Reviewing the “Super” versions of Nvidia’s GeForce gaming GPUs is pretty straightforward: They’re tuned to hit a certain level of performance above the cards they replace, which means the RTX 4070 Super provides a decent uplift over the RTX 4070: typically about 15% in DLSS and 10 to 20% in gaming and graphics. Like the RTX 4070, the RTX 4070 Super seems like a well-rounded gaming card choice. Its performance straddles highest quality 1080p through entry 4K gaming (and video editing), hitting all of 1440p in between.Â
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition
Like
Well-rounded performance for the money
Only takes two slots
Don’t like
Needs adapter or PCIe 5 power connectors
Making a recommendation, though, isn’t quite so clear cut, since the RTX 4070 is staying on the market at nominally $50 less than the $600 Super. And while the Super performs better than the RTX 4070, everything we said about that card only 10 months ago still holds true — including that it’s the least expensive way to hit all the same targets.
Aside from having 20% more cores and other computational components over the older card — Tensor (AI) cores, RT cores streaming multiprocessors and so on — little has changed from one generation to the next. The Founders Edition card I tested does have a slightly different finish; it’s a bit more refractive, so it reflects the colors in my system a tad more. Given that the card doesn’t have its own illumination, it’s a perk. As before, the size and power requirements make it a good fit for midsize systems.
The RTX 4070 Ti, on the other hand, pulls ahead of the 4070 Super by a wider margin in 4K, and I expect the imminent 4070 Ti Super will further increase the gap between them, thanks to more everything. But the price gap is a lot more significant as well: At least $200 for the…
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