ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Review: More Cores, Memory, Performance
Overclocking The ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Like previous-gen GeForces, Ada Lovelace-based GeForce RTX 40 series cards feature GPU Boost, which scales frequencies and voltages dynamically within pre-determined power and temperature limits, based on the GPU's workload and other environmental factors. Should a temperature or power limit be reached, GPU Boost will drop down to the previous boost frequency / voltage stepping, to bring power and temperatures down gradually and not cause any significant performance swings. If there is power and thermal headroom, however, the GPU will boost as high as it can for as long as it can. When overclocking, the maximum boost clocks and power limit can be tweaked to increase performance with most cards.
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Hardware Monitor - Stock Settings
Like previous-gen mainstream GeForces, the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is typically voltage or power limited in most circumstances to prevent damage and ensure the card's longevity. It is these limits that will usually be the gating factors in any overclocking efforts. As you can see above, even in its stock configuration, the card was hitting a power limit while gaming.
With the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, the power target can be increased by up to 10% and the max temperature target from 83°C to 88°C. Though the latest version of Afterburner has the option to alter voltage as well, increasing the GPU voltage will only force the card to hit the power limit faster. ~3GHz GPU clocks are still possible without tweaking the voltage, though.
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Hardware Monitor - Overclocked
We used the GPU and memory frequency offsets, along with the power and temperature target sliders to manually push the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's GPU and memory frequencies beyond stock. First, we turned up the temperature and power targets to their maximum values, and then increased the GPU and memory clock offsets until the test system was no longer stable, showed on-screen artifacts, or performance peaked due to hitting the power limit. We did not, however, alter fan speeds because this card ran so cool without any modifications in that regard.
In its stock configuration, the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER boosted to nearly 2.8GHz (visible in the screenshot at the top of the page). While overclocked, however, we were able to take its GPU clock to just over 3GHz (3,015MHz) with a 21.5Gbps memory speed. Even while overclocked, the GPU maxed out at only 65°C, and probably had frequency headroom to spare.
With the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER overclocked, we saw some moderate increases in performance. They weren't quite high enough to allow the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER to catch the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, but were decent nonetheless.
Total System Power Consumption
Throughout all of our benchmarking and testing, we also monitored noise output and tracked how much power the GPUs were consuming in our test system. Our goal here is to give you an idea as to how much power each GPU used while idle and also while under a heavy workload. These power numbers were captured during Luxmark and F1 23 testing, with ray-tracing enabled, and are representative of total system power consumption.
The ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's power consumption landed right where you'd expect it, based on its performance. Idle power is similar among all of the cards, but under load, the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER used a bit more power than the original RTX 4070 Ti, but less than the GeForce RTX 4080 or Radeon RX 7900 XT.
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Review Summary & Conclusion
At this point, NVIDIA’s blueprint with the GeForce RTX 40 SUPER series is clear – boost performance at similar (or lower) introductory prices, to enhance the overall value of the line-up. The ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER arrives at the same $799 price point of its predecessor, but offers more cores, more video memory, and ultimately more performance across every workload. The ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER can’t quite catch the GeForce RTX 4080, bit it comes close in many tests, for a couple of hundred bucks less.
With recent price cuts, the Radeon RX 7900 XT is being offered for about $710. Looking back through the numbers, that price adjustment is just about in-line with its performance relative to the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER if you factor in ray tracing. In games that don’t make extensive use of ray tracing and mostly rely on traditional rasterization techniques, the Radeon RX 7900 XT may pull ahead of the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. Today’s GPUs are about much more than gaming, however. Looking at the content creation, rendering, and other compute tests and the ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER outpaces the Radeons.
Ultimately the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER represents additional value for gamers and creators. It arrives at the same price point as its predecessor, but effectively offers more of everything. If you’ve got the budget and are looking for a GPU its price category, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the card to beat right now, and ASUS’ TUF model ticks many of the right boxes.
