Gameplay Performance at 4K
We have a selected suite of games to test the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G at 4K. All our selections were set at the maximum in-game graphic settings or custom combinations. We will run the video card with and without Ray Tracing enabled in-game. DLSS and/or FSR are utilized in games that support the technology. Our video card will be compared to the SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. This AMD card should provide ample competition and has been targeted in price and performance directly at the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare II
Call of Duty Modern Warfare II was released on October 27, 2022, on the PC and uses the IW 9.0 gaming engine. The game supports all upscaling methods, including NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Image Scaling, AMD FSR 1.0 and 2.1, AMD Fidelity FX CAS, and Intel XeSS. We use the highest quality option of each. We customize every graphics setting to the maximum value for the best image quality and enable everything. We use the built-in benchmark.
The 7900 XT is the faster card in this game. 17% faster. When upscaling is added the 7900 XT is 29% ahead. This has become a pretty standard finding in plain raster gaming when comparing these two graphics card categories. Both cards are more than adequate without upscaling.
F1 2022
F1 2022 was released on June 28th, 2022 on the PC and uses Codemasters Ego engine. The game supports Ray Tracing, DLSS, AMD FidelityFX, and FSR. We ran the game with the highest quality settings of “Ultra High” and TAA+FidelityFX. DLSS and FSR were enabled as needed at the Quality setting for both. The built-in benchmark was used at the Imola track, in dry conditions with a far-chasing cam.
Here we see a 50-50 split. The GIGABYTE RTX 4070 TI GAMING OC comes out on top by 16% until you enable the upscaling. Then the 7900 XT pulls ahead. So far we aren’t seeing much from overclocking, but this could simply be due to platform limits. At any rate, both cards again are more than fast.
Dying Light 2
Dying Light 2 was released in February 2022 on the PC. It uses Techland’s C-Engine and supports Ray Tracing for various environmental effects including Ray Traced Soft Shadows, Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion, Ray Traced Global Illumination, and Ray Traced Reflections. It also supports both DLSS and FSR 2.1 upscaling technologies. We are using the built-in benchmark.
We see basically a dead heat here. Three frames top to bottom are all the separation we can get. When the upscaling is enabled the SAPPHIRE PULSE 7900 XT has a 26% margin. It is nice to see such smooth frame rates in a very demanding game.
Far Cry 6
Far Cry 6 was released in October of 2021 and uses the Dunia Engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and turned on. We utilize the “Ultra” graphics preset which sets all options to the highest game settings. We also use the game’s support of AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 to improve performance on both GPUs.
Far Cry 6 is a game that lends fast FPS and very smooth gameplay. Here the 7900 XT has a 16% advantage over our GIGABYTE RTX 4070 TI GAMING OC which is identical to default versus overclocked. Upscaling is 12% in favor of the 7900 XT. Once again both cards are fast with and without upscaling.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 1.61 for our testing and we are using the game’s built-in benchmark. We test using the Preset options for Ultra quality. This game also supports DLSS and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution FSR 2.1. We test DLSS Quality on NVIDIA GPUs and FSR 2.1 Ultra Quality on AMD GPUs. Testing on our AMD video card shows no frame rate advantage FSR 1.0 versus FSR 2.1.
We are starting to see a theme here, no? In this most demanding game, the SAPPHIRE RX 7900 XT is in the lead. In fact, looking at the 60FPS measure, the GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC just doesn’t have the muscle even with DLSS. The margin of victory is 18% in favor of the 7900 XT.
Watch Dogs Legion
Watch Dogs Legion was released on the PC in October of 2020 and uses the Disrupt game engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and enabled for testing. We use the built-in graphics preset of “Ultra” for testing. Only DLSS is available in this game as an upscaling option.
This is another tough game on graphics cards. Here the GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC is bested by 15%. There is no FSR in the game, so our review card can claim a victory of sorts. Despite the demands of the game, both cards are playable without upscaling, which is awesome to see. Overall overclocking has not helped much.