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RTX 4070 Super Review: Best Mid-Range GPU in 2024?
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## RTX 4070 Super Review: Best Mid-Range GPU in 2024?
NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 Super has been one of the most talked-about graphics cards in the mid-range segment since its launch. Priced between $599 and $650 at retail, it sits in a competitive sweet spot — and many gamers are asking whether it truly delivers the best bang for the buck in 2024. In this full review, we cover raw gaming benchmarks, ray tracing performance, thermals, noise, power draw, and long-term value.
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### Technical Specifications
The RTX 4070 Super uses NVIDIA’s Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on TSMC’s 4nm process node.
– **GPU Die**: AD104 (Ada Lovelace)
– **CUDA Cores**: 7,168 (up from 5,888 on standard 4070)
– **VRAM**: 12GB GDDR6X
– **Memory Bus Width**: 192-bit (up from 128-bit)
– **Memory Bandwidth**: 504 GB/s
– **Base / Boost Clock**: 1,980 MHz / 2,505 MHz
– **TDP**: 220W
– **Interface**: PCIe 4.0 x16
– **Display Outputs**: 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1
The jump from the standard RTX 4070 to the Super variant is meaningful. The 1,024 additional CUDA cores and the wider 192-bit memory bus address the biggest complaints about the base card — bandwidth-limited performance at 1440p and above.
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### 1080p Gaming Performance
At 1080p, the RTX 4070 Super is overkill for most games, and that is a good thing. You will never hit a frame rate wall playing any modern title at maximum settings:
– **Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultra, RT Off)**: ~145 fps average
– **Fortnite (Epic)**: 200+ fps
– **Red Dead Redemption 2 (Ultra)**: ~135 fps
– **Elden Ring (Max)**: 60 fps locked
– **Hogwarts Legacy (Ultra)**: ~130 fps
– **Call of Duty Warzone (Ultra)**: ~180 fps
– **Apex Legends (Max)**: 240+ fps
For competitive esports titles like Valorant, CS2, or Overwatch 2, you will comfortably exceed 300 fps — leaving headroom even for 360Hz monitors.
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### 1440p Gaming — The Sweet Spot
1440p is unquestionably the resolution this card was designed for. The wider 192-bit memory bus means texture streaming bottlenecks are minimized, and the card handles nearly every modern title at Ultra settings above 100 fps:
– **Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultra + RT Medium)**: ~85 fps
– **Hogwarts Legacy (Ultra)**: ~110 fps
– **Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ultra High)**: ~100 fps
– **COD: Warzone (Ultra)**: ~135 fps
– **Marvel’s Spider-Man (Very High)**: ~120 fps
– **Alan Wake 2 (High)**: ~95 fps
– **Forza Horizon 5 (Extreme)**: ~148 fps
– **Starfield (Ultra)**: ~88 fps
With DLSS 3 Quality mode enabled, performance jumps significantly across the board. Cyberpunk 2077 with RT Overdrive leaps from ~50 fps to 75–80 fps — performance that would otherwise require an RTX 4080.
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### 4K Gaming Performance
At 4K Ultra, the RTX 4070 Super starts to meet its limits in the most demanding titles, but it remains very playable in the majority of games:
– **Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultra, RT Off)**: ~68 fps
– **Far Cry 6 (Ultra)**: ~78 fps
– **Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Highest)**: ~85 fps
– **Horizon Forbidden West (Ultra)**: ~72 fps
– **Forza Horizon 5 (Extreme)**: ~100 fps
– **F1 23 (Ultra High)**: ~95 fps
Enable DLSS 3 with Frame Generation and 4K gaming becomes genuinely smooth. Cyberpunk 2077 jumps from 68 fps to 95+ fps with DLSS set to Quality mode — a dramatic improvement that makes the RTX 4070 Super a legitimate 4K card for most users.
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### Ray Tracing Performance
NVIDIA’s 3rd-generation RT Cores provide a strong advantage over AMD’s RDNA 3 ray tracing implementation:
– **Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultra RT, 1440p)**: ~65 fps
– **Control (RT Ultra, 1440p)**: ~78 fps
– **Minecraft RTX (1440p + DLSS)**: ~85 fps
– **Alan Wake 2 (Path Tracing, 1440p)**: ~38 fps native, ~72 fps with DLSS 3
For a mid-range card, these are strong numbers. Paired with DLSS 3 Frame Generation, ray-traced visuals become accessible without sacrificing playability.
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### DLSS 3 and Frame Generation
DLSS 3 remains NVIDIA’s most compelling exclusive feature. Frame Generation uses the Optical Flow Accelerator hardware to synthesize intermediate frames, effectively doubling the displayed frame rate in supported titles. Games like Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and The Witcher 4 (upcoming) have seen strong DLSS 3 adoption. The list of supported titles grows monthly, making this feature increasingly valuable over the card’s lifetime.
AV1 hardware encoding is another standout — streamers and content creators benefit from smaller file sizes and better quality at equivalent bitrates compared to H.264 or H.265 encoding.
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### Thermals and Noise
Under a 30-minute FurMark stress test, our Founders Edition sample peaked at 83°C — safely within NVIDIA’s thermal limits. AIB partner cards from ASUS ROG Strix, MSI Gaming X Trio, and Gigabyte AORUS typically run 5–8°C cooler thanks to larger triple-fan coolers.
Fan noise at full load is moderate. Inside a closed mid-tower case with decent airflow, the card is not audible over normal ambient noise during gaming. At idle and light workloads, the fans stop entirely on most AIB models — a genuinely silent experience for everyday desktop use.
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### Power Consumption
The 220W TDP is excellent for the level of performance delivered. In real-world gaming scenarios, power draw sits between 180W and 215W depending on the title. A quality 650W 80 Plus Gold PSU is sufficient for a complete mid-range system. By comparison, the RTX 3080 consumed ~320W for similar or slightly lower performance — the Ada Lovelace architecture’s efficiency gains are real.
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### Value and Competition
The RTX 4070 Super competes directly with AMD’s Radeon RX 7800 XT, which costs roughly $480–$500. In rasterization gaming, the gap is approximately 8–12% in NVIDIA’s favor, and the DLSS 3 advantage widens this further in supported titles. The RX 7800 XT closes the gap with better rasterization efficiency and FSR 3, but cannot match Frame Generation quality.
Against its own lineup, the RTX 4070 Super offers approximately 80–85% of RTX 4080 performance at about 60–65% of the price — one of the best value ratios in NVIDIA’s current stack.
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### Who Should Buy the RTX 4070 Super?
This card is the ideal upgrade for anyone coming from a GTX 1080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2080 Ti, or even an RTX 3070. The performance leap is substantial in every scenario. If you are currently on a 1440p 144Hz or 165Hz monitor, the RTX 4070 Super will keep every game above your monitor’s refresh rate at high-to-ultra settings for the next several years.
For 4K gaming enthusiasts on a budget, DLSS 3 Frame Generation makes the RTX 4070 Super a surprisingly capable option — particularly in NVIDIA-optimized titles.
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### Verdict
The RTX 4070 Super is a standout graphics card that earns its place as the definitive mid-range recommendation for 2024. Strong 1440p performance, effective ray tracing, DLSS 3 Frame Generation, efficient power draw, and a reasonable price point combine to make this one of the most well-rounded GPU purchases available.
**Score: 9.0 / 10** — Our top recommendation for 1440p gaming in the mid-range segment.
