Power and Temperature
Power
Wattage information was taken from GPUz’s GPU Chip Power Draw reading.
The ASUS RTX 3070 TUF GAMING OC Video card consumed 182W according to GPUz. Overclocking the ASUS RTX 3070 TUF GAMING OC Video card added 34W to its total draw. The MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X sipped 172W of power in comparison.
Temperature
The ambient room temperature at the time of testing was 22 degrees Celsius.
From what we can tell, the ASUS RTX 3070 TUF GAMING OC Video card’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 quite a bit warmer than the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT GAMING X at 53 degrees Celsius. With the ASUS RTX 3070 TUF GAMING OC Video card maxed out on both core clock and fans, it dropped to 61.7 degrees Celsius.
For comparison, the GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition ran at 76c. Therefore, the cooling on the ASUS RTX 3070 TUF GAMING OC Video card improves upon the Founder’s Edition temperature by a great deal at 64c. That’s a huge difference with this custom video card.