Packaging
The Card
Palit introduces a colorful theme for their GeForce 50 GameRock. Doesn't the card look a bit like an iPhone? The colored Plexiglas definitely adds to the overall experience of the card. On the back you get a metal backplate with a cutout for air to flow through.
Dimensions of the card are 33.0 x 15.0 cm, and it weighs 2186 g.
Installation requires four slots in your system. We measured the card's width to be 70 mm.
Display connectivity includes three standard DisplayPort 2.1b and a HDMI 2.1b.
Standard for all GeForce RTX 50-series Blackwell cards is a new display engine that supports three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs, each capable of UHBR20; and one HDMI 2.1a. Both interfaces support DSC (display stream compression). With DSC enabled, a single DisplayPort on this card can drive 4K 12-bit HDR at 480 Hz; or 8K 12-bit HDR at up to 165 Hz. The RTX 5070 Ti features an updated media acceleration engine with support for 4:2:2 video formats, AV1 UHQ, and MV-HEVC. There are two independent NVENC and NVDEC units.
The card uses a single 16-pin connector, which allows a maximum power draw of 600 W, but the board power limit is set much lower of course.
Near the IO shield is the dual BIOS switch, which lets you toggle between the default Performance BIOS and a Quiet BIOS, which runs the fans at lower speed.
Palit has installed an RGB lighting zone on the "GameRock" logo and the frame around the fans.
Teardown
Palit has installed nine heatpipes on their thermal solution, the main heatsink also provides cooling for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.
The backplate protects the card against damage during installation and handling.