GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 OC 2X Graphics Card Review: Out Goes GDDR6X, In Goes GDDR6

GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 OC 2X Unboxing & Closeup

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 2X OC graphics card comes inside a standard cardboard box. The front of the package has a large "GeForce RTX" brand logo along with the "GALAX" logo in the top left corner and a large hooded figure in the middle which is part of the new 'EX Gamer' brand. You can see similar hooded figures on the Serious Gaming packages too.

The packaging puts a large emphasis on the RTX side of things as the first feature enlisted by AIBs will be NVIDIA Ada architecture, Ray Tracing & DLSS support. NVIDIA has bet the future of their gaming GPUs on Ray Tracing support as these are the first cards to offer support for the new feature. The back of the box is very typical, highlighting the main features and specifications of the cards.

There's also a focus towards GeForce.com on each AIB card through which users can download the latest drivers and GeForce Experience application which are a must for gamers to access all feature sets of the new cards.

The sides of the box once again greet us with the large GeForce RTX branding. There's also the mention of 12 GB GDDR6 (RTX 4070) memory available on the card.

Outside of the box, the graphics card and the accessory package are held firmly by foam packaging. The graphics card comes with a few manuals which might not be of much use to hardcore enthusiasts.

After the package is taken care of, I can finally start talking about the card itself. The GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 OC 2X gamer is a standard dual-slot and dual-fan design with all-black aesthetics.

The graphics card is a compact variant in terms of size and weighs around 1kg. The card measures 252 x 131 x 41 mm and takes up 2 slots worth of space for installation.

The cooling shroud extends beyond the PCB and the card being a SFF-compliant design makes it easy to install in almost all cases and even ITX form factors.

The back of the card features a solid backplate with a white and black dual color tone. The backplate offers a lot more functionality than just looks which I will get back to in a bit.

Coming to the fans, the card rocks triple 'Wings" fans. Each fan is comprised of 11 blades which have a very angular shape that is made to disperse hot air out of the card faster than standard designs. Both of these fans are 92mm in size.

GALAX also features 0db fan technology on the fans which is part of the Silent Extreme design. This feature won’t spin the fans on the card unless they reach a certain threshold. In the case of the GALAX heatsink, that limit is set to 60C. If the card is operating under 60C, the fans won’t spin which means no extra noise would be generated.

I am back at talking about the full-coverage, full metal-based backplate that the card uses. The whole plate is made of solid metal which adds to this card's durability. The brushed matte-black finish on the backplate gives a unique aesthetic. The graphics card also comes with a compact PCB design which means that the shroud, heatsink, and backplate are all extended beyond the PCB. The third fan blows air through the heatsink and blows it out from the cutouts that are situated at the very end of the backplate.

With the outside of the card done, I will now start taking a glance at what's beneath the hood of these monster graphics cards. The first thing to catch my eye is the large fin stack that's part of the heatsink that this card utilizes.

The large fin stack runs from the front and to the back of the PCB and is so thick that you can barely see through it.

Talking about the heatsink, there are two blocks of aluminum fins that are interconnected by several heat pipes running through the copper base plate and heading out toward the dual heatsink blocks.

There are several heat pads included for the VRMs and memory chips. They are full-sized, making full contact with the components to offer stable and efficient heat transfer. The GeForce RTX logo on the side also lights up but can be turned off.

I/O on the graphics card sticks with the reference scheme which includes three Display Port 1.4a & a single HDMI 2.1 port.

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