We’ll switch things up and open with the power and temperature behavior of the graphics card first. We use Final Fantasy XV Benchmark to simulate a gaming workload but for those looking extreme loads, we do put our cards through Kombustor on first installation for stress testing to check for stability. For our reviews though, we use Final Fantasy XV to simulate a true gaming scenario. Power draw is captured inline via PCAT or Powenetics so no other components affects readings. Readings are taken from the average 15 min idle readings for both load and idle.
Let’s take a look at clock behavior versus temperature:
In the chart above we can follow the clock speed pattern as the card heats up during load. From the left we have the GPU clock as highlighted by the darker line and the lighter pink line is the temperature detailed on the left. Clocks climb to around 1940Mhz, that’s actually close to the boost clocks of the RTX 3080 if not pretty identical. The RTX 3080 clocks are below for comparison.
Thermal Images
Much like the RTX 3080 Founders Edition, the RTX 3070 Founders Edition shows us some good temperatures. Some folks thought that the twin fan cooler was just a restyled traditional Founders Edition cooler but it still posses the blow-through design thanks to its relatively small PCB. Still, board partners may not have the luxury of such a custom board with partner cards from the 3080 line still looking stout. Still, the Founders Edition cooler on the RTX 3070 is decent and provides high compatibility thanks to its smaller footprint.
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Nice. Waiting for radeon para magkaalaman na.