Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition Review
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Published: 9th June 2021 | Source: Nvidia | Price: |
Introduction
We don't think we're giving away any secrets to suggest that the RTX 3080 Ti launch didn't go as smoothly as Nvidia would have hoped. Certainly their card had enough hardware beef to justify the MSRP that they placed upon their Founders Edition card, but the partners absolutely gouged the consumers and many websites added yet more money on top, until the whole thing resembled one of those items on Amazon that is priced about a thousand pounds more than it's worth.
All of which left a slightly bitter taste in our mouth, especially when the RTX 3000 series cards where an unqualified success in every department. We do need to remember that the Founders Edition RTX 3080 Ti was priced at a suitable level, it's just difficult to ignore the 'twice the price' partner cards.
We didn't learn the pricing of the RTX 3080 Ti until 12 hours before launch, and any time you don't learn the price until the last minute it means it's either way cheaper than anyone expects - see the Playstations famous "299" E3 launch - or way more than we expect. The RTX 3070 Ti continues this trend where, at the time of writing, we don't know what the price will be. Maybe Nvidia are sticking to their guns and pricing high considering the world shortage, or maybe after the backlash against the RTX 3080 Ti they're revisiting things. By the time we reach our conclusion we should hopefully know.
Technical Specifications
Whereas the RTX 3080 Ti was a fair bit of extra hardware when compared to its regular stablemate, the RTX 3070 Ti is barely improved over the vanilla RTX 3070. Just two extra SMs for another 256 CUDA Cores, 8 Tensor Cores, 2 RT Cores, 8 Texture Units and the memory is now GDDR6X instead of plain GDDR6.
| RTX 3070 FE | RTX 3070 Ti FE | |
| Streaming Multiprocessors | 46 | 48 |
| CUDA Cores | 5888 | 6144 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | 192 |
| RT Cores | 46 | 48 |
| Texture Units | 184 | 192 |
| ROPs | 96 | 96 |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1725 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 7000 MHz | 9500 MHz |
| Video Memory | 8192 MB GDDR6 | 8192 MB GDDR6X |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 606 GB/s |
| TGP | 220W | 290W |
Most Recent Comments
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
I don't necessarily like drama and seeing a company get hammered, but that was a much deserved scathing review. Ampere started out pretty well, but it's ending with an even bigger whimper than Turing. I hope AMD and Intel can pull Nvidia back from the mire they seem to lavish drowning in.
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This was the same everywhere. Also stores publicly showing how many cards they ordered for stock vs how many were actually being delivered. I get that its due to silicon shortage, but still it was a terribly managed launch. i think the world was fooled into thinking that they could easily obtain the card they wanted.
Price was also astronomical.
That said
I'm glad TTL has given it a scathing review. Much like Hardware unboxed don't hold back. These should be honest, unfiltered and as it should be, to steer consumers away from bad products.
I'm tired of seeing reviews give a negative result on a product (as it deserves) but are so nervous, holding back what they want to say in fear of the product manufacterer that it doesnt tell consumers the true result. How many times have we seen a negative review but in the conclusion "well, its overpriced but a nice little performer..." << for the weak willpowered consumer, this is all they want to see to tip them over the balance into spending on a bad product. They want reassurance on the bad decision they are about to make. And carebear reviews trigger this.
How about being honest and literally state "do not buy such an overpriced that yields no benefits, stick to the model that was released 2 months ago." I think reviewers are still partly to blame for companies charging what they want because they fear future products to review being withheld.
This is why im thankful TTL tells it as it is.Quote
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Originally Posted by Dawelio
Dont forget about JayzTwoCents also gave a salty review, basically didnt want to make an review on it all due to being so tired of it all. Seeing as we all know how it would perform and Nvidia tactics these days.
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The moment reviewers call a product a bad priced decent performer, consumers use this to justify spending too much and re enforce companies like Nvidia that they can continue to charge such prices, and even push the limit and raise them.
As far as chips go for AIB, Nvidia do not give the AIB manufacturers much "wiggle" room on profits so alot of it carries over in a cost plus style pricing. And even then AIBs will push their luck. Just look at these MSI prices right now.Quote
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Originally Posted by Warchild
I dont even think it started well. Over 500 people queuing outside a store from 6am when only 30 cards were in stock...
This was the same everywhere. Also stores publicly showing how many cards they ordered for stock vs how many were actually being delivered. I get that its due to silicon shortage, but still it was a terribly managed launch. i think the world was fooled into thinking that they could easily obtain the card they wanted. Price was also astronomical. That said I'm glad TTL has given it a scathing review. Much like Hardware unboxed don't hold back. These should be honest, unfiltered and as it should be, to steer consumers away from bad products. I'm tired of seeing reviews give a negative result on a product (as it deserves) but are so nervous, holding back what they want to say in fear of the product manufacterer that it doesnt tell consumers the true result. How many times have we seen a negative review but in the conclusion "well, its overpriced but a nice little performer..." << for the weak willpowered consumer, this is all they want to see to tip them over the balance into spending on a bad product. They want reassurance on the bad decision they are about to make. And carebear reviews trigger this. How about being honest and literally state "do not buy such an overpriced that yields no benefits, stick to the model that was released 2 months ago." I think reviewers are still partly to blame for companies charging what they want because they fear future products to review being withheld. This is why im thankful TTL tells it as it is. |
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