MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming Trio 12G, 12GB GDDR6X, HDMI, 3x DP

The MSI RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio is the fifth RTX 4070 Ti card we've reviewed here at OC3D Towers and it only emphasises how consistent the yields Nvidia are managing to get are. We've gone on record as finding the launch of the RTX 4070 Ti to be a confusing one, priced where you would expect the x080 cards to be, but coming out the box with the Titanium extension which is normally reserved for the refinement cards released a few months later. Yet the performance makes most of the 3000 series look slow. It's more expensive than we'd expect a x070 card to be, yet if you ignore that and just look at the performance figures then it's a bargain. As we say, confusing. However, one area that isn't strange is the quality of the MSI Tri Frozr cooler found on their Gaming X Trio models. It's been around for a few generations now and has never been anything than fantastic. There is simplicity to the design which is very attractive. Three high quality fans spinning quietly, massive heatsink with a high-density of fins, and plenty of room for the hot air to escape. On paper it's not much different than a lot of cooling arrangements, and yet there is an element of je ne sais quoi which places it above the majority of similarly specced cards. Best of all, because MSI have the Suprim X sitting at the top of their range, it's also not the most expensive model in their range. When you mix great performance and cooling with relatively - for a famous brand name - affordable pricing you're on to a winning combination. We've mentioned a lot lately about how manufacturers are moving away from wholly white colouring on their nominally white designs, MSI have blended too much silver into their design to help break up the solid white effect and its made the Gaming X Trio more of a silver card than a white one. A tricky balance to get right and one MSI have sadly failed on in our eyes. Aesthetics though can be a very personal topic, it says white on the box though when in reality we feel that it should have said.... Silver. Performance is very much on a par with all of the RTX 4070 Ti cards, which is to say fantastic value for money, so like all of them the MSI Gaming X Trio stands and falls on those elements that MSI can control. If you're in the market for a white card then MSI RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio lis mainly silver but performs well, is cool and quiet and doesn't break the bank.