Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12G (GV-N4070WF3OC-12GD)

High-performance gaming graphics card based on the cutting-edge 2023 NVIDIA Ada Lovelace microarchitecture. Designed to complete gaming systems of the upper price category, equipped with FullHD or WQHD resolution monitors. The basis of the device is an AD 104 (5 nm) graphics processor, working in conjunction with 8 GB (256-bit) GDDR6 graphics memory. The die has 5888 stream processors, and the clock speed of 2490 MHz is slightly overclocked compared to the reference sample.

The video accelerator supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and can work with the PCI-E v4.0 system interface. At the same time, it is fully compatible with its previous version (Gen3), making the GPU suitable for upgrading existing PCs. The manufacturer sees it as a modern replacement for NVIDIA GPUs of the past generations like the GTX 1660 and RTX 2060. Fourth-generation tensor cores make it possible to implement the innovative Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology, which was taught to work with a new type of data (note: optical flow field) thanks to which at the same time increased the quality and efficiency of algorithms for artificially drawing frames.

And thanks to third-generation RT cores, Gigabyte's version of the RTX 4070 is capable of producing realistic gaming lighting and shadows. Working in conjunction with a powerful central processor, this model provides a consistently comfortable frame rate in any popular game projects of 2018-2023 in 2K resolution at high graphics settings. Theoretically, its power is enough for 4K resolution, but in this case, you will have to degrade the graphics and actively lean on DLSS.

Also worth noting is the quiet operation of the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12G cooling system, consisting of three 80mm fans with asynchronous blades and a radiator with three copper composite tubes and screen cooling. When the temperature drops below 50 degrees Celsius, the Cooling system switches to a semi-passive silent mode of operation, for which we must separately thank the graphene bearing grease. Despite the use of a three-slot cooling system, the accelerator is only 26 cm long and 2.5 slots thick. Also, the advantages of the model should include reduced power consumption - the GPU consumes about 200 W and a 650 W power supply is enough for it.