Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Review: Just OK Leave a comment

Nvidia’s 50 Collection releases are chugging proper alongside, despite the fact that issues haven’t precisely been easy. The highest finish of the collection has proven spectacular 4K efficiency, however discovering one in inventory for near MSRP requires energetic effort or loads of endurance.

At simply $549, the RTX 5070 is presently the least costly graphics card within the 50 Collection to be formally introduced. It could possibly deal with 1080p gaming simply high quality, but it surely struggles to maintain up at 1440p, and particularly with high-refresh-rate displays changing into extra widespread. It is a good dimension, however I’d suggest saving up for the costlier GPUs, or taking a look at earlier generations.

Compact Form

This new card is noticeably smaller than the RTX 5080 FE (8/10, WIRED Recommends) and RTX 5090 FE (7/10, WIRED Recommends), rising simply barely above the highest of the PCIe plate, with a real two-slot width and a size that’s a full 62 millimeters (2.4 inches) shorter. It’s additionally smaller than the Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti (8/10, WIRED Recommends), which makes use of a extra conventional cooler setup. Whereas the bigger playing cards would slot in most builds, the RTX 5070 shouldn’t have any points discovering its method into even essentially the most compact circumstances.

It’s a disgrace these Founders Editions aren’t a limiteless providing, as a result of I believe this era is kind of good. I’m a giant fan of the design, which has an understated look that feels actually premium. I’m not a fan of brightly lit playing cards with designs that may’t be matched to different elements, and I believe the Founders Version playing cards will look proper at residence in nearly any case.

Like the opposite 50 Collection playing cards, the RTX 5070 FE makes use of the brand new 12V-2×6 connector, and features a braided nylon adapter on your current PSU. You must solely want a 650-watt energy provide for this card, down from 750 watts for the 5070 Ti, which is able to as soon as once more profit small and funds system builders.

Gaming Efficiency

I’ve dug into the results of multiframe era within the different evaluations, the RTX 5090 FE specifically, so for this assessment I centered on efficiency with the characteristic turned off. If you happen to’re attempting to make sure easy efficiency, the additional frames per second (fps) it offers will most likely be value it for this card greater than the others.