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.