EVGA GeForce RTX 3070

Nachdem wir uns vor zwei Tagen die Founders Edition der GeForce RTX 3070 angeschaut haben , folgen heute die ersten Custom-Modelle. Diese unterscheiden sich vor allem hinsichtlich des Taktes, Power-Limits und in der Kühlung. Wo die Vor- und Nachteile der einzelnen Modelle liegen, schauen wir uns auf den nun folgenden Seiten an.

When the 3070 from EVGA arrived I was like 'yikes, that's going to be a difficult conclusion'. Problem is that new trade tariffs have just been implemented, next to that there is a massive component shortage and of course shortages mean inflated prices. The product can be purchased at the EVGA website for $679, here in the EU a quick lookup reveals that the price to sit in a € 749,- region. Meanwhile, the original MSRP for the founder edition card sits at 499 USD. And that just creates a huge dilemma as it's just too much? If you care to purchase one, please try as much as you can to purchase it directly from the manufacturers though, as etailers understand how the market works, and will even further increase that price.

The EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra is the best overclocker in our testing today, thanks to a generous power limit increase to 270 W, that can be adjusted even further. The large triple-slot, triple-fan cooler achieves excellent temperatures and features fan stop.

After checking out the RTX 3070 Founders Edition we know that the RTX 3070 is a solid performer, competing with the RTX 2080 Ti at a significantly lower price. But what about aftermarket cards? Well, the first one to come in is the EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 Black which is EVGAs lower-priced 3070. Even still it comes with their triple fan layout and their iCX3 cooler. To fit all of that though, EVGA went away from the short PCB that Nvidia used on the Founders Edition and went with a full-length semi-custom PCB. This allowed them to change the power connection down to the end of the card and to go with dual 8-pin power connections over the new 12-pin that Nvidia has been using.