Its clear by now that Blackwell is the feature upgrade of Ada Lovelace, effectively the equivalent of an iPhone with a software update. But on a more serious note, NVIDIA has rearranged many of the tech that powers the RTX 40-series and re-engineered them to focus more on more AI heavy lifting while still doing their intended purpose.
For a large majority of my audience who play esports and shooters, if your lifer gamer and majority of the title you play doesn’t have DLSS4 in its roadmap, a RTX 4070 Ti/RTX 4070 Ti SUPER or a used RTX 4080 will still serve you will. But should that title get DLSS4, if you’re managing decent framerates, bumping that up with DLSS4 Multi Frame Generation will really make it pop.
Much of the decision making that upgraders are going to look at is what new stuff are they getting and for the most part, we already have that covered with the statement above on DLSS4 and the rest of it will have nothing for RTX 40 users. For RTX 30 and Radeon RX 7000 users though, there’s a tangible improvement.
With the RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080 launches behind us already, the lessons from those previous launch is to not expect to get this on day one. While GIGABYTE PH has stated their fastest moving card in terms of sales volume is the RTX 4070 Ti, ASUS and MSI could see things in another light. Regardless, I don’t see this card getting campers on launch and while its definitely going to have an influx of sale, its going to be mostly for the MSRP options rather than outright desirability.
Because at the end of the day, the RTX 5070 Ti manages to properly displace the RTX 4070 Ti/RTX4070 Ti SUPER and come in $50 cheaper if we’re talking MSRP vs. MSRP. Even for PH, the RTX 5070 Ti does arrive a hair below the RTX 4070 Ti/RTX 4070 Ti SUPER on launch which brings us to the actual conundrum for many folks reading this: should you get the RTX 5070 Ti or the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER? Maybe a discounted RTX 4080 SUPER?
If we’re talking same PH MSRP of RTX 5070 Ti vs. 2nd-hand RTX 4080 SUPER to play DOTA2, Valorant, Marvel Rivals and couple of AAA on 1440p, then either card would do. You get much more raw horsepower with the RTX 4080 SUPER and there’s really nothing beating that but if you want something more modern for 1440p AAA gaming, and you know your game will support newer DLSS tech, then the RTX 5070 Ti is still on the table.
It’s not going to be an easy choice for many of your and as guidance, I’d say if the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is PHP45K or below, I’d say get that brand new if DLSS4 MFG doesn’t sound to hot for you. ย This value-based tug-of-war will be decided on the features you want and how much you need it and while new builders will probably have the option of getting an MSRP card with a new build, upgraders buying graphics cards ala carte will have to shell out for a custom card with custom pricing and that we have to see how high it goes.
Focusing on the MSI RTX 5070 Ti SUPER to close this review, we’ve seen the card push 2790Mhz on just boost alone. While this is a triple fan card, its got a hum when loaded but nothing irritating. I highly suggest checking out user videos on noise as I’ve seen reviews of recent RTX 50 cards getting bad scores for noise performance. As I’ve said before, I refuse to do noise testing on graphics cards because loudness and sound pressure are two very distinct things, and loudness by its very nature is subjective. With that said, the fans on the MSI RTX 5070 Ti will get busy if the card manages to breach >70*C but nothing ear piercing.
The lack of RGB may go unnoticed but some may realize it to late expecting a card of this price to have one. Sad to say, that’s already a luxury with all the cost-cutting MSI had to do to push the price of the RTX 5070 Ti to where it is now.
Value-wise, the MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X OC is a fully-functional RTX 5070 Ti good for 1440p gaming. If you’re able to snag thi card MSRP, its a great choice whose only competitor is a half-price RX 7900XTX or a PHP40K or less RTX 4070 TI SUPER.
MSI backs the RTX 5070 TI VENTUS 3X with a 3-year warranty. It gets a B2G Recommended Badge IF MSRP!
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50-60k price range?
Reavin Hipolito etong mismong card if 55420php msrp ni nvidia pero depende ke store if bebenta nila na card lang or new build
Nice review!
Stores are acting like scalpers themselves. Breaching the 70k mark for the 5070ti. This is the picture is an Asus tuf being sold by gameone for 74k while Gigabyte 5070ti aero priced around 73k!
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Le Mon it goes up to 80k+ in some stores too. worst thing is the rtx 40 supplly chain’s been used to make the rtx50 so if those old cards go, these are all we’releft with
Le Mon msrp is a lie na bro. Pny, palit, at zotac nalang ata ung msrp for base models nila. May markup na din sa US ung ibang brands wag na umasa lalo sa Pinas.
Daniel Carandang I don’t even think palit, zotac, and pny will be priced good considering the pricing for their 5080 models.
Le Mon dagdagan lang ng 3500 palit gamerock 5080 na