Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Review: A Solid But Unspectacular 1440p Upgrade

Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace roll-out continues, this time with the $599 RTX 4070, with a claimed RTX 3080-level of performance. Rich takes a look at 1440p performance, finding a card that is unspectacular vs Ampere 30-series cards but a solid enough upgrade for owners of 10-series and 20-series xx70 and xx80 GPUs. There’s also Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive testing - a hint of a glorious gaming future to come, where RTX 4070 performs admirably... Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: 00:00 Introduction 00:29 RTX 3080 Perf Target Next-Gen Aspirations 01:24 Founders Edition Physical Form Factor 01:58 Tech Specs... ’Cheaping Out’ on Silicon? 03:16 Power Consumption Efficiency 05:02 An Upgraded Test Platform New Games 06:14 RTX 4070 vs Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive 08:51 1440p Ray Tracing Benchmarks 15:25 1440p Reconstruction/Frame-Gen Benchmarks 18:44 1440p Rasterisation Benchmarks 26:51 Falling Short of RTX 3080 at 4K 28:12 And Now, The Conclusion