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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB Founders Edition Graphics Card Review

Keith May

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 3840x2160 (4K) Gaming Benchmarks Performance

Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 carries on the open-world racing tradition of the Horizon series.  The latest DX12 powered entry is beautifully crafted and amazingly well executed and is 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.

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Forza Horizon 4 4K Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3070
117
103
RTX 3080
143
124
RTX Titan
114
99
RTX 2080Ti
107
93
RTX 2080
93
81
RX 5700XT
78
67
GTX 1080Ti
80
69
RTX 2070
74
64
RX Vega 64
59
49
GTX 1080
63
55
GTX 1070
53
46

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider, unlike its predecessor, does a good job putting DX12 to use and results in higher performance than the DX11 counterpart in this title and because of that, we test this title in DX12.  I do use the second segment of the benchmark run to gather these numbers as it is more indicative of in-game scenarios where the foliage is heavy.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4K DX12 Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RTX 3070
62
58
RTX 3080
84
78
RTX Titan
67
63
RTX 2080Ti
62
58
RTX 2080
50
47
RX 5700XT
41
38
GTX 1080Ti
43
41
RTX 2070
41
39
RX Vega 64
34
31
GTX 1080
32
29
GTX 1070
26
20

Rainbow 6 Siege

Rainbow 6 Siege has maintained a massive following since its launch and it consistently in Steams Top Ten highest player count game.  In a title where the higher the framerate the better in a tactical yet fast-paced competitive landscape is essential, we include this title despite its ludicrously high framerates.  We use the Vulkan Ultra preset with the High Defenition Texture Pack as well and gather our results from the built-in benchmarking tool.

Rainbow 6 Siege 4K Vulkan Ultra
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
RTX 3070
206
180
RTX 3080
259
224
RTX Titan
221
189
RTX 2080Ti
197
168
RTX 2080
156
134
RX 5700XT
131
113
GTX 1080Ti
131
109
RTX 2070
138
118
RX Vega 64
77
65
GTX 1080
96
79
GTX 1070
83
70

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 4K Ultra Nightmare
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3070
111
93
RTX 3080
176
137
RTX Titan
130
99
RTX 2080Ti
120
92
RTX 2080
87
66
RX 5700XT
68
51
GTX 1080Ti
78
58
RTX 2070
71
54
RX Vega 64
62
47
GTX 1080
52
39
GTX 1070
48
38

Gears Tactics

Gears Tactics is the latest in the Gears franchise and takes things in a completely different direction with the gameplay design. It is built on a DX12 based Unreal Engine 4 build. We used the Maximum settings allowed but refrained from enabling Variable Rate Shading as all cards are not capable of supporting this feature.

Gears Tactics 4K Maximum
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RTX 3070
52
47
RTX 3080
64
59
RTX Titan
67
58
RTX 2080Ti
56
51
RTX 2080
48
44
RX 5700XT
46
41
GTX 1080Ti
44
40
RTX 2070
40
36
RX Vega 64
34
28
GTX 1080
33
30
GTX 1070
29
26

Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is powered by the latest iteration of the Anvil Next 2.0 game engine. This is the same engine that was used in Assassin's Creed Odyssey but in Breakpoint has been updated to support the Vulkan API. We performed our tests using the High Preset with the Vulkan API.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint 4K Vulkan High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RTX 3070
66
50
RTX 3080
88
65
RTX Titan
70
52
RTX 2080Ti
65
51
RTX 2080
51
39
RX 5700XT
44
35
GTX 1080Ti
46
36
RTX 2070
44
34
RX Vega 64
38
30
GTX 1080
34
27
GTX 1070
25
20

Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019)

Call of Duty Modern Warfare is back and this time on a new engine running DX12 to allow for some sick DXR Ray Traced Shadows, those results are in the RT section We tested in the 'Fog of War' mission. At 4K we set the settings all to High.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare4K Highest
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 3070
74
66
RTX 3080
101
90
RTX Titan
80
73
RTX 2080Ti
73
67
RTX 2080
60
53
RX 5700XT
57
50
GTX 1080Ti
53
47
RTX 2070
51
45
RX Vega 64
48
39
GTX 1080
40
36
GTX 1070
33
29

Resident Evil 3

The Resident Evil 3 Remake has surpassed the RE2 Remake in visuals and is the latest use of the RE Engine.  While it does have DX12 support the DX11 implementation is far superior and because of that, we will be sticking to DX11 for this title.  We use the cutscene where Jill and Carlos enter the subway car for the first time and a 2 minute capture at that point.

Resident Evil 3 4K DX11 Maximum
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RTX 3070
70
59
RTX 3080
97
81
RTX Titan
76
64
RTX 2080Ti
70
59
RTX 2080
54
45
RX 5700XT
43
39
GTX 1080Ti
45
39
RTX 2070
44
37
RX Vega 64
32
27
GTX 1080
33
29
GTX 1070
27
20

Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3 has made its way into the test lineup thanks to strong demand by gamers and simply delivering MORE Borderlands. This game is rather intensive after the Medium preset but since we're testing the 'Ultimate UW 1440p' card, High it is. We tested using the built-in benchmark utility

Borderlands 3 4K High
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
RTX 3070
56
48
RTX 3080
77
63
RTX Titan
58
49
RTX 2080Ti
53
46
RTX 2080
41
37
RX 5700XT
35
24
GTX 1080Ti
40
34
RTX 2070
34
30
RX Vega 64
21
18
GTX 1080
30
25
GTX 1070
24
21

Total War Saga: Troy

Total War Saga: Troy is powered by their TW Engine 3 (Total War Engine 3) and in this iteration, they have stuck to a strictly DX11 release. We tested the game using the built-in benchmark using the Dynasty model that represents a battle with many soldiers interacting at once and is more representative of normal gameplay.

Total War Saga
AVG FPS
1% Percentile
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
RTX 3070
43
33
RTX 3080
57
43
RTX Titan
47
37
RTX 2080Ti
43
33
RTX 2080
34
27
RX 5700XT
26
20
GTX 1080Ti
35
28
RTX 2070
29
22
RX Vega 64
19
14
GTX 1080
26
20
GTX 1070
21
17

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