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System Name | Mean machine |
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Processor | 12900k |
Motherboard | MSI Unify X |
Cooling | Noctua U12A |
Memory | 7600c34 |
Video Card(s) | 4090 Gamerock oc |
Storage | 980 pro 2tb |
Display(s) | Samsung crg90 |
Case | Fractal Torent |
Audio Device(s) | Hifiman Arya / a30 - d30 pro stack |
Power Supply | Be quiet dark power pro 1200 |
Mouse | Viper ultimate |
Keyboard | Blackwidow 65% |
The 7900XT is also losing to 3080 in some cases, even though the XT launched at a price 15% higher than the 4070ti. But I guess thats called progress in lisa landSeeing how 4070Ti is losing to 3080 in some cases, the 4070 will be worse than 3080 in most cases because of the gimped memory. That's called progress in jensen land.
It's not impossible. I have my 4090 capped at 320w and it has similar performance to running stockThat must be a very specific use case, because no way that's on average with uncapped framerates.
I play with Vsync so I prefer a fixed clock with a manual undervolt. On my 3080, most games do 200-250 W depending on GPU utilization. I saw as much as 280 W in Metro Exodus EE with max usage.
But in Aliens: Fireteam Elite I saw over 300 W in some scenes. And that was on 1800 MHz @ 0.8 V, which is a crazy undervolt compared to the stock 1.05 V. With a power limit at stock voltage, performance would drop like crazy.
A fixed clock is so much better for a capped framerate. 1800 MHz @ 0.8 V and 1905 MHz @ 0.9 V was a difference of ~200 vs. ~250 W, even though the framerate was identical.
Of course all this is with the "prefer max performance" mode. Adaptive can save you more power, but it's horrible for frametimes.
If the 4070 is $600, I might consider side-grading my 3080. This was my first card with such ridiculous power consumption, and without the undervolt I would've gotten rid of it a long time ago.