The RTX 4070 costs $100 more than the the RTX 3070. It does offer better performance, features, VRAM, and power efficiency. But is this enough of a generational leap to justify a 20% price increase? Let’s find out!
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Chapters:
0:00 VRAM: Resident Evil 4 Remake Max Preset RTX 3070 crashes, 4070 doesn’t
1:28 VRAM: The Last of Us Part 1 (1440p, 1080p, and 4K Ultra)
3:10 Unreal Engine 5: Fortnite 1440p Epic
4:22 Unreal Engine 5 Ray Tracing Epic: Fortnite 1440p
5:00 Unreal Engine 5 RT and DLSS Quality: Fortnite 1440p
5:39 Unreal Engine 5 Ray Tracing High: Fortnite 1440p
6:18 Unreal Engine 5 Ray Tracing Epic: Fortnite 1080p
6:54 Unreal Engine 5: Fortnite 4K Epic
7:35 Unreal Engine 5 Ray Tracing Epic 4K DLSS Quality: Fortnite
8:12 The Callisto Protocol 1440p Ultra (Unreal Engine 4)
8:56 The Callisto Protocol 1080p Ultra (Unreal Engine 4)
9:40 The Callisto Protocol 4K Ultra (Unreal Engine 4)
10:24 Returnal 1440p Epic (Unreal Engine 4)
10:51 Returnal 1080p Epic (Unreal Engine 4)
11:18 Returnal 4K Epic (Unreal Engine 4)
11:45 VRAM: Forspoken 1440p Ultra (Includes Ray Tracing)
12:09 VRAM: Forspoken 1080p Ultra (Includes Ray Tracing)
12:33 VRAM: Forspoken 4K Ultra (Includes Ray Tracing)
12:55 A Plague Tale Requiem 1440p Ultra
13:28 A Plague Tale Requiem 1080p Ultra
13:58 A Plague Tale Requiem 4K Ultra
14:28 Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 1440p Balanced
14:59 Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 1080p Balanced
15:30 Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 4K Balanced
16:00 Vulkan: Red Dead Redemption 2 1440p Max Preset
16:34 Vulkan: Red Dead Redemption 2 1080p Max Preset
17:09 Vulkan: Red Dead Redemption 2 4K Max Preset
17:43 DX11: God of War 1440p Ultra
18:16 DX11: God of War 1080p Ultra
18:44 DX11: God of War 4K Ultra
19:12 Cyberpunk 2077 1440p Ultra
19:40 Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra
20:08 Heavy Ray Tracing Test: Ray Tracing Ultra 1440p Cyberpunk 2077
21:14 Frame Generation: Cyberpunk 2077 1440p RT Ultra DLSS Quality vs Quality w/FrameGen
22:23 Final Thoughts
29:09 What about comparing to AMD GPUs, or other Nvidia GPUs?