Conclusion
As expected, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER marks what technically account as a mid-season power-up from the original line-up and the RTX 4070 SUPER peforms predictably on its intended target. The immediate and key consideration here is that after this, should one buy the RTX 4070 or the RTX 4070 SUPER? Its not as clear cut as how it was for the RTX 3070 to the RTX 3070 Ti, and the large price gap between the RTX 4070 and the RTX 4070 Ti affords the RTX 4070 SUPER a large wiggle room but NVIDIA kept that space possibly for potential price drops as the RTX 4070 Ti sees a halt in production along with the RTX 4080 non-SUPER based on NVIDIA pricing stack.
With that being said, this speaks more on how NVIDIA is approaching their Radeon counterpart and NVIDIA is confident that gamers looking to get more from the GeForce ecosystem would settle for an RTX 4070 SUPER than with features like Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation justifying the price increase from the RTX 4070 non-SUPER and the 7800 XT.
That said, AMD didn’t sit on their ass since they released the most recent Radeon RX 7000 GPU. AMD has been struggling catching up with NVIDIA’s ecosystem solutions and has not had any breakthrough success destabilizing NVIDIA’s branding dominance on the streamer front. While that’s put on the backseat, their upscaling efforts has proven NVIDIA’s track records of setting the industry’s pace and development.
That said, the RTX 4070 SUPER still feels unnecessary given what it brings to the table. As decent as it is performance-wise, its not a stand-out product nor is it the pricing savior that many foresee and with that sentiment I fear we’re bound to see the rest of the RTX 40 SUPER stack headed in the same direction.
NVIDIA is asking partners to ready non-OC models on launch which will be available at their MSRP. For Philippine residents, this is PHP41,550 ($743 after conversion by the time of this writing) which is the original starting price of the RTX 4070 which has now seen price drop to as low as PHP36K (~$640).
Unless AMD repositions their RX 7800 XT or releases an RX 7800 XTX, the NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER provides ultimately much better power efficiency as well as better overall value-adding features to justify its price. With no RTX 3080 Ti or RX 6900 XT on shelves, unless second hand sellers sell at PHP20k or less, the RTX 4070 SUPER would be the best choice for those looking to go just below the PHP 50K mark.
14 Comments
Boss ano build reco mo sa 1440p gaming pc?
13400F + RTX 4070 literal na 1440 build ko sa utol ko recently 😀
Back2Gaming ayun salamats boss!
Back2Gaming may amd counterpart ba bossmac?
r5 7600 + pero 4070 pa rin if power efficiency build, if AMD-only then 7800xt
How about for SFF build: i7 14700 + RTX 4070 -or- go for 4070 SUPER build? worth the premium? Based on your review and est price parang hindi worth yung 4070 Super (~50K+) vs 4070 (NON-Super) which is now significantly discounted down to ~36k?
Jeff BP yung sa usage mo kasi is more on overall long-term build na eh since namention mo di lang ata gaming ung usage mo and definitely mas malaki upgrade potential mo down the line.
Ako personally feel ko di ako susugal sa Meteor Lake sa desktop and I dont think maglalabas ng bagong CPU si AMD sa AM5 bago mag 2025 haha so stick din ako sa 13900K + RTX 4080 sa personal rig ko
Kaya pa ba ng r5 3600 + 4070 1440p only?
magwork naman, if gusto mo unahin GPU before CPU upgrade to ryzen 5000 or talon AM5, better din yan. If long term naman, di naman sya ganun kabagal pero dapat aware ka na di mo masasagad ilang games
Jan Ishy Samaniego suggest ko 5800X3D
Miguel Araneta concerned ako kase itx lang sya naka noctua na low profile lang baka di kayanin tdp
valid concern nga yan, if yan concern mo pede mo na siguro endgame upgrade jan is 5800X pero only if 15k or less ung price. Other than 5700X3D na lang siguro altho wait for reviews since di pa naten alam themral behavior ng 5700X3D
Back2Gaming 4070 Super or 7800 XT? Hehe konti lang ata kasi difference sa performance e pero sobra mahal kasi 4070 super, or worth gastusan?
Childish Gambino right now? if di mo naeenjoy DLSS or di ka talaga nag-upscaling mas sulit 7800xt, 30W tradeoff lang sa power draw pero tolerable na siguro if di naman long-session lagi gaming mo, wag lang sana maglabnas ng tulad nung sa Counterstrike na issue uli si amd sa drivers nila na mababan ka dahil sa anti-lag nila