

4070 TI Super comfortably beats 3090, but doesn't offer value boost like $599 4070.

4070 TI Super trails 4080 significantly in some games despite same base silicon.

4070 TI Super is fine for 4K with tweaks, but no match for 4080 despite specs.

4070 TI Super ahead of 3090 TI but not consistently 15%+ faster than 470 TI.

4070 TI Super can't provide value boost of 4070 Super, but replaces 470 TI.

4070 TI Super is clearly no 4080 despite same silicon, an in-between product.

Transcripts

nvidia's super refresh line of updated

RTX 40 series graphics cards continues

with the launch of the RTX 4070 TI super

an ungainly named arrival that seeks to

replace its non-s super counterpart

offering a range of upgrades more memory

bandwidth a lot more more cuticles and

16 GB of frame buffer memory all for the

same money as the outgoing nons super TI

on paper the specs look good but in

reality Nvidia needs to strike a balance

here we can't expect the card to be

within Striking Distance of the existing

RTX 480 because the specs suggest the

480 super won't be that much better push

too hard on 4070 TI super and there'll

be no market for the final entry in the

super refresh the specs do look good

though it's got to be said 4070 TI super

is based on the same ad 103 silicon as

the RDX 480

automatically giving it an advantage

over 47 TTI nons super which used the

lower performing ad 104 TI super has

8,488 cuticles 10% more than its

predecessor and 87% of the 408s

complement meanwhile the new card even

has a 100 MHz boost clock advantage over

the 4080 ad 103 silicon also means that

the 70 series class gets a 156 bit

memory bus up from the

192bit interface in the nons super

predecessor and an impressive 33%

increase to overall bandwidth and

there's more not only uh does AD 103's

256bit interface enable 16 gigs of

memory it means users get the improved

media block with dual video encoders ad

104 on the nons super just got a single

encoder now I actually use an art x 480

in my workstation for Adobe Premier work

and just a little gaming so in this

scenario I found that the 4070 TI super

works just as well uh for review today

we don't have the founders Edition card

because there isn't one unfortunately

similar to rx470 TI Nvidia has handed

this over to thirdparty board

manufacturers to produce their own

models European press were gifted the

MSI Ventus 3x model and I also received

the Asus tough gaming version the Ventus

3x arrives under spec though requiring a

v bios update without that update the

Asus runs about half a per to 3% faster

depending on the game when both should

be reference class boards both are large

relatively cheap looking cards that lack

anything like the aesthetic refinement

or the build quality of a Founders model

their sheer bulen size enough to

register on dris does at least ensure

very quiet operation and good

temperature management the 12vt high

power socket is back the power delivery

while it's the usual assortment of HDMI

2.1 and display port 1.4a video outputs

on the rear of the MSI model though

curiously um the Asus model rather

helpfully gets an additional HDMI port

testing in this review was performed

using the assus tff gaming version of

the RTX 470 TI super but you know the

MSI Ventus with the V bios upgrade

pretty much the same as usual more games

more benchmarks and more resolutions can

be found on my review at eurogamer.net

let's get straight to it we may have ad

103 silicon here but do we actually get

performance that's meaningfully

different to the Box standard 470 TI

let's dig in by looking at raid facing

first and our old friend Dying Light 2

everything starts well here with the

4070 TI super offering up a 12-point

lead over RTX 3090 meaning we're at

Circa 3090 TI level performance an 8

percentage point lead over the 4070 TI

isn't exactly a game-changing

Improvement however and right away we

can see that the kind of Delta scene

between 4070 and 470 super isn't going

to be repeated here there's a handy 23%

lead over RX 7900 XT from AMD but the

RTX 480 which uses the same base silicon

um well that's a good 18 percentage

points ahead so 4070 TI super then more

TI than 4080 on this one uh cyberpunk

2077 operating in pure RT mode here with

no upscaling offers us one of the bigger

increases to overall performance I'm

seeing a 15 percentage Point Advantage

here for 4070 TI super over the 3090

while we're looking at a 10 percentage

point lead over the old RTX 470 TI ACC

creditable boost then while the 43% lead

over amd's closest compe competitor 7900

XT it's another plus point the RTX 480

is only 12 points clear on this one uh

but that rises to 16% if you're gaming

at 4K control next a game that has

traditionally thumbed its nose at the

adaa LEL generation of gpus for NVIDIA

offering substandard gen on genen gains

over the Amper 30 series cards at least

here in the corridor of Doom but the

4070 TI super fares pretty well here

with a 9-point lead over the M39

though this does drop to 6% at 4K The

Wider memory interface may be making a

difference here as even at 1440p

resolution 470 TI super is 12.5% to the

better against its nons super

counterpart at both 1440p and 4K 480 is

only like 14 to 15 percentage points

clear with a 23 to 25 point lead over

7900 XT depending on the resolution this

is clearly a much faster card than amd's

closest comp competitor though that will

likely change fundamentally uh when you

look at this without rate racing enabled

moving to Metro Exodus enhanced Edition

4 a gamees revised version of its

excellent action adventure shooter well

this Remains the only AAA title that

demands the use of a graphics card that

allows for the use of Hardware

accelerated rate racing and until the

new 4A epic arrives it'll always have a

place in our benchmarking Suite RTX 470

TI super humbles the 3090 here with a 14

to 17 point lead whether you're gaming

at 1440p or

2160p 4K pretty impressive I'd say 480s

overall lead cut to around 14 to 16% so

we'll be awaiting the RTX 480 super with

much interest but a Circa 8 percentage

Point increase in performance over the

nons super TI won't exactly be putting

it in the history books so there's an

interesting spread in performance terms

and at best we're looking at a Midway

point between 47 TI and 4080 performance

while at worst we're less than 10%

better than the ti which you know not

exactly hugely compelling that said it

does replace the ti at the same price

and the extra Ram is clearly a boon now

let's move on and take a look at

rasterization where we should expect

more challenges for the ti super and a

Resurgence from AMD here we're looking

at forer Horizon 5 with rt disabled on

Extreme settings with Native rendering

for the best mixture of fine detail

performance along with that signature 4X

MSA the game was designed for on

consoles and it's back to winning ways

for the 470 TI super to a certain extent

You' got a 21 to 22% advantage over RTX

3090 uh which isn't to be sniffed at

that should put it Beyond 3090 TI even

however that's very much down to the Ada

Lovel architecture so differentials

against the outgoing 4070 TI only amount

to around 5 5 to 7% overall which is you

know kind of unimpressive that said

you'll note that 4080 is hardly a power

player here with its own miserly wins

against 4070 TI super as low as just 5%

better depending on resolution 7900 XT

does do well but doesn't come out on top

4070 TI super is a good 13 to 14

percentage points clear prices have been

cut there and I'd expect them to go down

still further based on on what I'm

seeing here moving on Hitman 3 is a

highly performing game well into the

hundreds of frames per second at 1440p

on so many of the cards I tested but

some data points are still worth

mentioning for example it's an AMD

friendly game once RT is factored out

meaning that RX 7900 XT is around 21%

faster than TI super at

1440p the Gap narrowing to quote unquote

just 18% at NE 4K there is undeniably a

class of games that is truly performant

on AMD Hardware punching well above

their weight uh TI super is outclass

there then but with that said it is 13

to 15 points ahead of RTX 3090 so it's

hardly a slouch there have also some

nice gains against 4070 TI at

1440p um somewhat in line with you know

what I was seeing with raid facing

performance in some titles TI super

seems to fall somewhere in the middle

between 4070 TI and 480 which is a state

of affairs we wish was the case across

all tested games and next up a look at a

plague toil ream 470 TI has an 11o

advantage over RTX 3090 so again in 3090

TI territory but that does drop to 7.5

points at -4k against the adaa

competition though we're back to 6 to7

point leads over 470 TI while the 480 is

18 to 19% ahead of the new super RX 7900

XT does very well here with a 10 to4

percentage Point advantage over the new

Nvidia offering depending on whether

you're looking at 1440p or 4K resolution

finally returnal up against last gen

3090 is beaten by a handy 10 points at

1440p otherwise it's uninspiring stuff a

mere fourpoint lead at 4K over the nons

super 4070 TI and it's even worse when

we look at 1440p amazingly enough and

that is the worst Delta found in this

review you can barely tell TI and TI

super apart at both 1440p and 4K I

actually found the RTX 480 to be a

mammoth 24 percentage points clear it's

in a completely different class which

doesn't really make sense to me based on

the specs so look The Benchmark sweet

yeah it's getting on a bit now and will

be refreshed this year but I wanted to

include coverage of other games big ones

that really put the hardware through

their Paces but are probably still being

patched and not ready for full

deployment in our Benchmark Suite these

games happen to be the top three best

game Graphics of 2023 as decided by

Oliver Alex and John cyberpunk 2077 RTO

over drive I'm testing here at 2160p

dlss performance 1800p on the same dlss

level and 1440p dlss balanced 1800p is a

custom set resolution that almost always

looks great on a 4K screen and often

offers significant performance

advantages so here 1800p is 30% more

performant than 4K while 144 40p on dlss

balanced is 53% faster than 4K so look

67 FPS at 4K plays 87 FPS at 1800p plays

102 FPS at

1440p this is all with frame generation

on and in one of the most demanding

areas of the original cyberpunk game 470

TI super can definitely deliver a good

experience on this one same thing with

Alan Wake 2 here though I have had to

use optimized settings I'm using the

medium quality preset for rasterization

equivalent to the ps5s Quality mode

really in combination with Alex's

optimized settings for path tracing

outdoor spaces dense foliage this is

putting the engine through its paces and

its brutal stuff 72 FPS at 4K dlss

performance mode with frame gen playing

91 FPS at 1800p on the same settings a

27% boost with little hit to visual

quality overall meanwhile at 4 40p we're

getting a 52% performance boost over 4K

and this time we've upped the dlss

quality level to its balanced mode

average here 109 FPS so yeah again this

class of card can give you that top tier

path traced experience we just need to

tweak the game as opposed to just

whacking everything up to ultra some

interesting results here in Avatar

frontiers of Pandora running on the high

setting which is basically ps5s quality

mode with a couple of settings pushed up

a notch there's no problem running this

at 4K 60 with dlss balance mode for a 77

FPS average according to this run

through the jungle but lowering that to

1800p once again increases frame rate

significantly with a 38% boost that

gives us an average just north of 100

FPS for those on 1440p displays we test

here in dlss quality mode and our

performance level is now 59% higher than

our 4K output with a 123 FPS average

Avatar is a Simply Stunning game it

scales remarkably well and so it's

little surprised to see the 4070 TI

super run this so well make sure you use

the fixed scaling mode in the video

options though initial results with the

same resolutions tested but on the

default biased scaling mode produce very

very strange results as you can see here

okay so let's wrap all of this up there

isn't quite the same level of excitement

surrounding RTX 470 TI super as there

was with the 4070 super looking at

nvidia's

$599 offering you got proportionately

more cuticles and therefore a more

comfortable and consistent rise to

overall performance the ti super boosts

specs in ways that would not always

guarantee a consistent uptic in

performance so it seems to be the case

that titles generally fall into two

camps games where you get a relatively

poultry 5 to 8% of additional

performance over the outgoing 4070 TI

and then there are other titles which

increase performance to the tune of

anything up to 15% over the nons super

TI I wonder if what we're seeing here

are games that are fundamentally compute

limited and then others where the extra

33% of memory bandwidth actually makes

much more of an impact on the overall

Benchmark results we're seeing here in

summary then 4070 TI super does what it

needs to do at its price point and is

likely more suited to 4K gaming than its

predecessor thanks to the extra memory

band width and the extra memory it can't

provide the kind of value boost the 4070

super does but then again we should

expect more value from the lower-end

product in looking at how the 4070 TI

super compares to the more expensive RTX

480 it's either considerably behind or

at best sits a kind of Midway point

between TI nons super and the 480 it's a

bit of an in between a product then it's

fine does the job comfortably ahead of

3090 comp ahead of 3090 TI but despite

the ad 103 silicon it's clearly no 4080

as for 4080 super well I guess we'll

need to wait and see unless you're

watching this in the future where you

can find out right now but in the

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