Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 hits the sweet spot in the latest generation of graphics cards, capable of a fantastic Quad HD performance and entry-level 4K without breaking the bank. But, for games lacking DLSS 3 support, there’s not enough of a performance boost for 30 Series owners to justify an upgrade.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 feels like a necessary turning point for the RTX 4000 series. It's more affordable, smaller, and at better value than its siblings, making it without a doubt a great choice for most people looking to upgrade to a new GPU.I do...

The 4070 is a solid value for the price, giving you all of the benefits of Nvidia's latest architecture, outstanding 1440p performance, usable-with-compromises 4K performance, and excellent power efficiency. For the people who can afford it in the first place, it's worth the money.

In the RTX 4000 range, this RTX 4070 is for us the card with the most interesting price/performance ratio. If you have the budget, it is an excellent choice to build a new configuration to take full advantage of the 1440p definition. The power consumption is largely down compared to the previous generation and if you have DLSS 3 compatible games, you will be able to take full advantage of Ray Tracing.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 is arguably the perfect mix of performance, price, and advanced features that most gamers are going to want — and can actually afford — to buy. It's hard to find fault with this card other than its price, but kudos to Nvidia for keeping it under $600; it could have gone higher and we'd still have recommended it.

We hope that inventory of these MSRP cards is high as once you get into the higher-end cards you could easily approach the price of an RTX 4070 Ti. I think that at the end of the day this would be a solid choice for a graphics card if you are building a new system or upgrading over something in to 10 or 20 series.

At $599, the RTX 4070 is the most reasonably priced RTX 40-series GPU so far and Nvidia’s fourth in the series. It will be tempting for those still on GTX 10-series or RTX 20-series GPUs at that price point, particularly as GPUs from AMD and Nvidia have jumped in price this generation.

Now that we've seen NVIDIA's RTX 4070 in action, is it actually worth $599? For anyone with a GPU older than the RTX 30-series, I'd say so. (Though if you can spare an extra $200, the 4070 Ti is noticeably better.) A few years ago, we were hoping and praying for GPU prices to come back down to Earth. We've seen 4070 Ti cards stick close to its initial $799 launch price, so there's a good chance you'll actually be able to find a 4070 this year without overpaying too much.

To wrap things up. NVIDIA have a fine product. It doesn’t blow me away, for the reasons I’ve stated, but for anyone rocking a 20 series, or a 3070, or even a 3070 Ti, you’re going to be in for a real treat, and with more games adopting DLSS3 now than ever, it’s only going to get better, and the RTX 4070 might just end up being NVIDIA’s best GPU yet. For me, it just needs a little more time to mature.

Nvidia’s $599 GeForce RTX 4070 delivers superb 1440p gaming and ray tracing performance backed by excellent features like DLSS 3 Frame Generation and Nvidia Reflex. It’s less well-suited for 4K gaming due to its memory design, but the power efficiency and diminutive size of the Founders Edition impresses.