GIGABYTE - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black

I upgraded from the 3070 8 gigabytes. The jump in performance for 1440 gaming is quite substantial and I can set ultra quality on everything at that resolution. I also have a VR setup with the Reverb G2 and I can play Alyx at Ultra. It now appears more realistic and it feels more immersive. The game said I'm playing over recommended settings, but nary a hiccup. It is expensive for only 12 gb of VRAM, and a 192 bit memory interface. It's also the most massive card I've ever purchased. I have the Cooler Master square Lan case and I had to remove the front chassis to install it. It was 2 mm too long and I had to loosen the fan give it clearance (view photo, and please excuse my laziness when it comes to cable management). You should measure your case before purchasing. Yes, it's expensive, but this thing built like a tank. Cooling is not an issue and it doesn't get too hot under full load, even being slightly overclocked. The maximum wattage is 285 under full load. That's about 60-70 more watts than the 3070, so you will need a PSU of 750 watts. I ran the User Benchmark test. With the 3070, it was 153% and described as the "bee's knees." The 4070 ti was at 248% and described as "off the charts." If you can afford it, get it. The regular 4070 is good for 1440 as well I hear for $200 less. My current chipset is the Z390 chipset using a i7 9700K Intel Coffee Lake with 32 gigabytes of DDR 4 RAM.

****THIS CARD IS HUGE*** You have been warned, please make sure it fits your case before purchasing, Now that that is out the way, this card is excellent, it runs smooth, plays all my games with ease, runs nice and cool. The app is basic and easy to use for the GPU, I hated the process of installing the bracket for it but its a must and holds the card in place quite nicely. For the price I couldn't be happier vs getting a 3090ti. I generally get EVGA but since they stopped making cards Gigabyte has impressed me. Solid card and will run anything you throw at it IMO.

For the record, I didn’t upgrade to this card from a previous gen nvidia card. I had a 6700 XT that wasn’t cutting it on my 4K TV so yeah, I might have paid too much for this, but the difference is night and day. So far it’s chewed through every AAA game I’ve thrown at it and even in my tiny micro-ATX case it keeps temps under 65. I do plan on undervolting and changing the fan curves a bit but that’s mostly to deal with the noise as it is louder than I want it to be when ramped up. All in all I think this was a good generation to get back into Nvidia. Yeah the price hikes on these suck but somehow I just don’t think it’s going to be coming down without making some compromises.