Test Setup
Please read the information on our GPU testing procedures and methodology here. Note that our GPU Testing Bench has been upgraded to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU and AM5 platform.
Note that we have the 1807 BIOS installed, which uses AGESA version Combo AM5 PI 1.1.0.1. We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS. This means we are utilizing Resizable BAR on NVIDIA GPUs and AMD Smart Access Memory on AMD GPUs in all our testing. We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory.
We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 23H2 Fall 2023 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD. We are using the “Balanced” power profile in Windows Settings. Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling is ENABLED in Windows. VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED.
For GPU drivers we are using NVIDIA supplied drivers for review with the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, and we used this driver on the RTX 4070 as well. For AMD we are using the latest release drivers at the time of testing.
For comparison we are using a GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition, to see the performance differences. For the AMD GPU, we are using the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT which has an MSRP of $499. Though it doesn’t exactly compare by price to the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (they are $100 apart by MSRP) it is the closest competition from AMD in this price range, and many add-in-board partner cards are more expensive, closing the gap. The Radeon RX 7900 XT is farther away in price points.
Discussion (10 replies)
Join Discussion →Lets just hope that Nviida does the same thing.. performance uplift at the same price points with the next generation of cards!
Really nice to see that this card fared so well in testing.
Would be nice to see how close its to the RTX4070Ti
I can't wait for the 4070 Ti SUPER review. I may hate the name but I think that, at least on paper, it looks like a great performance/value card, that is if one can get it anywhere close to MSRP. However, this card isn't too shabby either but like the review shows the RX7800XT gives it a run for the money but also costs less.
Got an Asus 4070 Super DUAL version incoming for the Kiddo.
Will be interesting to see how it does on his 5800x3d with DDR4-3600 RAM in an MSI B350 Tomahawk which has been upgraded in place since his Ryzen 5 1600x.
That says a lot about AMDs design and engineering to have one of their most.advanced CPUs running stably on an older motherboard from a First gen am4 socket.
Yep.
As long as you don't need Gen4 PCIe (which for gaming, you really don't) the MSI B350 Tomahawk is a real trooper.
In an era of increasingly expensive motherboards, it was $130 when new (I believe, I think that is what I paid for it) and it has just continued to kick ass. Very happy with that motherboard.
MSI technically lists the BIOS required in order to run the X3D chips as a perpetual beta BIOS, but in my stress testing it has been rock solid.
This Techreport writeup is what gave me the confidence to go-ahead and give it a try:.
While motherboards usually don't have a huge impact on performance, it is interesting to see that the old B350 Tomahawk is often among the better performers in their test, even better than the actual X570 in many cases.
Techreport? those guys still alive? ooh techspot, that makes more sense.
Whoops
That was just a brain fart, but apparently Techreport is still around, but they were sold in 2019 and topics covered are very different now.
Comes across as some sort of AI generated crypto-bro pump-and-dump garbage now to me.