PNY GeForce RTX 4070 XLR8 Gaming Verto Epic-X RGB Triple Fan, 12GB GDDR6X, HDMI, 3x DP

Averaged over the 25 games in our test suite, at 1440p resolution, the PNY RTX 4070 XLR8 matches the NVIDIA RTX 4070 FE. While factory-overclocked RTX 4070s do gain a percent here and there, the differences are minimal. Compared to last generation's RTX 3070, the performance uplift is 28%—a relatively small gen-over-gen gain (RTX 4090: +64%, RTX 4080: +49%, RTX 4070 Ti: +44%). It is still a substantial improvement, especially when you consider other factors like DLSS 3 and efficiency. Compared to AMD's offerings, the RTX 4070 from MSI is slightly faster than the Radeon RX 6800 XT, and is close behind the RX 6900 XT. AMD hasn't released any Radeon RX 7000 graphics card competitive to the RTX 4070 yet, actually they haven't released any graphics card this year.

Performance-wise, while the RTX 4070 Verto Epic-X can be seen performing similarly to the RTX 3080 on some occasions but most of the time, it is on par with the Founders Edition model. Some users might argue that getting a used RTX 3080 is probably a better idea as it is way cheaper now, and I don’t 100% disagree with that. As they say, your money your choice, but if we look at the bigger picture, I still find the RTX 4070 the better choice when it comes to features and power efficiency.