Power and Temperature
To test the power and temperature we perform a manual run-through in Cyberpunk 2077 at “Ultra” settings for real-world in-game data. We use GPU-Z sensor data to record the results. We report on the GPU-Z sensor data for “Board Power” and “GPU Chip Power” when available for our Wattage data. For temperature data, we report the GPU (Edge Temp of the GPU or Package Temp) as well as Hot Spot (Junction Temperature) when available for our temperature data.
The NVIDIA reference TGP for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is 220W. The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition also has a 220W TGP. In our graph of power above, the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition is pulling 223.9W board power, which is 17% more power than the GeForce RTX 4070, which is a very linear improvement in power to performance. When we overclocked it power increased by 10%, again a very linear power to performance improvement.
Even overclocked the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition pulls less power than the Radeon RX 7800 XT, which is very power-hungry. The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition is an efficient video card.
The ZOTAC IceStorm 2.0 enhanced cooling is working very well on the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition video card. Its GPU temperature is nearly the same temperature as the slower GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition, and in fact it has a lower Hot Spot temperature! When we overclocked it, we left the fans on automatic, and even overclocked, it only increased temperatures by a few degrees! At these temperatures, even overclocked, it is a lot cooler than the Radeon RX 7800 XT runs.
In the GPU-Z screenshots below, we have the default settings shown on the left, and the overclocked settings shown on the right. You can see that with the fans on automatic, they run at 35% by default, and with the video card overclocked and still left on automatic, they increased to just 38% and still kept the GPU within a few degrees of where it was by default. The TDP is increased with overclocking, as you can see, by 10% from the default. This is just really good news and shows how well the IceStorm 2.0 cooling works on the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity Black Edition.
Discussion (4 replies)
Join Discussion →So the card we should have gotten a year ago at least $50 above what its worth.
It's NVIDIA: they're all-in on AI (in terms of their revenue stream), these "Super" releases are just to keep AMD roughly "at bay", and given their market dominance, they are likely to continue doing just that (let's see what Intel has cooked up w/Battlemage late this year) -- although it seems that AMD was wise with the MSRP pricing of the RX 7800 XT.
As a consumer though, I may just hold off until late this year/sometime next year to buy an upgrade to my RX 6700 XT (would go with an entirely new rig at that point, as my i5-8600k is beginning to show its age).
Looks like you called it in the founders edition review. Either way this card is nice but needs an OC to beat the Founders edition. But were talking single digit frames so not a HUGE difference.
I agree. The Zotac is an OK card, but needs an overclock to beat the Founders Edition, which in quick glance is faster in every game. Only saving grace is they are the same price.
If overclocked it would seem that the Founders is the better card.
So I would buy this why?