Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: definitely not a $549 RTX 4090
The RTX 50-series launch hasnat gone smoothly so far. Severely limited stock, high prices, and manufacturing issues have left PC gamers frustrated. Now, Nvidia is trying to get things heading in the right direction with the RTX 5070, a GPU that it promised would deliver $1,599 RTX 4090-like performance for $549.
It doesnat, and it was never going to. Itas about 20 percent faster than the RTX 4070 and a bare 4 percent faster than last yearas RTX 4070 Super. Itas a solid card for 1440p gaming, just like the RTX 4070, but as with the rest of the 50-series cards, Nvidiaas performance claims rely on Frame Generation rather than meaningful improvements to rendering.
At $549, the RTX 5070 will also come up against AMDas new $549 Radeon RX 9070 and $599 Radeon RX 9070 XT when they launch on March 6th. If AMD manages to beat Nvidiaas RTX 5070 or come close to the $749 RTX 5070 Ti, thatas going to put a lot of much-needed pressure on Nvidiaas pricing.
You might want to wait a couple of days to purchase anything until we can talk about those AMD cards.
1440p and 4K benchmarksTest machine:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D
- CPU cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
- Mother …