MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO Video Card Review

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Power and Temp

Power

All wattage was taken at the wall for total system Wattage using a Kill-a-watt.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO sipped power in comparison to the other cards at 412W at the wall. Overclocking the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO added a mere 11W to its total draw. The AMD Radeon RX 6800 was a watt higher at 424W with the ASUS ROG STRIX 2080 Ti jumping ahead to 509W of power.

Temperature

Ambient room temperature at the time of testing was 22 degrees Celsius.

From what we can tell, the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO’s default fan curve is set to maintain 64 degrees Celsius. It maintained that with the fans running but not audible without an issue. That was cooler than the AMD Radeon RX 6800 that leveled out at 70 degrees Celsius but warmer than the ASUS ROG STRIX 2080 Ti at 57 degrees Celsius. With the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO maxed out on both core clock and fans, it dropped to 53 degrees Celsius.

For comparison, the GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition ran at 76c. Therefore the cooling on the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition improves upon the temperature by a great deal at 64c. That’s a huge difference with this custom video card. When overclocked, it also keeps the GPU much cooler than the Founders Edition. Kudos on the cooling from MSI.

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David Schroth
David is a computer hardware enthusiast that has been tinkering with computer hardware for the past 25 years and writing reviews for more than ten years. He's the Founder and Editor in Chief of The FPS Review.

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