EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA GAMING Review

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Power and Temperature

Power

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

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA GAMING sipped power in comparison to the other cards at 402W at the wall. Overclocking the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA GAMING added 42W to its total draw. The AMD Radeon RX 6800 split the difference between the stock and overclocked results at 424W and the ASUS ROG STRIX 2080 Ti jumped ahead to 509W of power.

Temperature

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

From what we can tell, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA GAMING’s default fan curve is set to maintain 67 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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA GAMING maxed out on both core clock and fans, it dropped to 60 degrees Celsius.

For comparison, the GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition ran at 76c. Therefore the cooling on the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 XC3 ULTRA GAMING improves upon the Founder’s Edition temperature by a great deal at 67c. That’s a huge difference with this custom video card.

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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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