The ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a factory overclocked custom-design variant of NVIDIA's new release. Performance is impressive, the card can beat last generation's RTX 3090 Ti flagship, with almost double the energy efficiency and much lower heat and noise.
With the Suprim X, MSI offers an impressive RTX 4070 Ti custom design. Thanks to its huge quad-slot cooler, and an excellent fan profile, the card runs virtually inaudible, even under full load. Overclockers can manually increase the power limit up to 365 W, more than on any other RTX 4070 Ti.
The PNY GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC comes with a fantastic cooler paired with outstanding fan settings that make this card whisper-quiet, even under full load. What's even more impressive is that PNY can achieve this with a close-to-reference design PCB at a very reasonable $830.
Palit's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a cost-optimized custom-design of the RTX 4070 Ti, which means it can sell for less than other variants. Palit still invested where it matters, the cooler is more powerful than what ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte offer on their cards, with excellent, balanced fan settings.
MSI's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X comes with a large triple-fan, triple-slot thermal solution that runs at whisper-quiet noise levels with low temperatures. In terms of performance the new card is able to match last generation's flagship, the RTX 3090 Ti, and offers new features like DLSS 3 Frame Generation.
The Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Nitro+ comes with the largest factory overclock of all Navi 31 cards that we've tested so far. Sapphire was also very generous with their power limits. During overclocking, with increased limits we were able to max out the 525 W power delivery capability of the 3x 8-pin inputs.
The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX offers fantastic overclocking potential. Thanks to a triple 8-pin power input, the XTX is no longer power-limited, and the amazing quad-slot cooler ensures the card stays cool and quiet at all times. After manual overclocking, the performance uplift to RTX 4080 was an impressive 23.1% in Cyberpunk 2077.
With the Speedster Merc 310, XFX has engineered an excellent custom-design Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Thanks to an upgraded cooler, the card can easily handle the additional heat output from the three 8-pin power inputs. The additional power is put to good use, to extend the performance lead against GeForce RTX 4080.
Navi 31 is here! The new $999 Radeon RX 7900 XTX in this review is AMD's new flagship card based on the wonderful chiplet technology that made the Ryzen Effect possible. In our testing we can confirm that the new RX 7900 XTX is indeed faster than the GeForce RTX 4080, but only with RT disabled.
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is built on the same Navi 31 GPU as the XTX, but with fewer chiplets, which helps bring down the price. In our review this $900 graphics card is able to match the performance of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti that launched at $2000 just a few months ago.
GeForce RTX 4080 launches today and offers fantastic gaming performance at 4K, with highest details. In our RTX 4080 Founders Edition review, we confirm that NVIDIA's new $1200 card beats the last-generation flagship RTX 3090 Ti conclusively, both in performance and value.
The ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 STRIX OC is a masterpiece graphics card design. It looks fantastic and is built like a tank, thanks to thick metal used on both the main cooler shroud and the backplate. The card is also the highest-clocked in our reviews and comes with a super powerful VRM.
MSI's GeForce RTX 4080 Suprim X has the most powerful cooler of all the RTX 4080 cards that we've tested today. It's also whisper-quiet: we measured less than 27 dBA while running at full load, pushing out well over 60 FPS in 4K. Temperatures are excellent, too, even with those low noise levels.
The PNY Geforce RTX 4080 XLR8 Gaming Verto OC is one of the most impressive cards tested today. It's just $1200, yet comes with a fantastic cooling solution that achieves low temperatures and whisper-quiet noise levels. Also included is a factory overclock and adjustable RGB illumination.
The Colorful iGame RTX 4080 Ultra White OC comes with an amazing design language. White is predominant here, paired with color-shifting paint, with colors that shine differently at various viewing angles. The company also includes their signature "Turbo" button and pricing is very reasonable too, at $1250.
Gainward's GeForce RTX 4080 Phantom GS is a factory-overclocked custom-design variant of the RTX 4080. It comes with a dual-BIOS feature that lets you toggle between a "Performance" and a "Silent" BIOS. The card also runs considerably quieter than the NVIDIA Founders Edition.
Zotac's GeForce RTX 4080 AMP Extreme comes with a mesmerizing RGB implementation that looks amazing any way you look at it. While other vendors were cautious with their power limits, Zotac gives you the highest power limit adjustment range of all cards tested today, of up to 450 W.
Gaming X Trio is MSI's more-affordable product line, next to the Suprim X flagship cards. You still get a decent factory overclock, and an amazing cooling solution that runs extremely quiet and cool. MSI has also included RGB lighting and a dual-BIOS feature.
The ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 STRIX OC is the company's flagship graphics card. It comes with a huge cooler that's all metal, even on the cooler shroud. In terms of performance our review confirms that this is the best air cooler available and out of the box performance is great too, thanks to a default power limit of 500 W.
The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X is the quiestest RTX 4090 custom-design that we've tested. It runs at an unbelievable 28.6 dBA in our review, under full load, 4K, 60 FPS with ray tracing enabled, and temperatures are still really good.
With their GeForce 40 Series, MSI is introducing a liquid cooling solution that's pre-filled and maintenance free. While other cards take up three or four slots in your system, the Suprim Liquid X is only dual-slot. Our review confirms: noise levels are fantastic, even the pump is inaudible in idle.
With the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC, the company offers a reasonably priced alternative to the NVIDIA Founders Edition that still comes with a powerful VRM, RGB lighting, an excellent cooler and great out of the box performance.
The Colorful GeForce RTX 4090 Vulcan OC-V is the company's top dog for this generation. It comes with a strong 24+4 phase VRM design. On top of that you get a detachable LCD display that displays vital information as the graphics card is running.
Palit has engineered their GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC with bling in mind. A large crystal-esque structure on the front intensifies the RGB lighting effects in an impressive way. With $1700, Palit picked a reasonable price increase over FE pricing, and our review confirms that performance is excellent.
Zotac's GeForce RTX 4080 AMP Extreme Airo comes with a mesmerizing RGB implementation that simply looks stunning. As expected, a factory overclock is included on Zotac's new flagship, and the cooler runs very quietly once the dual BIOS is switched to "quiet mode".
