MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X 8G Video Card Review

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MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X 8G Back View

Conclusion

Today we have had a chance to give our first look and review at a custom add-in-board partner-built video card on the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.  The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X 8G video card is the Crème de la Crème of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti’s from MSI.  This video card is packed front to back, left to right, top to bottom with goodness to bring the best performance out of the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU.  MSI has put everything and the kitchen sink into this video card, and it shows by size.  Do not underestimate the 13.18” of length, 5.5” of width, and 2.4” of the height of this video card. 

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the GA104 GPU fully realized from NVIDIA.  Released this summer, 2021 with an MSRP of $599 the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti competes well at 1440p and with the Radeon RX 6800.  It offers more performance over the GeForce RTX 3070, extending the 1440p gameplay experience.  With features like DLSS, Ray Tracing is a reality in games at 1440p, and higher framerates are possible with or without.

Performance

In our performance testing, we focused on the 1440p gameplay experience and compared performance with a Radeon RX 6800.  We enabled DLSS and Ray Tracing in games that support it.  In Metro Exodus Enhanced the game was not playable at the highest settings at 1440p until we enabled DLSS, then it was at 60FPS and above with the highest game settings and Ray Tracing.  It beat the Radeon RX 6800, which only had the option to lower game settings to be playable at 1440p. 

Cyberpunk 2077 at “Ultra” at 1440p was not really playable until we overclocked the MSI RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X, then it was borderline.  However, the Radeon RX 6800 competed very well and was actually faster than the MSI RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X until we overclocked it.  The biggest advantage was once again having DLSS, using DLSS brought the MSI RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X up to above 70FPS at 1440p with “Ultra” settings.  The Radeon RX 6800 could only decrease game settings or resolution. 

When we turned on even the lowest Ray Tracing setting in Cyberpunk 2077 it rendered 1440p unplayable on both video cards.  However, DLSS to the rescue again, it allowed us to play at 60FPS at 1440p with Medium Ray Tracing on the MSI RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X.

Godfall and Dirt 5 performed great on both video cards at 1440p and were very playable with the highest in-game settings.  They were both also playable with Ray Tracing enabled, meaning you get a really great experience on both video cards at 1440p.  Godfall has the advantage of FSR, which increases performance on both video cards and brought performance over 100FPS with Ray Tracing turned on.  In Dirt 5 we don’t have this, but it was playable anyway.  The Radeon RX 6800 was actually the fastest video card just slightly, it was very competitive in these games.

Watch Dogs was playable at 1440p with the highest “Ultra” settings on both video cards.  In fact, they performed exactly the same.  Turning on Ray Tracing was too demanding until we enabled DLSS.  With DLSS the MSI RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X is able to play this game at 1440p with Ultra Ray Tracing.  The Radeon RX 6800 cannot.

Microsoft Flight Simulator and Horizon Zero Dawn were playable on both video cards with great performance.  We could play both games at 1440p with the highest in-game settings.  The MSI RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X had a larger advantage in Flight Sim.  Red Dead Redemption 2 was also playable on both video cards at 1440p with the highest in-game settings.  The Radeon RX 6800 is faster until we utilize DLSS which boosts framerates a fair amount.  Lastly, Wolfenstein Youngblood is blazing fast on the MSI RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X, and with it, we can enable Ray Tracing at 1440p and have a playable experience.  It also supports DLSS to further improve performance.

Overclocking

Overclocking the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X 8G video card was everything we thought it would be.  This video card is just easy to overclock.  We were able to increase the Power Limit up by 6% which gave us some headroom, though we always want more and would benefit from it for overclocking.  Still, this allowed us to raise the core to +160 and overclock the memory up to 21GHz from the default 19GHz. 

At +160 the new GPU Boost clock is 2020MHz, and in reality, that equates to around 2115MHz while playing games thanks to GPU Boost.  At 2115MHz we are well over the default clock speed the card ships with, and we are also faster than the Founders Edition.  This video card allowed us to overclock beyond the Founders Edition on GPU and memory.  The default stock factory overclock on this video card is also very good, boosting it above the Founders Edition by a good deal.

Final Points

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X is an impressive video card.  MSI’s engineers and design teams deserve three thumbs up for putting together a well-made, and well-rounded video card.  MSI got it right with the new SUPRIM design, it’s aesthetically pleasing and functional.  It provides functional, practical improvements to cooling and power efficiency.  The TWIN FROZR 2S cooling is overkill no doubt, but you won’t have problems in warm environments or case builds.  Just be sure you have the space for this video card, don’t underestimate how massive it is. 

This video card has a dual-BIOS, which is great, we recommend just leaving it on “Silent Mode.”  We saw no performance differences, and honestly, it’s quiet on both modes.  However, if you have a very warm case or not well cooling, then flip her over to Gaming Mode for a little extra cooling automatically.  The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X took the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti to the max potential and did it quietly, and that’s the best you can ask for out of a video card. 

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Former managing editor of GPUs at HardOCP for 18 years, Brent Justice has been reviewing computer components since the late 90s, educated in the art and method of the computer hardware review, he brings experience, knowledge, and hands-on testing with a gamer-oriented and hardware enthusiast perspective. You can follow him on Twitter - @Brent_Justice You can sub to his YouTube channel - Justice Gaming https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeGamingChannel You can check out his computer builds on KIT - @BrentJustice https://kit.co/BrentJustice

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