Gaming Benchmarks (VULKAN)
It's been over a year since NVIDIA introduced its Ada Lovelace GPUs, kicking things off with the RTX 4090 and finishing up the initial lineup with the RTX 4060. At CES, the company unveiled its new 40 SUPER family, designed to offer a mid-cycle upgrade over the existing cards. The company officially adds more performance by increasing the core counts, offering more VRAM across certain variants, and increasing the performance per dollar value of its Ada family.
Today, NVIDIA is releasing the second card within its "SUPER" portfolio, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER graphics card is designed for high-fidelity & high refresh rate 1440p gaming and the addition of 16 GB VRAM should ensure a very playable 4K experience too. The graphics card is priced at $799 US at MSRP.
The pricing is the same as what the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Non-SUPER GPU launched for but that variant has now been completely replaced by the 4070 Ti SUPER. The 4070 Ti SUPER GPU is a big upgrade when it comes to VRAM which is now on par with the RTX 4080 and soon-to-release RTX 4080 SUPER. Will the card stack up against the competitor RX 7900 XT with its upgraded core and VRAM, that's the question and today we answer it with a look at a few premium custom models & we are taking a look at the GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER SG White OC variant.
NVIDIA GeForce GPU Segment/Tier Prices
| Graphics Segment | 2023-2024 | 2022-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2020-2021 | 2019-2020 | 2018-2019 | 2017-2018 | 2016-2017 | 2014-2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titan Tier | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 | GeForce RTX 3090 | Titan RTX (Turing) | Titan V (Volta) | Titan Xp (Pascal) | Titan X (Pascal) | Titan X (Maxwell) |
| Price | $1599 US | $1599 US | $1999 US $1499 US | $1499 US | $2499 US | $2999 US | $1199 US | $1199 US | $999 US |
| Ultra Enthusiast Tier | GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
| Price | $999 US | $1199 US | $1199 US | $1199 US | $999 US | $999 US | $699 US | $649 US | $649 US |
| Enthusiast Tier | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB | GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER | GeForce RTX 2080 | GeForce GTX 1080 | GeForce GTX 1080 | GeForce GTX 980 |
| Price | $799 US | $799 US | $799 US | $699 US | $699 US | $699 US | $549 US | $549 US | $549 US |
| High-End Tier | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 | GeForce RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER | GeForce RTX 2070 | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce GTX 970 |
| Price | $599 $549 | $599 US $499 US | $599 $499 | $599 $499 | $499 US | $499 US | $379 US | $379 US | $329 US |
| Mainstream Tier | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GeForce RTX 4060 | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GeForce RTX 4060 | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GeForce RTX 2060 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GeForce GTX 1660 | GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 960 |
| Price | $449 $299 | $399 US $299 US | $399 US $329 US | $399 US $329 US | $399 US $349 US $279 US $229 US $219 US | $249 US | $249 US | $249 US | $199 US |
| Entry Tier | RTX 3050 8 GB RTX 3050 6 GB | RTX 3050 | RTX 3050 | GTX 1650 SUPER GTX 1650 | GTX 1650 SUPER GTX 1650 | GTX 1050 Ti GTX 1050 | GTX 1050 Ti GTX 1050 | GTX 950 | GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 |
| Price | $229 $179 | $249 US | $249 US | $159 US $149 US | $159 US $149 US | $139 US $109 US | $139 US $109 US | $149 US | $149 US $119 US |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Gaming Graphics Cards
Turing wasn't just any graphics core, it was the graphics core that was to become the foundation of future GPUs. The future is realized now with next-generation consoles going deep in talks about ray tracing and AI-assisted super-sampling techniques. NVIDIA had a head start with Turing & Ampere and its Ada generation will only do things infinitely times better.
The Ada GPU does many traditional things which we would expect from a GPU, but at the same time, also breaks the barrier when it comes to untraditional GPU operations. Just to sum up some features:
- New Streaming Multiprocessor (SM)
- New Turing Tensor Cores
- New Real-Time Ray Tracing Acceleration
- New Shading Enhancements
- New Deep Learning Features For Graphics & Inference
- New GDDR6X High-Performance Memory Subsystem
- New HDMI 2.1 Display Engine & Next-Gen NVENC/NVDEC
The technologies mentioned above are some of the main building blocks of the Ada GPU, but there's more within the graphics core itself which we will talk about in detail so let's get started.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GPU is surely a weird and long name but this card has been upgraded significantly with a new core and more memory. With these updated specs, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is now positioned as an enthusiast-grade graphics card designed for 1440p 144Hz+ gaming, and based on its pricing, it is now aiming for the AMD 7900 XT which has an MSRP of $849 US.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GPU Specifications: New AD103 Core & More G6X Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER will feature a choice of AD103-275 / AD102-175 GPU SKUs (PG141 SKU 323) with 8,448 cores across both variants & 48 MB of L2 cache. The graphics card will also feature 16 GB of GDDR6 memory which will be a 4 GB VRAM upgrade vs the RTX 4070 Ti Non-SUPER and support a 256-bit bus interface. The graphics card will retain a 285 Watt TGP which is the same as the Non-SUPER variant.
The card offers 44 Shader TFLOPs, 102 RT TFLOPs, and 706 AI TOPs while supporting all the latest NV encode technologies such as AV1 and H.264. All of these combined put the RTX 4070 Ti within 90% of the performance of the original RTX 4080 and it essentially replaces the RTX 4070 Ti which also had the same MSRP.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GPU Performance: RX 7900 XT Competitor For Less $$$
In terms of gaming performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is said to be around 15% faster than the RTX 4070 Ti Non-SUPER which isn't a huge gain but custom models will deliver close to 15-20% performance boosts. The card is also stated to offer a 2.5x boost over the RTX 3070 Ti with frame-gen enabled and a 60% uplift versus the same card without frame-gen.
AI is a major talking point for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and the RTX 40 SUPER series in general, delivering up to 2x faster performance with DLSS 3.5, 70% faster image generation & 50% faster video generation speeds using ML optimizations through the Tensor-RT and Tensor-RT LLM stack that has been available on Windows and is being updated on the go.
The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT GPU is the direct competition for this card as it retails super close at $849 US. The RX 7900 XT still holds the higher VRAM advantage with its 20 GB capacity while the RTX 4070 Ti will tackle it in rasterized and ray-traced games considering it is around 90% of the performance of a 4080 which rivaled the 7900 XTX.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GPU Power Efficiency: Absolutely Shattering Perf/Watt
Another talking point for the NVIDIA GeForce RT 40 SUPER GPUs such as the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is its class-leading performance efficiency. While the GPU is rated at 285W, the actual gaming wattage is around 240W on average which is almost half the TGP of the RTX 4090 and much lower than what the Radeon RX 7900 series consumes. The video playback power is also 20W out of the box while idle power is 12W, something that the AMD RDNA 3 GPUs had trouble fixing during launch.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GPU Pricing & Availability
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GPU will be available on the 24th of January in custom variants only since there's no Founders Edition of the card. It will start at $799 US. There are plenty of custom models to select from such as the ones shown below:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Desktop GPU Family:
| Graphics Card | GPU SKU | GPU Cores | TMUs / ROPs | Clock Speed (Boost) | VRAM / Bus | Bandwidth | TGP | Price (MSRP) | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 4090 | AD102-300 | 16384 | 512 / 176 | 2520 MHz | 24 GB GDDR6X / 384-bit | 1008 GB/s | 450W | $1599 US | October 2022 |
| GeForce RTX 4090D | AD102-250 | 14592 | 456 / 176 | 2520 MHz | 24 GB GDDR6X / 384-bit | 1008 GB/s | 425W | 12999 RMB | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | AD103-400 | 10240 | 320 / 112 | 2550 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6X / 256-bit | 736 GB/s | 320W | $999 US | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 | AD103-300 | 9728 | 320 / 112 | 2510 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6X / 256-bit | 716 GB/s | 320W | $1199 US | November 2022 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | AD103-275/AD102-175 | 8448 | 264 / 96 | 2610 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6X / 256-bit | 672 GB/s | 285W | $799 US | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | AD104-400 | 7680 | 240 / 80 | 2610 MHz | 12 GB GDDR6X /192-bit | 504 GB/s | 285W | $799 US | January 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | AD104-350/AD103-175 | 7168 | 224 / 80 | 2475 MHz | 12 GB GDDR6X / 192-bit | 504 GB/s | 220W | $599 US | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 | AD104-250 | 5888 | 184 / 64 | 2475 MHz | 12 GB GDDR6X / 192-bit | 504 GB/s | 200W | $549 US | April 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | AD106-350 | 4352 | 136 / 48 | 2535 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6 /128-bit | 288 GB/s | 165W | $449 US | July 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB | AD106-350 | 4352 | 136 / 48 | 2535 MHz | 8 GB GDDR6 / 128-bit | 288 GB/s | 160W | $399 US | May 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 | AD107-400 | 3072 | 96 / 48 | 2460 MHz | 8 GB GDDR6 / 128-bit | 272 GB/s | 115W | $299 US | June 2023 |
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER EX White graphics card comes inside a standard cardboard box. The front of the package has the hodded figure which is part of the Gamer branding by GALAX and it also mentions the 1-click OC design.
The packaging has put 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 16 GB GDDR6X (RTX 4070 Ti SUPER) 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 accessories such as the bundled GPU stand, RGB-Sync cable and manuals which might not be of much use for hardcore enthusiasts but can be useful for the mainstream gaming audience.
The card is bundled with a 16-pin to 2x 8-pin power adapter. The card is nicely wrapped within an anti-static cover which is useful to prevent any unwanted static discharges on various surfaces that might harm the graphics card.
The GALAX EX cooler is a huge design with which you can expect top-notch cooling results. The card measures 336 x 146 x 62 mm. The card features a 3-slot height which makes it quite bulky & that's what most of the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER designs utilize since they are based on the same coolers as the RTX 4080 series.
The cooling shroud extends to the back of the PCB and it requires a casing with good interior space for proper installation.
The back of the card features a solid backplate that looks stunning. The backplate offers a lot more functionality than just looks which I will get back to in a bit.
In terms of design, GALAX is using its latest Extreme Cooling system which is designed to cool down the impressive Ada Lovelace GPUs from NVIDIA.
The heatsink comes in two modules, each of which is stacked with numerous amounts of fins made out of aluminum. The card uses a massive heatsink structure that makes direct contact with the GPU and the memory.
GALAX is using its latest Wings 2.0 dual-bearing fan design which comes in a triple-fan solution and each fan has a GALAX sticker placed on top of it.
The fans are a mix of 92mm designs on the sides and a central 102mm fan. All fans feature 5V ARGB LED effects which can be easily controlled through the onboard motherboard software or various other RGB sync solutions.
The fans also come with 0dB fan technology and the limit of fan operation is set at 60C for fan off and on modes. GALAX states that the new fans offer 25% higher airflow, 15% more air pressure, reduce air blockage by up to 50% and offer a 67% higher life expectancy.
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 with rounded edges that add to the durability of this card. The matte white 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.
There are cutouts in screw placements to easily reach the points on the graphics card. We can also see a large GeForce RTX logo on the back and the cut-out on the backplate is a very futuristic design on its own.
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.
Once again, GALAX stands out with a very impressive cooling heatsink for the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti EX series graphics cards. It's massive with tons of aluminum fins and copper heatpipes stretching out from the baseplate.
The heatsink makes use of a total of eight 6mm heat pipes that extend throughout the internal assembly and dissipate heat from the various components to the fins.
The base itself is a solid nickel-plated base plate, transferring heat to the heat pipes in a very effective manner.
To top it all 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.
GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER EX White Teardown:
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER EX White graphics card comes with an 11+2 phase VRM design and features a total of 16 GDDR6X memory dies that are rated to operate at 21.0 Gbps speeds.
The card runs at up to 2640 MHz clock speeds out of the box and has a TGP rating of 285W (Power Limit of 320W).
GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER EX White RGB Lighting Gallery:
The GALAX EX graphics card features a very unique aesthetic with an RGB-lit logo on the sides. All three fans also feature ARGB LED illumination and present a very colorful aesthetic. You can also set these to a single tone for a better viewing experience.
We used the following test system for comparison between the different graphics cards. The latest drivers that were available at the time of testing were used by AMD and NVIDIA on an updated version of Windows 11. All tested games were patched to the latest version for better performance optimization for NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
The Wccftech Test Bench
| CPU | Intel Core i9-13900K @ 5.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | MSI MEG Z790 ACE |
| Video Cards | ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger OC Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 OC 2X (GDDR6) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER FE MSI RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER ASRock Radeon RX 7800 XT Phantom Gaming ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti TUF Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti FE MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Gaming X Trio GALAX GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX Gamer PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT Gaming X |
| Memory | G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 X 16GB) CL38 7200 Mbps |
| Storage | Teamgroup T-Force A440 Pro 2 TB Gen 4 |
| Power Supply | MSI MEG Ai1300P 1300W PSU |
| OS | Windows 11 64-bit |
| Drivers | AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 NVIDIA GeForce 560.81 WHQL Intel Driver 6256 |
- All games were tested at 3840x2160 (4K) resolution.
- Image Quality and graphics configurations are provided with each game description.
- The "reference" cards are the stock configs except where mentioned otherwise.
Speed Way
Developed with input from AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and other leading technology companies, Speed Way is an ideal benchmark for comparing the DirectX 12 Ultimate performance of the latest graphics cards. 3DMark Speed Way’s engine is assembled to demonstrate what the latest DirectX API brings to ray-traced gaming, using DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 for real-time global illumination and real-time raytraced reflections, coupled with new performance optimizations like Mesh Shaders.
3DMark Speed Way Graphics
Firestrike
Firestrike is running the DX11 API and is still a good measure of GPU scaling performance. In this test, we ran the Extreme and Ultra versions of Firestrike which runs at 1440p and 4K and we recorded the Graphics Score only since the Physics and combined are not pertinent to this review.
3DMark Firestrike Extreme Graphics
3DMark Firestrike Ultra Graphics
Time Spy
Time Spy is running the DX12 API and we used it in the same manner as Firestrike Extreme where we only recorded the Graphics Score as the Physics score is recording the CPU performance and isn't important to the testing we are doing here.
3DMark Time Spy Graphics
3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics
Port Royal
Port Royal is another great tool in the 3DMark suite, but this one is 100% targeting Ray Tracing performance. It loads up ray-traced shadows, reflections, and global illumination to really tax the performance of the graphics cards that either have hardware-based or software-based ray-tracing support.
3DMark Port Royal Score
3DMark Pure Ray Tracing Feature Test
Doom Eternal
DOOM Eternal brings hell to earth with the Vulkan-powered idTech 7. We test this game using the Ultra Nightmare Preset and follow our in-game benchmarking to stay as consistent as possible.
DOOM Eternal (Nightmare)
Red Dead Redemption 2
Developed by Rockstar San Diego, Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the most visually stunning open-world games I've played to date that is backed up by a rich story set around the protagonist, Arthur Morgan. The game is based on the RAGE engine which features an insane amount of graphics fidelity but also requires a lot of power to run maxed out. For this test, we set the graphics settings to Ultra with AA turned disabled.
Red Dead Redemption 2 (4K Maxed)
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein is back in The New Colossus and features the most fast-paced, gory, and brutal FPS action ever! The game once again puts us back in the Nazi-controlled world as BJ Blazkowicz. Set during an alternate future where Nazis won the World War, the game shows that it can be fun and can be brutal to the player and to the enemy too. Powering the new title is, once again, id Tech 6 which is much acclaimed after the success that DOOM has become. In a way, ID has regained its glorious FPS roots and is slaying with every new title.
Wolfenstein
Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2 sets you up in a horror thriller that takes place between two dimensions and lets you play better two different protagonists, Alan himself and Saga, who once again have to find a way to fix the darkness that erupted in Bright Falls.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. The story takes place in Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe. Players assume the first-person perspective of a customizable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat. The game uses CD Projekt Red's in-house Red Engine which is one of the most visually breathtaking and also one of the most graphics-intensive engines designed to date.
Alan Wake 2 (Maxed Out / Rasterized)
Atomic Heart
Atomic Heart is set in an alternate universe where the Soviet Union achieved incredible technological breakthroughs thanks to a scientist named Dr. Sechenov, who invented a liquid programmable module called Polymer that links robots in a so-called Kollektiv network.
Atomic Heart (Maxed)
Battlefield V
Battlefield V brings back the action of the World War 2 shooter genre. Using the latest Frostbite tech, the game does a good job of looking gorgeous in all ways possible. From the open-world environments to the intense and gun-blazing action, this multiplayer and single-player FPS title is one of the best-looking Battlefields to date.
Battlefield V (Maxed)
Baldur's Gate III
2023's GOTY is well-deserved its title. The creation from Larian Studios is a turn-based RPG that has gorgeous interiors and exteriors shown through a bird's eye top-to-bottom view. You can sink in countless hours in the game and if you're a fan of the D&D playstyle, then this epic is just for you.
Baldurs Gate III (Maxed Out)
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. The story takes place in Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe. Players assume the first-person perspective of a customizable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat. The game uses CD Projekt Red's in-house Red Engine which is one of the most visually breathtaking and also one of the most graphics-intensive engines designed to date.
Cyberpunk 2077 (Maxed Out)
Dead Space (Remake)
Remaking Dead Space was a bold choice but I would say that the team at EA Motive nailed every bit and piece of this horror classic. The remake makes the USG Ishimura twice as scarily beautiful. The gore, the endless corridors of terror, the void of space, all of it looks incredible while the game remains true to its core to the original Dead Space formula. Modern cards can run the game well but it can also be demanding if you crank the settings to the max with ray tracing enabled.
Dead Space Remake (Ultra / No RT)
Death Stranding
Sam Porter Bridges has delivered one of PS4's most anticipated games to the PC community and opened a whole new world of possibilities. This was the first game to feature the Decima Engine on PC and unarguably did it the best. Death Stranding may not feature ray tracing effects, but it does showcase that DLSS can be used effectively even when RT isn't around. We tested this one just like we did in our launch coverage with DLSS enabled.
Death Stranding DLSS/FSR/XeSS (Quality)
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Horizon 5 carries on the open-world racing tradition of the Horizon series. The latest DX12-powered entry is beautifully crafted, amazingly well executed, and a great showcase of DX12 games. We use the benchmark run while having all of the settings set to non-dynamic with an uncapped framerate to gather these results.
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite (DX12 Highest)
Next up, we have the latest entry in the Halo franchise, Halo: Infinite, which uses the brand new Slipspace engine (although there are rumors it will be ditched in the future for Unreal Engine) based on the DX12 API. The game rocks some incredible environments for Master Chief to visit on the Halo ring.
Halo Infinite
Hitman III (DX12 Highest Settings)
Hitman III is the highly acclaimed sequel to the 2016 Hitman & 2018 Hitman II, which was a redesign and reimaging of the game from the ground up. With a focus on stealth gameplay through various missions, the game once again lets you play as Agent 47. The game runs on the IO Interactive Glacier 2 engine which has been updated to deliver amazing visuals and environments on each level while making use of DirectX 12 API.
Hitman III
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus continues Artyom's journey through Russia's nuclear wasteland and its surroundings. This time, you are set over the Metro, going through various regions and different environments. The game is one of the premier titles to feature NVIDIA’s RTX technology and does well in showcasing the ray-tracing effects in all corners.
Metro Exodus Extreme Preset
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village is the latest in the horror franchise that was wonderfully rekindled with RE7 and onto the RE2 Remake. But now the RE Engine is back and better than ever with Ray Traced Reflections and Lighting that makes the world just come to life, unironically. The game was tested in the center of the village itself with all graphical settings maxed out and with raytracing enabled.
Resident Evil Village (Maxed)
Resident Evil IV Remake
The remake of the beloved and highly acclaimed Resident Evi IV is here, boasting the latest RE engine which adds stunning visuals and even better ray tracing effects, the game looks just as incredible as it plays.
Resident Evil 4 Remake (Maxed)
Starfield
Bethesda's latest RPG epic is set in space and takes place across a vast universe, filled with lots of planets to explore. Based on the latest iteration of the Creation Engine, Starfield offers a great amount of visual fidelity, whether you are exploring an abandoned base or just roaming a planet on which you just laid your foot.
Starfield (DirectX 12 / Max)
Crysis Remastered (DXVK RT)
Crysis is back with a vengeance to reclaim its title of the graphics crown. The remastered version of the game uses DX11 API but has Vulkan extensions on top which enable Vulkan Ray tracing. That's also something that the original game didn't offer. DXVK, along with improved textures and visual effects, leads to higher performance demand making us question once again "Can It Run Crysis?"
Crysis Remastered (4K Native RT SMAA2TX)
Doom Eternal
DOOM Eternal brings hell to earth with the Vulkan-powered idTech 7. We test this game using the Ultra Nightmare Preset and follow our in-game benchmarking to stay as consistent as possible.
DOOM Eternal (Nightmare 4K / RT)
Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2 sets you up in a horror thriller that takes place between two dimensions and lets you play better two different protagonists, Alan himself and Saga, who once again have to find a way to fix the darkness that erupted in Bright Falls.
Alan Wake 2 (Max / RT / No Frame-Gen)
Alan Wake 2 (Max / RT / FSR/DLSS Frame-Gen)
Note - FSR Frame-Gen mod applied to non-RTX 40 GPUs including RTX 30 & RX 7000/6000 series. DLSS 3.5 has been applied to RTX 40 GPUs.
Battlefield V
Battlefield V brings back the action of the World War 2 shooter genre. Using the latest Frostbite tech, the game does a good job of looking gorgeous in all ways possible. From the open-world environments to the intense and gun-blazing action, this multiplayer and single-player FPS title is one of the best-looking Battlefields to date.
Battlefield V Raytracing DLSS/FSR (Quality)
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. The story takes place in Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe. Players assume the first-person perspective of a customizable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat. The game uses CD Projekt Red's in-house Red Engine which is one of the most visually breathtaking and also one of the most graphics-intensive engines designed to date.
Cyberpunk 2077 (Max / PT)
Dead Space (Remake)
Remaking Dead Space was a bold choice but I would say that the team at EA Motive nailed every bit and piece of this horror classic. The remake makes the USG Ishimura twice as scarily beautiful. The gore, the endless corridors of terror, the void of space, all of it looks incredible while the game remains true to its core to the original Dead Space formula. Modern cards can run the game well but it can also be demanding if you crank the settings to the max with ray tracing enabled.
Dead Space Remake (Ultra RT / FSR2/DLSS2 Quality)
Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Legacy, as the name suggests, is set in the world of Hogwarts and retains its landscape true to the books and the movies. The game looks visually stunning although it can be a total hog when running at the highest settings with all visual candy enabled.
Hogwarts Legacy (RT Ultra)
Shadow of The Tomb Raider
The sequel to Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of The Tomb Raider is visually enhanced with an updated Foundation Engine that delivers realistic facial animations and the most gorgeous environments ever seen in a Tomb Raider Game. The game is a technical marvel and shows the power of its graphics engine in the latest title.
Shadow of The Tomb Raider Raytracing DLSS/FSR/XeSS (Quality)
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus continues Artyom's journey through Russia's nuclear wasteland and its surroundings. This time, you are set over the Metro, going through various regions and different environments. The game is one of the premier titles to feature NVIDIA’s RTX technology and does well in showcasing the ray-tracing effects in all corners.
Metro Exodus Raytracing DLSS (Quality)
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village is the latest in the horror franchise that was wonderfully rekindled with RE7 and onto the RE2 Remake. But now the RE Engine is back and better than ever with Ray Traced Reflections and Lighting that makes the world just come to life, unironically. The game was tested in the center of the village itself with all graphical settings maxed out and with raytracing enabled.
Resident Evil Village Raytracing (Maxed / RT High / FSR 2 Quality)
Resident Evil IV Remake
The remake of the beloved and highly acclaimed Resident Evi IV is here, boasting the latest RE engine which adds stunning visuals and even better ray tracing effects, the game looks just as incredible as it plays.
Resident Evil Village Remake (Maxed / RT High / FSR 2 Quality)
Stray (That Cat Game)
Stray is a 2022 adventure game developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive. The story follows a stray cat who falls into a walled city populated by robots, machines, and mutant bacteria, and sets out to return to the surface with the help of a drone companion, B-12. The game uses Unreal Engine 4, but DX12 Ray tracing can be enabled by adding the "-dx12" extension to the game.
Stray (Maxed With DXR)
No graphics card review is complete without evaluating its temperatures and thermal load. All RTX 4070 Ti SUPER graphics cards were tested with their default 'Performance' BIOS and the results are below:
Temperatures
I compiled the power consumption results by testing each card under idle and full stress when the card was running games. Each graphics card manufacturer sets a default TDP for the card which can vary from vendor to vendor depending on the extra clocks or board features they plugin on their custom cards. The default TDP for the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is rated at 285W while the GALAX EX White has a power limit of up to 320W.
Power Consumption
GALAX offers a very interesting proposition to gamers who are eyeing their EX series. Not only do the cards come with premium aesthetics in black, white, and pink colors but most importantly, the card we tested is priced at the MSRP of $799 US. This means that you don't have to pay extra to get either better cooling or better looks as the GALAX EX White incorporates both. Plus, there's also OC support.
The GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER EX White does come at the reference clock speeds of 2640 MHz boost out of the box but with the 1-click OC software, you can get this card running at a higher boost clock of 2655 MHz. The OC is marginal at best but one hidden feature of this card is its 320W power limit which means that tuners can mess around with the card through overclocking and get a decent boost. We went with the manual OC route, upping the clock speeds by +155 MHz and the memory clock to +1100 MHz while setting the power limit to the max. We got a net performance uplift of +8% across all titles. This allowed the card to get closer to the RTX 4080 GPU & also tackle the RX 7900 XT in the few rasterized games where it lagged.
Of course, your main concern with such overclocking would be thermals and power but GALAX's EX cooler does a fantastic job at keeping the card running around 62C temperatures even when over-clocked. The power consumption did see an increase by 10-15W but it was nowhere touching its max power limit. Overall, It's a great decision from GALAX to price the EX Gamer White at the MSRP and for that, it is definitely a recommendation from me.
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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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