ZOTAC RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC Graphics Card Review

Final Thoughts

In a perfect world where the RTX 3070 is plentifully available, RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super owners need not rush out and but the latest cards unless they really need but for a pure gaming perspective of someone coming off at GTX 980 Ti or GTX 1080 Ti or less, the RTX 3070 is a great upgrade thanks to its remarkable value. The ZOTAC RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC proves that performance can also fit in a tighter cooler making the card itself a very flexible option for those that currently on tighter cases but yet to make the jump to a larger one or vice versa.

Performance

9.5

Build Quality

9.6

Functionality

9.4

Value

9.5

Reader Rating86 Votes

5.2

Pros

Good value for performance

Very cool operation

Silent

Cons

Availability

Wider PCB can cause fitting issues

9.5

Rating

1. Introduction

My original NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition review concluded on a note that that review was intended as a preview of things to come. The Founders Edition, instead of being a first-wave partner release has now become a collectors item only available to NVIDIA retail channel. What it does give us is performance expectation on the partner cards that are releasing today as NVIDIA is now officially launching the GeForce RTX 3070.

The original promise for this card is that it is a contender to the RTX 2080 Ti, officially lifting the performance bar to a new level for a new generation. To those who are seeing the RTX 3070 reviews for the first time, I won’t spoil you. I’ve made a dedicated summary section as we for my RTX 3070 reviews to give a side-by-side view of the performance of the cards versus the Founders Edition.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, let’s introduce the cards that we’re debuting with the launch of the RTX 3070. In this review, we’ll take a look at the ZOTAC RTX 3070 Twin Edge. ZOTAC has had it rough thanks to the careless assumptions of some influencers but NVIDIA has since corrected their supposed “stability issues” and to just get straight to it, this card does not have stability issues.

More on the card itself, the sample we have is ZOTAC’s Twin Edge OC model of the RTX 3070. This card is a custom PCB design that features a 2-slot cooler but to offset the reduced length, ZOTAC has made this card extra wide with a hair over an inch protruding from the PCIe bracket which you’ll see more of in later photos. ZOTAC’s Twin Edge cooler, with its more subdued design is obviously aimed at compact builder. While not necessarily for ITX, compact RTX 30 series cards have been elusive and the RTX 3070 could change that. With the performance promise of the RTX 3070, the ZOTAC Twin Edge variation could bring 4K gaming more closer to compact build. Find out how the card performs and read on!

	RTX 2080 Ti FE	RTX 3080 FE	ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 3070 OC	ZOTAC RTX 3070 TWIN EDGE OC	RTX 3070 FE
Architecture	Turing	Ampere	Ampere	Ampere	Ampere
CUDA Cores	4352	8704	5888	5888	5888
Boost frequency	1635Mhz	1710 MHz	1815 Mhz	1755 Mhz	1725 MHz
Memory	11GB GDDR6	10GB GDDR6X	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6
Memory bus	352-bit	320-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit